Job summary
We are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a passionate and motivated pharmacist to join Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust as our Lead Women's and Children's Pharmacist. This is a progressive Band 7 to 8a role, designed to support your professional development whilst giving you the chance to lead, innovate and make a real difference to patient care.
As a dedicated paediatric specialist, you will be at the heart of delivering safe, effective, and compassionate pharmaceutical care to infants, children, and adolescents. You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure the highest standards of medicines optimisation, as well as educating and supporting both healthcare staff and families.
This post is based at Frimley Park Hospital, but you will have cross-site leadership responsibilities across the Trust.
About youThe successful candidate will:
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Be an experienced hospital pharmacist with a strong background in clinical pharmacy.
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Demonstrate specialist knowledge and interest in paediatric and neonatal care.
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Have excellent communication, teaching, and leadership skills.
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Be motivated, confident, and able to inspire others.
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Work effectively within a multidisciplinary team while also leading service delivery.
This role offers the chance to develop your expertise in paediatric pharmacy whilst stepping into a key leadership position within our forward-thinking Trust.
Main duties of the job
In this dynamic and varied role, you will:
- Provide expert clinical pharmacy input for paediatric and neonatal patients across the Trust.
- Develop and run your own Independent Prescribing clinic.
- Support clinical governance and safe medicines use at theAlexander Devine Hospice, as part of a collaborative and compassionate team.
- Lead and mentor junior pharmacists and pharmacy staff, acting as a role model for best practice.
- Contribute to service development and improvement initiatives across the Women's and Children's services.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
- To work closely with the senior pharmacists, clinicians, nursing and midwifery staff and other senior managers to develop pharmaceutical services to patients within the relevant directorates.
- To act as a source of expert advice and information on Women and Childrens medicines.
- To participate in the development of Patient Group Directions when required.
- To be responsible for the screening, monitoring and ordering of parenteral nutrition for neonates and paediatric patients
- To cultivate links with tertiary and primary care, and to develop shared care agreements, working with the ICS and NHSE Pharmacist where necessary.
- As a NMP to fulfil this role within the individuals area of competence, including medicines reconciliation on admission and prescribing of currently prescribed medicines on discharge. This will include prescribing for MCAs (Multi-compartment aids) on FP10s for supply by Community Pharmacists.
- To take an active role in committees relating to specialist area e.g. paediatric clinical governance, Neonatal MDT and the Maternity forum.
- To evaluate, plan and implement service developments to improve the quality of the pharmacy service to the specialist area.
- To participate in the clinical training of junior pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacists and other pharmacy staff acting as an Educational Supervisor or Practice Supervisor
Please see separate job description attached to documents which includes the full job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To work closely with the senior pharmacists, clinicians, nursing and midwifery staff and other senior managers to develop pharmaceutical services to patients within the relevant directorates.
- To act as a source of expert advice and information on Women and Childrens medicines.
- To participate in the development of Patient Group Directions when required.
- To be responsible for the screening, monitoring and ordering of parenteral nutrition for neonates and paediatric patients
- To cultivate links with tertiary and primary care, and to develop shared care agreements, working with the ICS and NHSE Pharmacist where necessary.
- As a NMP to fulfil this role within the individuals area of competence, including medicines reconciliation on admission and prescribing of currently prescribed medicines on discharge. This will include prescribing for MCAs (Multi-compartment aids) on FP10s for supply by Community Pharmacists.
- To take an active role in committees relating to specialist area e.g. paediatric clinical governance, Neonatal MDT and the Maternity forum.
- To evaluate, plan and implement service developments to improve the quality of the pharmacy service to the specialist area.
- To participate in the clinical training of junior pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacists and other pharmacy staff acting as an Educational Supervisor or Practice Supervisor
Please see separate job description attached to documents which includes the full job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Pharmacy degree (Masters level 4 years)
- Registered with GPHC
- Independent prescriber (or intention to become one )
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
- Postgraduate clinical diploma or equivalent
Desirable
- MSC or higher degree
- UKCPA membership
- RPS membership
- Formal management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of producing guidelines
- Experience of producing drug appraisals
- Experience of managing staff
- Significant post-qualification experience working as a pharmacist in a clinical environment
Desirable
- Regular experience of providing clinical pharmacy support
- Clinical audit experience
- Teaching /tutoring experience
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Ability to adapt and cope with challenges
- Applied clinical knowledge
Desirable
- Excellent IT skills
- Evidence of interest in research
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Pharmacy degree (Masters level 4 years)
- Registered with GPHC
- Independent prescriber (or intention to become one )
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
- Postgraduate clinical diploma or equivalent
Desirable
- MSC or higher degree
- UKCPA membership
- RPS membership
- Formal management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of producing guidelines
- Experience of producing drug appraisals
- Experience of managing staff
- Significant post-qualification experience working as a pharmacist in a clinical environment
Desirable
- Regular experience of providing clinical pharmacy support
- Clinical audit experience
- Teaching /tutoring experience
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Ability to adapt and cope with challenges
- Applied clinical knowledge
Desirable
- Excellent IT skills
- Evidence of interest in research
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
