Pharmacist

For your information sponsorship for this role is not available. This post is maternity leave cover for a fixed term of 9 months.

The Pharmacist is responsible for delivering safe, effective, and patient-centred pharmaceutical services while ensuring compliance with professional, legal, and regulatory standards.

The role involves the clinical and accuracy checking of outpatient and discharge prescriptions, providing expert medicines advice to patients and healthcare teams, supporting oral chemotherapy prescribing processes, and promoting safe medicines management.

The post holder contributes to the day-to-day operation of the pharmacy, supports staff development and team performance, monitors quality and governance standards, and acts as the Responsible Pharmacist when required.

Working collaboratively with clinical teams and stakeholders, the Pharmacist helps ensure excellent customer service, timely patient care, service improvement, and the achievement of both operational and business objectives., The Pharmacist plays a key role in co-ordinating and developing a team to deliver a safe, effective and caring service to manage the pharmaceutical needs of patients attending the outpatient pharmacy. Working closely with and alongside the Deputy Superintendent Pharmacist and Superintendent pharmacist, the pharmacist will be responsible for delivering an effective service, including screening and clinically checking prescriptions.

They will also be responsible for maintaining excellent relationships with patients and other stakeholders and through this achieve excellent healthcare and business performance.

SWFT Clinical Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of the South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust (SWFT). The company provides a number of services such as outpatient pharmacy facilities at Warwick, Stratford upon Avon, George Eliot, University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire and St Cross (Rugby) hospitals; estates and facilities management at Warwick, Stratford upon Avon and Ellen Badger hospitals, Acorn House and Lillington Health Hub; private patient service and consultancy services to NHS Trusts.

Subject to the Company and individual's performance, an annual discretionary bonus will be awarded.

There is automatic enrolment to the Company pension scheme, with the Company contributing 5%.

A benefits package is available to the appointed candidate upon successful completion of the six month probationary period. This gives access to benefits such as a car lease scheme; Home & Electronics scheme; discounted leisure and travel; retail discounts and a cycle to work scheme.

There is also access to a 24/7, 365 days a year Employee Assistance Programme to support colleagues who may be facing some tough times or they need extra support with their mental well-being.