Job summary
We are excited to offer three Senior Pharmacist and Academic Link roles. This unique opportunity offers the successful applicant a split role working three days a week within one of our specialist pharmacy teams based at Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and two days a week with the academic team at King's College London.
Acute and General Medicine:
The Acute and General Medicine Pharmacy Team is one of the largest within the department providing comprehensive clinical pharmacy services across the Integrated and Specialist Medicine directorate. This role has a focus on the delivery and development of services to the fast paced and dynamic emergency pathway.
Medication Safety:
Led by our Consultant Pharmacist, the Medicines Safety Team works across all the Trust sites to support the safe use of medicines. The ongoing work of the team supports our reputation for excellence in patient safety. You will be working closely with colleagues in clinical and digital services and the Trust Quality and Assurance directorate focusing on systems, human factors and risk to develop safer medicines use across all settings.
Education and Training:
The Pharmacy E+T Team lead and develop our programmes for undergraduate and postgraduate students, trainee and foundation training, pharmacy technician and early careers pharmacists. This role has a focus on the ongoing development of our undergraduate MPharm placements and postgraduate programmes.
Main duties of the job
Academic Link at King's College London:
The Institute of Pharmaceutical Science (IPS) at King's College London is ranked 5th in the UK for the MPharm programme and is a globally leading centre for research and training in pharmacy and pharmaceutical science. The IPS hosts a highly regarded MPharm degree and range of postgraduate courses including Independent Prescribing. Each of the roles advertised has an integral focus on the ongoing delivery and development of the undergraduate MPharm programme, curriculum and placement provision and will be acting as a module/professional lead. IPS also benefits from unique partnerships with pharmacists working within King's Health Partners through the Pharmaceutical Science Clinical Academic Group. The roles are ideal for a passionate pharmacist eager to shape and advance the future of pharmacy education and inspire the next generation of pharmacy professionals.
We will ask you at interview which of the above three roles you wish to be considered for and to indicate your preferences for these. The precise split in days between the roles at Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London would be a flexible arrangement but with defined days of the week between each. Further information will be provided at interview and discussed following an offer.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best-known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research, and innovation. We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer, and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark. We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching, and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, and neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Descriptions for further information with regards to each of the roles.
1) Senior Pharmacist for Education and Training and KCL Academic Link:
Full-Time Role - 5 Days a Week (37.5 Hours/Week) (2 Days at KCL, 3 Days at GSTT)
2) Senior Pharmacist for Medication Safety and KCL Academic Link:
Full-Time Role - 5 Days a Week (37.5 Hours/Week) (2 Days at KCL, 3 Days at GSTT)
3) Highly Specialist Pharmacist for Acute & Emergency Medicine and KCL Academic Link
Part-Time Role 4 Days a Week (30 Hours/Week) (2 Days at KCL, 2 Days at GSTT)
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Descriptions for further information with regards to each of the roles.
1) Senior Pharmacist for Education and Training and KCL Academic Link:
Full-Time Role - 5 Days a Week (37.5 Hours/Week) (2 Days at KCL, 3 Days at GSTT)
2) Senior Pharmacist for Medication Safety and KCL Academic Link:
Full-Time Role - 5 Days a Week (37.5 Hours/Week) (2 Days at KCL, 3 Days at GSTT)
3) Highly Specialist Pharmacist for Acute & Emergency Medicine and KCL Academic Link
Part-Time Role 4 Days a Week (30 Hours/Week) (2 Days at KCL, 2 Days at GSTT)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master of Pharmacy degree (MPharm) or equivalent
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Post-Graduate Diploma (or equivalent) in Pharmacy Practice
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) as a Non-Medical Prescriber
Desirable
- Project Management or Quality Improvement Qualification (or equivalent experience)
- Member of relevant professional groups (i.e. Royal Pharmaceutical Society, UKCPA, HEA)
- Postgraduate qualification in learning, teaching and course design (i.e. the UCL Statement of Teaching Proficiency)
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of clinically based hospital pharmacy services
- Experience in delivering interdisciplinary training
- Understanding of national and local priorities related to education and training
- Knowledge of clinical audit and quality improvement and role in pharmacy and medicines use
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
- Experience of supervising others
- Experience in the evaluation of learning experiences
- Experience of acting as a line manager
Desirable
- Experience of delivering training and education and undergraduate and postgraduate level
- Experience as a Trainee Pharmacist Educational Supervisor
- Experience of acting as a post-graduate diploma educational supervisor
- Experience in reporting and reviewing medicine safety incidents
- Experience of contribution to NPSA responses and addressing drug safety advice from MHRA/HSSIB
Skills
Essential
- Ability to assess performance and identify training needs
- Ability to initiate and implement change
- Ability to identify and manage risk
- Ability to impart knowledge to pharmacy staff in a formal teaching setting
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Competent presentation skills and ability to utilise a variety of presentation methods
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Ability to engage with different staff groups and of different grades
- Influencing, motivating and negotiating skills
Desirable
- Use of electronic systems with reporting and data manipulation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master of Pharmacy degree (MPharm) or equivalent
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Post-Graduate Diploma (or equivalent) in Pharmacy Practice
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) as a Non-Medical Prescriber
Desirable
- Project Management or Quality Improvement Qualification (or equivalent experience)
- Member of relevant professional groups (i.e. Royal Pharmaceutical Society, UKCPA, HEA)
- Postgraduate qualification in learning, teaching and course design (i.e. the UCL Statement of Teaching Proficiency)
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of clinically based hospital pharmacy services
- Experience in delivering interdisciplinary training
- Understanding of national and local priorities related to education and training
- Knowledge of clinical audit and quality improvement and role in pharmacy and medicines use
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
- Experience of supervising others
- Experience in the evaluation of learning experiences
- Experience of acting as a line manager
Desirable
- Experience of delivering training and education and undergraduate and postgraduate level
- Experience as a Trainee Pharmacist Educational Supervisor
- Experience of acting as a post-graduate diploma educational supervisor
- Experience in reporting and reviewing medicine safety incidents
- Experience of contribution to NPSA responses and addressing drug safety advice from MHRA/HSSIB
Skills
Essential
- Ability to assess performance and identify training needs
- Ability to initiate and implement change
- Ability to identify and manage risk
- Ability to impart knowledge to pharmacy staff in a formal teaching setting
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Competent presentation skills and ability to utilise a variety of presentation methods
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Ability to engage with different staff groups and of different grades
- Influencing, motivating and negotiating skills
Desirable
- Use of electronic systems with reporting and data manipulation
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).
