Specialist Pharmacist West Cumberland Hospital

1 month ago


Whitehaven, United Kingdom North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Trust

Specialist Pharmacist Community Services Band 7 (12 months FT)

hours per week at the West Cumberland Hospital

Are you a qualified pharmacist looking to expand your clinical skills?

If you are looking for new challenges in a supportive and enthusiastic environment in a stunning part of the country, this post could be exactly what you are looking for. The newly created post is located within the North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, which provides a variety of healthcare services covering the Lake District and is also close to the beautiful Scottish Borders.

Are you a qualified pharmacist looking to expand your clinical skills?

This post is a unique opportunity to join our close-knit team who provide clinical pharmacy services to West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven, North Cumbria.

Main duties of the job

You will have excellent communication and organisational skills along with a strong team spirit; working with Medicines Management Technicians and Pharmacists to deliver a high quality clinical pharmacy service to patients.

You must be able to work independently however support will be provided by our experienced pharmacists and medicines management technicians.

We have an excellent track record of career advancement for our hospital pharmacists who have subsequently been successful in advanced clinical roles

There will be an on-call and 7 day working commitment

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

Being a clinically led organisation

Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust

A positive patient experience every time

A great place to work

Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.

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