Job summary
Bored? Looking for a challenge? Want to broaden your horizons?
We are seeking enthusiastic pharmacists to join the established critical care, surgery and nutrition teams supporting provision of clinical and operational pharmacy services to acutely unwell patients. This is a new opportunity for extended rotations in general surgery, surgical admissions, GI surgery, nutrition support team, critical care and Burns with development of additional skills in preparation for progression to senior pharmacist roles.
As part of a large clinical pharmacy team, you will work closely with the specialist pharmacists for Intensive care medicine and gastroenterology & nutrition, consultants and ward managers. We can provide the opportunity to develop clinical pharmacy skills in supporting acutely unwell patients including complex trauma, liver, cardiac and burns patients alongside transplant patients. Participating in the nutrition support team you will attend ward rounds, be involved in pharmacist led home parenteral nutrition telephone clinics and provide education to patients and healthcare professionals on pharmaceutical issues.
A fully integrated electronic prescribing and patient monitoring system allows us to deliver enhanced pharmaceutical care to a wide breadth of specialities.
Main duties of the job
To partake in specialised clinical pharmacy duties on the critical care units, burns and surgical wards at QEHB, ensuring core clinical pharmacy activities are undertaken. Cross site critical care cover may be required with prior notice.
Develop effective working relationships, to challenge and to prioritise your own work as well of the work of the team.
Assist in providing a specialist pharmaceutical service to tertiary services including the provision of education and training, procedures, protocols and medicines usage information.
Ensure that through the provision of pharmacy services and advice to patients, carers and other healthcare professionals , there is safe and effective use of medicines.
Provide leadership and directorate/service support roles to the burns speciality and specialist support to the nutritional support team/surgical specialities on a rotational basis.
Support more junior staff in the department
Take full part in clinical/dispensary rota, weekend rota and bank holiday duties
Take part in the support of pharmacy out-of-hours service (first oncall duties)
Previous experience in critical care and/or TPN is desirable but not essential as you will be supported in completing in house training programmes. UHB prides itself on its investment in staff both in terms of developing career skills but also its commitment to staff health and wellbeing.
For further information please contact Asif Sarwar 0121-371-8790
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
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
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)
Desirable
- *Has commenced a postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification (applicable for Annex 21 roles)
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, e.g. 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
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Team worker
- *Good interpersonal skills
- *Good oral, written communication & presentation skills
- *Good computer skills
- *Demonstrates problem solving skills
- *Demonstrates empathy towards patients and carers
- *Able to work under pressure, prioritise work and meet deadlines
- *Ability to manage budgets and deliver on cost improvement programmes
- *Able to use initiative and work without supervision when necessary
- *Demonstrates teaching/mentoring skills & ability to motivate other staff
- *Able to interact with clinical and managerial staff
- *Demonstrates good critical appraisal skills
- *Professional manner
- *Well motivated and reliable
- *Able to work with all grades of staff
- *Capacity to work calmly under pressure
- *Ability to travel across all Trust sites as required by job role
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)
Desirable
- *Has commenced a postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification (applicable for Annex 21 roles)
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, e.g. 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
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Team worker
- *Good interpersonal skills
- *Good oral, written communication & presentation skills
- *Good computer skills
- *Demonstrates problem solving skills
- *Demonstrates empathy towards patients and carers
- *Able to work under pressure, prioritise work and meet deadlines
- *Ability to manage budgets and deliver on cost improvement programmes
- *Able to use initiative and work without supervision when necessary
- *Demonstrates teaching/mentoring skills & ability to motivate other staff
- *Able to interact with clinical and managerial staff
- *Demonstrates good critical appraisal skills
- *Professional manner
- *Well motivated and reliable
- *Able to work with all grades of staff
- *Capacity to work calmly under pressure
- *Ability to travel across all Trust sites as required by job role
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
