Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced pharmacist with a passion for education and training to join our friendly and enthusiastic pharmacy education and training team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (STHFT).
We are looking for a dynamic and innovative pharmacist to develop, support and evaluate the co-ordination and delivery of high-quality education and professional development within the pharmacy department.
The post is split between education and training (0.6), and clinical duties (0.4)
The successful applicant will be a registered pharmacist with a postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy, or equivalent, and with proven experience in education and training. You will need excellent communication skills and enjoy working as part of a team. You will also need to be friendly, approachable, adaptable, willing to learn new skills and be committed to continuous professional development.
Main duties of the job
The education and training team are responsible for supporting and developing structured training for undergraduate pharmacy student placements, trainee pharmacists, foundation pharmacists and advanced practice pharmacists.
The postholder will also support recruitment and induction of foundation pharmacists. We have established links with the Universities of Bradford and Huddersfield and are working closely with the new School of Pharmacy at the University of Sheffield. We work collaboratively with NHS England Workforce, Training and Education and with the GPhC and RPS.
The post holder will contribute to clinical pharmacy provision within an agreed specialty area and the development of medicines management and optimisation throughout the patient care pathway.
The post holder will participate in the 1 in 5 weekend and bank holiday service within STHFT, and the late night (to 8pm) rota.
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.
About us
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. It is an energetic and vibrant organisation that places patients and staff at the heart of everything they do. We provide a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Sheffield, as well as specialist care for patients from further afield, including cancer, spinal cord injuries, renal and cardiothoracic services.
As a teaching hospital, we have a great commitment to education, training, and development of staff, including undergraduates from many professions. You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it services. The NHS offers a wide range of benefits including pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance and career, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.
The trust will give you time to use your skills and help you develop a fulfilling career as well as a commitment to support flexible working and can support such things as, part time hours, condensed hours, or job share. These options are not exhaustive, and we would encourage candidates to state any forms of flexible working they would like to explore in their application.
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.
The post-holder will contribute to the departmental weekend, evening (till 8pm) and bank holiday rota.
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.
The post-holder will contribute to the departmental weekend, evening (till 8pm) and bank holiday rota.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm in pharmacy
- Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Higher degree/ Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent postgraduate diploma in specialist area
Desirable
- Independent Prescriber
- Education/teaching qualification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post-registration experience including significant experience in a wide range of clinical pharmacy specialities.
- Experience of planning, delivering, and evaluating pharmacy education and training programmes
Desirable
- Significant post-registration experience
- Experience of working with educational institutions.
- Experience of mentoring/coaching/supervision
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent teamwork skills
- Ability to demonstrate leadership of both people and projects IT skills
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent organisational skills
- Ability to work independently and have own accountability for professional actions.
- Ability to prioritise tasks and time.
- Proven experience in the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate, and communicate highly complex therapeutic options.
- Experience of busy and stressful working environment due to urgent interruptions for advice.
- Meets set targets for pharmaceutical services to the patients admitted and discharged from STHFT.
- Demonstrates innovation.
- Demonstrated ability to influence practice at a departmental level.
- Ability to develop good working relationships across traditional boundaries, eg, primary/secondary/tertiary care.
- Ability to delegate authority appropriately.
- Manages difficult and ambiguous problems.
- Ability to adopt a flexible working attitude to the needs of the patient and the pharmacy department and identifies a vision for the delivery of pharmaceutical care.
Desirable
- Excellent IT skills.
- Ability to delegate duties appropriately.
- Ability to support the management and implementation of change.
- Participation in local, regional and national education workstreams.
- Critical evaluation skills
Further Training
Desirable
- Experience of service improvement projects or clinical audit
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm in pharmacy
- Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Higher degree/ Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent postgraduate diploma in specialist area
Desirable
- Independent Prescriber
- Education/teaching qualification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post-registration experience including significant experience in a wide range of clinical pharmacy specialities.
- Experience of planning, delivering, and evaluating pharmacy education and training programmes
Desirable
- Significant post-registration experience
- Experience of working with educational institutions.
- Experience of mentoring/coaching/supervision
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent teamwork skills
- Ability to demonstrate leadership of both people and projects IT skills
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent organisational skills
- Ability to work independently and have own accountability for professional actions.
- Ability to prioritise tasks and time.
- Proven experience in the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate, and communicate highly complex therapeutic options.
- Experience of busy and stressful working environment due to urgent interruptions for advice.
- Meets set targets for pharmaceutical services to the patients admitted and discharged from STHFT.
- Demonstrates innovation.
- Demonstrated ability to influence practice at a departmental level.
- Ability to develop good working relationships across traditional boundaries, eg, primary/secondary/tertiary care.
- Ability to delegate authority appropriately.
- Manages difficult and ambiguous problems.
- Ability to adopt a flexible working attitude to the needs of the patient and the pharmacy department and identifies a vision for the delivery of pharmaceutical care.
Desirable
- Excellent IT skills.
- Ability to delegate duties appropriately.
- Ability to support the management and implementation of change.
- Participation in local, regional and national education workstreams.
- Critical evaluation skills
Further Training
Desirable
- Experience of service improvement projects or clinical audit
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).
