Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic clinical pharmacist to join our friendly and expanding pharmacy team caring for patients in our Healthcare of the Older Person (HCOP) wards.
We have a team of Specialist Frailty Pharmacists who will offer supervision and training in how to provide excellent care for our older patients. This will allow you to build up your knowledge and skills to give you a wealth of experience for your CV.
You will provide complex, pharmaceutical care for patients, optimising their medicines and ensuring the safe & effective transfer of care, and have mentoring support of Specialist Frailty Pharmacists, and operational support from junior pharmacists and medicines management technicians. You will work with the wider multidisciplinary team including specialist nurses.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the job description for full details of the duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake as well as the summary below.
- To work alongside the HCOP MDT delivering excellent patient care through medicines optimisation
- When qualified/met Trust validations the post holder will also utilise their prescribing skills
- To assist the Frailty Specialist Clinical Pharmacists with speciality level support roles such as governance, teaching, updating/creating guidelines
- To be actively involved in quality improvement projects and business cases
- To support, mentor and line manage junior pharmacists
About us
Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country. We are a large, complex, person-centred organisation with an excellent national and international reputation for the quality of patient care, research, education and innovation. For more information about the Trust, visit ourwebsite
We have recently become home to the latest series of Channel 4's award-winning series 24 Hours in A&E, which takes a look inside one of the country's busiest emergency department at QMC and showcases the dedication, passion and skill of our teams.
The pharmacy department at NUH is forward thinking and constantly implementing innovative ways of working to deliver the best possible patient care. We continue to extend the ideal model of delivering medicines optimisation and pharmaceutical care where pharmacists are fully integrated in to the medical teams, supported by a team of medicines management technicians and assistants
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description for full details of the duties and responsibilities that the post holder will be required to undertake as well as the summary below.
- To line manage and support junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in the HCOP and medical team specialities
- To take part in the 7 day shifted rota, bank holiday rotas and senior on-call rota providing back-up support to the on-call pharmacist
- To partake in clinical pharmacy duties ensuring core clinical pharmacy activities are undertaken within the HCOP and medical team specialities
- To assist the Frailty Specialist Clinical Pharmacists with speciality level support roles such as governance, teaching, updating/creating guidelines
- To work alongside the HCOP MDT delivering excellent patient care through medicines optimisation
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description for full details of the duties and responsibilities that the post holder will be required to undertake as well as the summary below.
- To line manage and support junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in the HCOP and medical team specialities
- To take part in the 7 day shifted rota, bank holiday rotas and senior on-call rota providing back-up support to the on-call pharmacist
- To partake in clinical pharmacy duties ensuring core clinical pharmacy activities are undertaken within the HCOP and medical team specialities
- To assist the Frailty Specialist Clinical Pharmacists with speciality level support roles such as governance, teaching, updating/creating guidelines
- To work alongside the HCOP MDT delivering excellent patient care through medicines optimisation
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Honors Degree in Pharmacy/B.Pharm/BSc(Pharmacy)/MPharm
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Demonstrates continued professional development
Desirable
- Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
- Non-medical prescribing
- Post-Graduate Diploma/MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or working towards this
Experience
Essential
- Wide previous experience (post-registration) in clinical pharmacy
- Experience of supervision and assisting in training of trainee pharmacists and/or pharmacy technicians
- Broad knowledge base of clinical areas
- Experience of delivering clinical pharmacy services in a hospital setting
Desirable
- Evidence of research or project work
- Experience in undertaking and reporting/presenting audit/research work at local (Trust) level
Communication and Relationship Skills
Essential
- Good interpersonal, negotiating and presentation skills, both written and verbal skills.
- Ability to interact with multidisciplinary teams
- Good communication skills with multidisciplinary team members and own profession.
- Able to defend opinions when challenged
Desirable
Communication and Relationship Skills
Essential
- Good interpersonal, negotiating and presentation skills, both written and verbal skills.
- Ability to interact with multidisciplinary teams
- Good communication skills with multidisciplinary team members and own profession.
- Able to defend opinions when challenged
Desirable
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential
- Critical evaluation of literature and literature searching skills
- Able to assess and minimise the risk in medication process
- Able to analyse patient specific data to advise on therapy management
Desirable
- Medicine information skills
- Experience of analysing expenditure
Planning and organisation skills
Essential
- Organised, able to prioritise own work and assist other to prioritise.
- Problem solving
Desirable
Physical Skills
Essential
- Competent ICT skills, word processing, presentations, spreadsheets, databases, retrieval of information from internet
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Honors Degree in Pharmacy/B.Pharm/BSc(Pharmacy)/MPharm
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Demonstrates continued professional development
Desirable
- Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
- Non-medical prescribing
- Post-Graduate Diploma/MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or working towards this
Experience
Essential
- Wide previous experience (post-registration) in clinical pharmacy
- Experience of supervision and assisting in training of trainee pharmacists and/or pharmacy technicians
- Broad knowledge base of clinical areas
- Experience of delivering clinical pharmacy services in a hospital setting
Desirable
- Evidence of research or project work
- Experience in undertaking and reporting/presenting audit/research work at local (Trust) level
Communication and Relationship Skills
Essential
- Good interpersonal, negotiating and presentation skills, both written and verbal skills.
- Ability to interact with multidisciplinary teams
- Good communication skills with multidisciplinary team members and own profession.
- Able to defend opinions when challenged
Desirable
Communication and Relationship Skills
Essential
- Good interpersonal, negotiating and presentation skills, both written and verbal skills.
- Ability to interact with multidisciplinary teams
- Good communication skills with multidisciplinary team members and own profession.
- Able to defend opinions when challenged
Desirable
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential
- Critical evaluation of literature and literature searching skills
- Able to assess and minimise the risk in medication process
- Able to analyse patient specific data to advise on therapy management
Desirable
- Medicine information skills
- Experience of analysing expenditure
Planning and organisation skills
Essential
- Organised, able to prioritise own work and assist other to prioritise.
- Problem solving
Desirable
Physical Skills
Essential
- Competent ICT skills, word processing, presentations, spreadsheets, databases, retrieval of information from internet
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).