09 Oct
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
The Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield
Job description
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for proactive and dynamic individuals with vision, drive and enthusiasm to join the Pharmacy team as the Senior Support Pharmacists Healthcare of Older People Services on the Good Hope Hospital site of UHB Trust.
If you are a motivated and enthusiastic clinical pharmacist who has worked as a pharmacist in hospital pharmacy, covering a range of specialties, or have the ability to demonstrate the equivalent level of knowledge, and are ready for the next step in your career then this could be the job for you.
This is a band 6 to 7 development role which involves working as a Clinical Support Pharmacist based at a single site in our rotational programme.
You will move into the Senior Support Pharmacist Healthcare of Older People role once you have completed the required competencies to demonstrate you are working at a senior support level.
Applicants with 12 months post-registration hospital experience will be appointed in a progressional post under Agenda for Change Annex 21 (payment at 75% of the maximum band 7 pay), uplifted to the starting pay of a band 7 as per Agenda for Change on completion of the first year of clinical diploma or NHSE / RPS Newly Qualified Pharmacist Pathway.
All applicants will then progress on to the independent prescribing course.
Main duties of the job
You will deliver a high quality specialist clinical pharmacy service, and there will be a strong emphasis on supporting you in developing leadership and mentoring skills to the next level.
You will be introduced to core directorate activities - reporting and analysis of medicines expenditure, clinical governance and risk management activities,
including review of PGDs and relevant policies.
You will have the opportunity to train clinically to provide a neonatal intensive care service and neonatal parenteral nutrition.
In addition you will take on enhanced roles relating to education and training, such as developing training programmes and involvement with training of new doctors.
You will have responsibility for the supervision of less experienced members of the team including junior pharmacists and trainee pharmacists.
You will be a highly motivated individual and a team player with well-developed communication skills and a desire to use your knowledge, skills and experience to improve patient care and influence healthcare professionals in the best use of medicines.
You will join a team of clinical pharmacists who provide the on-call service with a back-up provided by the Specialist and Advanced Clinical Pharmacists.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to :
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong,
by creating a kind and inclusive environment.
This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work.
This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO.
We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational Masters degree in pharmacy (or equivalent)
- Has completed or is near completion (within the next 6 months) a postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification.
- To be willing to work towards a non-medical prescribing qualification
- Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Experience
Essential
- Post-registration work experience as a pharmacist in hospital pharmacy, covering a range of specialties, or the ability to demonstrate the equivalent level of knowledge
- Previous participation in multi- disciplinary team
- Demonstrates commitment and enthusiasm for providing high quality pharmaceutical care
- Experience of teaching / presenting to other healthcare professionals / patients
- Commitment to own Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Possesses relevant clinical knowledge in hospital pharmacy
- Knowledge of national initiatives and guidelines, NICE, NSF
- Possesses knowledge of available resources to answer Medicines Information queries
- Able to work with drug budget information
- Demonstrates good knowledge of hospital clinical pharmacy and current issues
▶️ Band 7 Senior Support Pharmacist Healthcare of Older People
🖊️ University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
📍 The Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield