Job summary
Are you looking for the opportunity to play an important role within a diverse, forward-thinking and ambitious pharmacy department?
Are you looking to develop your academic teaching and mentoring skills?
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist to join our Pharmacy Education and Training Team at the St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Within an established Pharmacy Education & Training Team, you will support the training and development of the pharmacy workforce and the wider multi-disciplinary team within the Trust. As a split post, you will work as a teacher practitioner within the well-established academic team at Kingston University, School of Pharmacy. You will lead on the development of our Foundation Trainee Pharmacist training programme and Undergraduate Placement programme. You will be an integral member of the pharmacy team and will establish close working relationships with colleagues both within and outside of St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust including Higher Education Institutes.
Main duties of the job
You will need to be organised, self-motivated, and passionate about developing others. You will need to have excellent communication skills and be confident to provide training to the multi-disciplinary team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wishes to progress to a specialist education role and wants to drive positive changes in healthcare professionals' development.
About us
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust itself is a major acute hospital that offers specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, neurosurgery, cardiac care, lipid disorders, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. We are the regional specialist care provider for South-West London, Surrey and beyond. Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff. The helipad was opened in spring 2014 and the work of the Emergency Department has been captured on Channel 4's '24 Hours in A&E' programme.
With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital. We provide services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Roehampton. These include outpatient rapid diagnostic and treatment facilities, a minor injuries unit, limb fitting services and 70 elderly, intermediate care and rehabilitation beds. Our main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London. The site hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Job description
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent
- PProfessional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Postgraduate Diploma in either Clinical Pharmacy or General Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent)
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice.
Desirable
- Other postgraduate qualifications relevant to pharmacy practice, education & training, or research qualifications
- Non-medical Prescribing qualification
- Member of a clinical or education & training committee (e.g., UKCPA, RPS, NHSE)
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience in hospital clinical pharmacy or equivalent relevant area of practice.
- Demonstrable experience in supervising others.
- Demonstrable experience in the delivery of formal education and training at undergraduate or postgraduate level
- Demonstrable experience of managing staff/ teams
Desirable
- Experience of disciplinary matters and be able to impart results from them to staff in an appropriate and considered manner.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates a good core knowledge of therapeutics and pharmacology
- Demonstrates awareness of a commitment to Clinical Governance
- Demonstrates an awareness of interface issues
- Demonstrates ability to analyse and interpret highly complex clinical information
- Knowledge of relevant local and national standards and regulations associated with the provision of education and training
- Ability to work on own initiative and effectively as part of a team both within pharmacy and a multidisciplinary environment
Skills
Essential
- Be flexible in responding to demands of the service.
- Reliable, polite and approachable
- Knows own professional and personal limitations and seeks advice where necessary.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent
- PProfessional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Postgraduate Diploma in either Clinical Pharmacy or General Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent)
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice.
Desirable
- Other postgraduate qualifications relevant to pharmacy practice, education & training, or research qualifications
- Non-medical Prescribing qualification
- Member of a clinical or education & training committee (e.g., UKCPA, RPS, NHSE)
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience in hospital clinical pharmacy or equivalent relevant area of practice.
- Demonstrable experience in supervising others.
- Demonstrable experience in the delivery of formal education and training at undergraduate or postgraduate level
- Demonstrable experience of managing staff/ teams
Desirable
- Experience of disciplinary matters and be able to impart results from them to staff in an appropriate and considered manner.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates a good core knowledge of therapeutics and pharmacology
- Demonstrates awareness of a commitment to Clinical Governance
- Demonstrates an awareness of interface issues
- Demonstrates ability to analyse and interpret highly complex clinical information
- Knowledge of relevant local and national standards and regulations associated with the provision of education and training
- Ability to work on own initiative and effectively as part of a team both within pharmacy and a multidisciplinary environment
Skills
Essential
- Be flexible in responding to demands of the service.
- Reliable, polite and approachable
- Knows own professional and personal limitations and seeks advice where necessary.
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).
