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 Pharmacist for General Medicine based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital at UHB Trust.
If you are a motivated and enthusiastic clinical pharmacist with post-registration hospital experience of covering a range of specialties, or can demonstrate the equivalent level of knowledge, and are ready for the next step in your career then this could be the job for you.
The role is open to candidates who have completed at least 2-3 early year pharmacist rotations and have started the clinical diploma or who consistently meet the level expected of a post-registration foundation pharmacist within the RPS Newly Qualified Pharmacist Pathway.
You will move into the full Senior Support Pharmacist for General Medicine 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 are encouraged to apply. All applicants will then be given the opportunity to progress onto 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.
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
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
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*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 Master's degree in pharmacy (or equivalent relevant qualification)
- *Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- *Completion of first year of clinical diploma or NHSE/RPS Newly Qualified Pharmacist Pathway or equivalent, as evidenced by dated communication from HEI or signed-off NQPP documentation.
- *To be willing to work towards a non-medical prescribing qualification
Desirable
- *Has completed or is near completion (within the next 6 months) a postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification or NHSE/RPS Newly Qualified Pharmacist Pathway or equivalent (applicable for Annex 21 roles)
- *Independent Prescribing qualification
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
- *Capacity to work calmly under pressure
- *Ability to travel across all Trust sites as required by job role
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Vocational Master's degree in pharmacy (or equivalent relevant qualification)
- *Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- *Completion of first year of clinical diploma or NHSE/RPS Newly Qualified Pharmacist Pathway or equivalent, as evidenced by dated communication from HEI or signed-off NQPP documentation.
- *To be willing to work towards a non-medical prescribing qualification
Desirable
- *Has completed or is near completion (within the next 6 months) a postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification or NHSE/RPS Newly Qualified Pharmacist Pathway or equivalent (applicable for Annex 21 roles)
- *Independent Prescribing qualification
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
- *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).
