Lead Dispensary Pharmacy - Band 7

Location Dartford
Job type Contract
Salary £31 - 32 per hour
Reference 166010

Sanctuary Personnel, a committed and competitive recruitment agency is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Band 7 Lead Dispensary Pharmacist to work full-time based in Dartford.

The pay rate for this locum Lead Dispensary Pharmacist job is £31-£32 per hour (Assignment rate) and is a 1-month contract.

Working Hours:

  • Monday-Friday, 9am-5:15pm.
  • 8:30am-4:45pm if on dispensary rota, responsibility for opening the pharmacy.

Main Duties:

  • Provide ward-based clinical pharmacy support to mental health, intermediate care, and elderly care wards. This includes professional advice on policies and pharmaceutical practice, and clinical advice related to the uses and side-effects of medicines.
  • Work with the pharmacy patient safety lead to implement medicines safety initiatives within designated wards.
  • Participate in the dispensary and other internal rotas.
  • Participate in the on-call rota when required.
  • Provide information about the use of medicines to consultants, other prescribers, other health care professionals, patients, relatives, and carers.
  • Record information as required on clinical pharmacy activity.
  • Participate in the medicines information rota, providing clinically sound, evaluated information on a wide variety of complex enquiries to service users and all grades of health care professionals.

Requirements of the Lead Dispensary Pharmacist:

  • Must be registered on the GPHC as a pharmacist.
  • Must have a relevant qualification in pharmacy.
  • Recent experience working as a pharmacist within the NHS or similar setting.

Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:

  • Daily payroll
  • Free DBS and compliance service
  • Access to exclusive roles that aren't available with other agencies
  • Your own dedicated consultant with extensive pharmacy knowledge
  • Refer a Friend bonus - get £250 for each candidate you refer who we successfully place
  • Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
  • Clinical governance support
  • In house payroll system
  • Revalidation
  • Industry-leading shift booking system
  • Nationwide coverage including the Channel Islands

Contact: 

This Band 7 Lead Dispensary Pharmacist job is advertised by Phil Hanton; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best-placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.