Job summary
The Sheffield diabetes and endocrine teams provide cross city in-patient and outpatient specialist services to young people and adults with endocrine conditions.
We're looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and motivated clinical pharmacist with significant post-registration experience to help us deliver fantastic clinical pharmacy care to our diabetes and endocrinology patients.
The clinical pharmacists are integral members of the multidisciplinary team and have significant responsibilities in the clinical and support services provided to the directorate. The role also comes with plenty of opportunities for you to develop your skills including in-house training, mentoring and leadership development and the postholder will be an independent prescriber or willing to complete it within the first year.
Applicants must have a postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
You will contribute to pharmacy services in the evenings and weekends, thus maintaining your basic skills and competence.
Main duties of the job
The key roles of the post are to:
proactively identify, implement and develop optimum clinical pharmaceutical services to the Diabetes and Endocrine wards.
support safe transition of care for patients across health care boundaries.
perform independent pharmacist prescriber role (when completed relevant training).
produce and implement guidelines, protocols and SOPs with the support of a senior pharmacist.
contribute to service development projects under the guidance of the Principal Pharmacist as required.
provide support and mentorship for the post-registration pharmacists
participate in the education and training of pre-registration pharmacists, other pharmacy staff and healthcare professionals.
support pharmacy service areas in the department, this may include dispensaries, technical and medicines information
contribute to the out of hours service including evenings and weekends.
About us
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Sheffield.
The STH Pharmacy Dept is a strong, dynamic, friendly and inclusive team with an accessible leadership team who support our goal to give those who join the STH Pharmacy Team the tools and opportunities to further their careers as well as develop themselves.
We strive to promote a culture of continuous quality improvement and encourage our staff to innovate and adopt 'best practice' in order to deliver the highest standard of care to our patients.
Our vision is to be recognised as the best provider of health, clinical research and education in the UK and a strong contributor to the aspiration of Sheffield to be a vibrant and healthy city.
The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- MPharm degree in pharmacy.
- Higher degree/ Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent postgraduate diploma in specialist area
Desirable
- Registered Independent prescriber
- Post-graduate Masters in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent).
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post-registration experience including significant experience in Diabetes and/or endocrinology
Desirable
- Research, audit, and publication experience.
- Experience of teaching and/or tutoring students.
- Appropriate Short Management Course e.g., appraisal training, leadership skills.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to sustain prolonged concentration despite unpredictable workload.
- Manages difficult and ambiguous problems.
- To adopt a flexible working attitude to meet the needs of the patient and the pharmacy department, identifying a vision for the delivery of pharmaceutical care.
- Ability to develop good working relationships across traditional boundaries, e.g., primary/secondary/tertiary care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- MPharm degree in pharmacy.
- Higher degree/ Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent postgraduate diploma in specialist area
Desirable
- Registered Independent prescriber
- Post-graduate Masters in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent).
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post-registration experience including significant experience in Diabetes and/or endocrinology
Desirable
- Research, audit, and publication experience.
- Experience of teaching and/or tutoring students.
- Appropriate Short Management Course e.g., appraisal training, leadership skills.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to sustain prolonged concentration despite unpredictable workload.
- Manages difficult and ambiguous problems.
- To adopt a flexible working attitude to meet the needs of the patient and the pharmacy department, identifying a vision for the delivery of pharmaceutical care.
- Ability to develop good working relationships across traditional boundaries, e.g., primary/secondary/tertiary care.
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).
