Rotational Pharmacist inPoole inPoole PUBLISHED MON 2 DEC 2024

This job is all about your career progression. This band 6 to 7 pathway will give you the skills you need to become a confident Pharmacist with a breadth of experience that will be difficult to match. Dorset HealthCare provides medicines management support to community hospitals, mental health services, PCNs, sexual health services and a variety of secondary and integrated care services. This will enable you to develop your portfolio, explore opportunities that you may not have thought of before and provide a grounding for your future.

We align ourselves with the Dorset-wide Integrated Care System vision: a multi-skilled efficient workforce with broad foundation experience across all settings, supported to develop through to advanced practice with opportunities for career pathways that are novel and challenging.

Our vision is for everyone to have access to high quality, joined-up health and care services, available when and where they are needed and we are working together for people to have healthier, fulfilling lives supported by sustainable health and care services.

The pharmacy team support and deliver Trust services as well as contracted services with primary care, which offers great opportunity for learning and the development of portfolio roles. These roles will include experience in Mental Health, Community Hospital services and Primary Care Networks.

Dorset HealthCare has a wealth of development opportunities for newly qualified Pharmacists. We are looking for someone who is on or would like to continue their Foundation practice journey. This post will give you the opportunity to further your clinical skills, supporting services that extend across the whole of Dorset. This will be achieved through a 2 year pathway progression leading to a band 7 post on completion. We will invest in you to access the appropriate training, including post graduate education and prescribing and develop your confidence in a broad range of disciplines including mental health, frailty and physical health.

It is essential that you are an enthusiastic, dynamic and innovative pharmacist with exemplary communication skills and a 'can-do' attitude. It is a time of great opportunity in Dorset with medicines and pharmacy from all sectors coming together.

If you think you have the skills, ambition and commitment necessary for this post we look forward to hearing from you. We welcome applicants from all sectors of Pharmacy.

Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of. Applicants who subscribe to the DBS update service are able to present a valid DBS certificate instead of requiring a new check.

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For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

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