Job summary
Do you thrive in a collaborative and multidisciplinary environment? We would love you to come and join our experienced pharmacy team to develop the service to the speciality of neuromedicine at the Queen Elizabeth site of University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB).
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a proactive and dynamic individual to join the expanded neuroscience pharmacy team, leading on neuromedicine at UHB.
The post holder will lead and coordinate the development, delivery and evaluation of neuromedicine services and will further develop, deliver and evaluate the service to support the medicines optimisation agenda.
Main duties of the job
Together with the pharmacy team, and as part of the multidisciplinary team, you will work to provide excellent clinical specialised clinical pharmacy service to neuromedicine within the neuroscience service.
You will work with the neuroscience pharmacy team to drive forward our wider clinical pharmacy service for the future. You will support the wider medicines optimisation strategy and clinical governance processes within pharmacy.
Working with the lead pharmacist team and pharmacy operational team you will ensure provision of the clinical pharmacy service to wards with the potential to work cross-site.
You will act as a role model for junior and foundation trainee pharmacists with line management or designated supervisor duties.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
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 specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * MPharm degree or equivalent
- * Clinical diploma (or equivalent) or higher Pharmacy degree
- * Qualified as an independent non-medical prescribed or a willingness to undertake the programme
- * GPhC registration
Experience
Essential
- * Substantial experience as a band 7 pharmacist (or above) within hospital pharmacy.
- * Experience in a range of clinical specialties.
- * Previous participation in multi-disciplinary team
- * Experience in supervising and managing pharmacists & pharmacy technicians and performing appraisals.
- * Experience of audit work
- * Excellent knowledge of general clinical pharmacy and drug use
- * Networking: being able to work within and without the Trust with credibility
- * Knowledge of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to education & training
- * In-depth knowledge of Continuing Professional Development process and of Plan & Record system
- * Experience of supervision, developing and appraising staff as well as giving feedback
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * MPharm degree or equivalent
- * Clinical diploma (or equivalent) or higher Pharmacy degree
- * Qualified as an independent non-medical prescribed or a willingness to undertake the programme
- * GPhC registration
Experience
Essential
- * Substantial experience as a band 7 pharmacist (or above) within hospital pharmacy.
- * Experience in a range of clinical specialties.
- * Previous participation in multi-disciplinary team
- * Experience in supervising and managing pharmacists & pharmacy technicians and performing appraisals.
- * Experience of audit work
- * Excellent knowledge of general clinical pharmacy and drug use
- * Networking: being able to work within and without the Trust with credibility
- * Knowledge of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to education & training
- * In-depth knowledge of Continuing Professional Development process and of Plan & Record system
- * Experience of supervision, developing and appraising staff as well as giving feedback
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).
