Clinical Pharmacist

Are you keen to learn, ambitious, ready to be supported through education, with a dedicated training plan to support your journey within hospital Pharmacy? Our aim is to develop you to become ready for a Band 7 post within twelve to eighteen months. You will have dedicated time given to you to support your development - although this is a temporary post we will still train and support you during your 12 months. As a member of this busy but friendly team you will experience many core aspects of pharmacy practice. As well as the clinical work, you will have commitments to the dispensary, will be expected to contribute to our 7 day working service and our on call service. Pharmacists are part of an engaged and progressive Pharmacy team; wanting to support our hospital areas where we help staff cope with the ever increasing elderly population and their complex needs., We operate with 2 dispensaries on 4 main sites and your rotation will allow you to experience a full range of clinical activities such as:

• Medicine including A&E, medical admissions , cardio-respiratory, older peoples care and gastroenterology.
• Surgery including ICU and Surgical Admissions.
• Orthopaedics including working at Wrightington Hospital where you will gain experience of anti-TNF therapy and Rheumatology. This hospital has an international reputation and the pharmacy team has significant involvement with consultants and nurse specialists to support and deliver this care.
• Oncology and Parenteral Nutrition.
• Paediatrics.
• Medicines Information and medicines safety.
• Clinical trials.
We will provide training and support from our team of experienced Pharmacists. The department is fully modernised and has ARX robot, EMIS software and has successfully implemented Allscripts Electronic Prescribing.

Choose Well - Choose WWL Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is proud to provide high-quality acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, our staff are central to everything we do -- we believe that happy staff make for happy patients, and this ethos underpins our culture and our success. We have a strong, recognised track record in staff engagement and in living our values:
• People at the Heart
• Listen and Involve
• Kind and Respectful
• ONE Team
We are committed to placing patients at the heart of every decision and delivering safe, effective care that protects dignity and enhances experience. We seek to recruit people who share our values, our passion for high-quality care, and our belief in working together as One Team.