Job summary
Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Dermatology
Full time 37.5 hours per week. Permanent post
Are you a passionate and experienced pharmacist looking to specialise in dermatology?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Highly Specialist Pharmacist Band 8a to join our dynamic pharmacy team at Royal Bolton Hospital Foundation Trust
Main duties of the job
- To work with the Senior leadership team and lead the development of the dermatology pharmacy service at Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Be responsible for the planning and implementation of strategic goals as directed by the Chief Pharmacist and national and local commissioners.
- To work as part of the dermatology MDT and advocate and promote the safe and cost effective prescribing within the Dermatology directorate in line with local and national guidelines.
- To develop and contribute to the departments and trust cost improvement agenda.To help identify and deliver on schemes relating to dermatology prescribing including high cost drug use, biosimilar switches and homecare.
- To provide appropriate training and support for all staff involved with dermatology, ensuring all staff within the pharmacy team are delivering a high quality service alongside the education and training lead pharmacist.
- To act as a role model and line manager for other pharmacy professionals
- Alongside homecare team, be involved with implementation of new homecare services and policies including the setting up of service level agreements (SLAs) and ensuring compliance with legal and professional standards related to the dermatology directorate.
- Ensure that all medicines related policies within dermatology are up to date and in line with best practice. Where required develop new policies and SOPs to improve service quality and reduce risk.
About us
We are looking for people who share our core Trust values, which are:
'Vision, Openness, Integrity, Compassion, Excellence '
The vision of this Trust is to be recognised by the people of Bolton and beyond as an excellent provider of health and care services and a great place to work. We are striving to attract, recruit and retain high calibre skilled staff which reflect our communities. We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment. We aim to be consciously inclusive and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed. We would particularly encourage candidates from a black and minority ethnic (BAME) background and candidates with health conditions or impairments.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description. If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description. If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Pre-registration training and experience
- Membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Diploma in clinical pharmacy
- Good all round clinical knowledge and practical clinical skills
Desirable
- Non-Medical Prescriber, registered with the GPhC
- Membership of The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
- Designated prescribing practitioner
Experience
Essential
- Post registration hospital experience
- Experience of pharmacist led prescribing/review clinics
- Experience with medicines optimisation/high cost drugs
- Able to think clearly in stressful situations
Desirable
- Line management experience
- Experience of managing a team
- Evidence of successful multi-disciplinary working
- Experience of working within dermatology
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Pre-registration training and experience
- Membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Diploma in clinical pharmacy
- Good all round clinical knowledge and practical clinical skills
Desirable
- Non-Medical Prescriber, registered with the GPhC
- Membership of The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
- Designated prescribing practitioner
Experience
Essential
- Post registration hospital experience
- Experience of pharmacist led prescribing/review clinics
- Experience with medicines optimisation/high cost drugs
- Able to think clearly in stressful situations
Desirable
- Line management experience
- Experience of managing a team
- Evidence of successful multi-disciplinary working
- Experience of working within dermatology
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).
