Rotational Clinical Pharmacist

3 weeks ago


Colchester, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job overview

Pathology services within East Suffolk North Essex NHS Foundation Trust operate across two sites, Ipswich and Colchester. We are looking for an enthusiastic, ambitious, dedicated training lead to work with the pathology training manager, operations team and pathology quality team to support pan pathology training in order to help develop highly skilled staff.

You will be an HCPC registered biomedical scientist, with extensive experience of pathology services and will have evidence of supporting training, either in a dedicated training role or at specialist biomedical scientist level in an IBMS approved training laboratory. This post will provide you with an opportunity if you are wanting to experience a different role, with the aim of making a difference in the quality of the service. 

As part of this role you will be required to work across Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals.

Please be advised that as part of the interview process you will be required to deliver a presentation.

About our Pathology Service 

Main duties of the job

You will be a member of the Training Team – (which is incorporated in the Pathology Quality and Governance team). You will be responsible for engaging and embedding a quality culture with design implementation and maintenance of the quality function of the service with respect to training. You will work in collaboration with the operational Training Leads, Departmental Managers, and senior managers to ensure that pathology develops high quality teams allowing delivery of a high-quality service across both sites. You will need to work closely with discipline specific training leads and senior management to ensure an efficient and effective corporate approach in dealing with all training matters. You will promote continuous improvement in service quality within the training scope, assuring regulatory and accreditation requirements to ISO 15189, MHRA, HSE, and others as required. You will need to work closely with all staff to ensure an efficient and effective corporate approach in dealing with all training matters.

Working for our organisation

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes. 

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. 

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. 

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. 

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients. 

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the duties and responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

Previous relevant experience of working in a Pathology Laboratory (Band 6 in any discipline) - Significant post registration experience in an IBMS approved training laboratory Experience of training staff. Experience of Pathology IT systems Practical experience of Quality Management Systems Has a good understanding of UKAS standards. Has experience of writing SOP’s and policies.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

HCPC registration as a Biomedical Scientist Biomedical Science Degree or equivalent Appropriate Post Graduate qualifications IBMS Higher Specialist diploma (Haematology / Blood Transfusion) or IBMS Diploma in Biomedical Science, Masters or equivalent or working towards Evidence of CPD

Desirable criteria

Holding or working towards a qualification that supports management responsibilities such as health and safety, training officer, or quality management associated with post. European Computer Driving Licence or equivalent. IBMS Portfolio Verifier/Trainer (Certificate of Competence) Train the Trainer qualification

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