Job summary
Frimley Health places great emphasis on the education and training of our workforce. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced senior pharmacist to be part of a well established and dynamic education and training team.
The role involves managing the Clinical Diploma Pharmacist programme and development of undergraduate training opportunities. Additionally, you will be involved in teaching medical students, training doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who is interested in developing their education and training skills, whilst being supported by the Principal Education and Training Pharmacist
The role also involves preparing high quality and innovative teaching and will be encouraged to build upon this excellence in teaching and learning in the development and delivery of clinical education and training at University of Reading.
You must have hospital pharmacy experience involving clinical pharmacy skills as well teaching skills. The role requires the ability to work effectively as part of a team, through excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as the ability to motivate yourself and others. To be successful in this application you will demonstrate confidence as a senior clinical pharmacist and be a role model to more junior staff.
Main duties of the job
Please read the Job Description and Person Specification when applying for this post, if you have any queries, please contact us.
About us
There's never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country's largest and most respected hospital trusts - We have three main hospitals: Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area. We also run outpatient clinics and diagnostic services from Aldershot, Farnham, Fleet, Windsor, Maidenhead, Bracknell and Chalfont St Peter.
Recently we have invested £150m in new facilities to create the best environments for our patients and staff. Our projects include new state-of-the-art Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park and a newly planned care hospital in Ascot.
Our three core values guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other. So whether you use our services or are just visiting you can expect us to be Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you'll feel at home at Frimley Health. Whether you want to broaden your expertise, strengthen your skills or make the move into management. It's one of the reasons our staff consistently rate us among the best places to work in the NHS.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the Job Description and Person Specification when applying for this post, if you have any queries, please contact us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the Job Description and Person Specification when applying for this post, if you have any queries, please contact us.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate diploma / MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Pharmacy degree (Master level 4 years)
- GPhC Registered Pharmacist (or equivalent EU professional qualification)
- Independent pharmacist Prescriber, or be willing to complete training as Independent Pharmacist Prescriber
Desirable
- Teaching / Education qualification
- Membership of RPS
- Higher qualification (E.g. MSc, PhD)
PROFESSIONAL/SPECIALIST/FUNCTIONAL EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Experience of teaching MPharm students and/or pre-registration pharmacist trainees
- Significant and current experience of providing a UK hospital clinical pharmacy service at NHS AFC band 7 level or above
- Practical experience of audit/change management
- Evidence of up to date CPD in clinical pharmacy
Desirable
- Experience as a tutor for pre-registration pharmacist trainees
- Supervision of audit or research projects (e.g. undergraduate, pre-registration or diploma students)
- Experience of one-to-one, small and large group teaching, assessment and feedback
- Management of staff including recruitment, appraisal
SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES FOR ROLE e.g. communication, problem solving, leadership
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
- Ability to work under pressure and cope with stress
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate diploma / MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Pharmacy degree (Master level 4 years)
- GPhC Registered Pharmacist (or equivalent EU professional qualification)
- Independent pharmacist Prescriber, or be willing to complete training as Independent Pharmacist Prescriber
Desirable
- Teaching / Education qualification
- Membership of RPS
- Higher qualification (E.g. MSc, PhD)
PROFESSIONAL/SPECIALIST/FUNCTIONAL EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Experience of teaching MPharm students and/or pre-registration pharmacist trainees
- Significant and current experience of providing a UK hospital clinical pharmacy service at NHS AFC band 7 level or above
- Practical experience of audit/change management
- Evidence of up to date CPD in clinical pharmacy
Desirable
- Experience as a tutor for pre-registration pharmacist trainees
- Supervision of audit or research projects (e.g. undergraduate, pre-registration or diploma students)
- Experience of one-to-one, small and large group teaching, assessment and feedback
- Management of staff including recruitment, appraisal
SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES FOR ROLE e.g. communication, problem solving, leadership
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
- Ability to work under pressure and cope with stress
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).
