Job summary
Advanced Specialist Pharmacist - Elective Orthopaedic Surgery
Band 8a
An exciting opportunity has become available to join the Clinical Pharmacy team at the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) to lead the service to UHNM's Elective Orthopaedic Speciality and further develop the peri-operative optimisation of medicines for these patients, including undertaking pre-admission clinics.
To be considered you will be an experienced clinical pharmacist able to demonstrate an ability to deliver high-quality care for patients.
Working closely with clinicians, nursing staff, and the directorate management team, you will lead the clinical pharmacy service to the Elective Orthopaedic speciality.
You will be expected to provide a high-quality clinical service and provide clinical, financial, and risk management support.
Main duties of the job
Work across our Royal Stoke and County Hospital sites to deliver a high-quality focussed clinical pharmacy service to the Elective Orthopaedic speciality. This will include proactive engagement with clinicians and the wider MDT; delivery of medicines optimisation, governance and safety initiatives; supporting patient flow for inpatient ward area. A key focus of this role will be to ensure that patients are optimised with respect to medicines prior to their procedure and new pathways and guidelines are developed to support and optimise medicines use within the speciality.
This role, as with all our Advanced Pharmacist posts, has the responsibility of supervising diploma students and managing junior staff.
You will also be expected to contribute to the strategic development of the clinical pharmacy service.
It is a friendly, enthusiastic, and committed team at UHNM and you would be joining us at an exciting time.
About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Job description
Job responsibilities
See attached job description for more information. You can add to this by calling or visiting us, see contact details below.
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm)
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma / MSc or equivalent qualification
- Independent Prescriber with appropriate annotation on GPhC register or willing to undertake
Desirable
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
- MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Formal management and / or leadership qualification
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner including a solid grounding in a broad range of clinical specialties
- Experience working as a clinical pharmacist in a hospital setting
- Commitment and evidence of continuous professional development (CPD)
- Computer literate and able to use Windows applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams and internet
- High standard of oral and written (including report writing) communication skills with attention to detail
- Good and broad understanding of current hospital pharmacy practice and future direction of travel
- IT skills and knowledge of the digital medicines agenda.
Desirable
- Clinical pharmacy experience within Elective Orthopaedics/Perioperative Medicine and an enthusiasm to develop this
- Evidence of involvement in pharmacy practice research and/or audit
- Publication of research in a peer reviewed journal
- Experience providing education, training and supervision of staff
- Experience line managing and/or conducting formal appraisals
- Evidence of involvement in writing of guidelines
- Presentation of abstract on pharmacy practice research at a regional or national conference
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm)
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma / MSc or equivalent qualification
- Independent Prescriber with appropriate annotation on GPhC register or willing to undertake
Desirable
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
- MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Formal management and / or leadership qualification
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner including a solid grounding in a broad range of clinical specialties
- Experience working as a clinical pharmacist in a hospital setting
- Commitment and evidence of continuous professional development (CPD)
- Computer literate and able to use Windows applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams and internet
- High standard of oral and written (including report writing) communication skills with attention to detail
- Good and broad understanding of current hospital pharmacy practice and future direction of travel
- IT skills and knowledge of the digital medicines agenda.
Desirable
- Clinical pharmacy experience within Elective Orthopaedics/Perioperative Medicine and an enthusiasm to develop this
- Evidence of involvement in pharmacy practice research and/or audit
- Publication of research in a peer reviewed journal
- Experience providing education, training and supervision of staff
- Experience line managing and/or conducting formal appraisals
- Evidence of involvement in writing of guidelines
- Presentation of abstract on pharmacy practice research at a regional or national conference
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).
