Job summary
Are you looking to take the next step in your career and develop your clinical, leadership, governance and quality improvement skills?
This role offers a great opportunity for a pharmacist with experience and an interest in the medical specialties to deliver and develop pharmacy services in Specialist Medicine at Queen's Hospital Burton, whilst working in a Trust that offers you flexible working and a supportive environment focused on staff wellbeing and excellent career development opportunities.
Burton-on-Trent and the surrounding areas provide you with good transport links to all major UK cities by being in the heart of the Midlands and is a great place to work and/or live.
If this sounds like something you would be interested in, why don't you come and join our friendly, inclusive and well-regarded Pharmacy team at UHDB.
Main duties of the job
This role is a key part of our team of Advanced Pharmacists working across the Medical Division at UHDB, and provides leadership and support for the pharmacy service to specialist medicine at the Queen's Hospital site.
As the Advanced Pharmacist for Specialist Medicine at Queen's Hospital you will work closely with our multi-disciplinary teams as well as colleagues in Pharmacy across UHDB to deliver and promote effective and high quality pharmacy services to patients in our hospitals and in virtual and place-based care settings.
As a highly motivated and enthusiastic clinical pharmacist, you will be supported to develop and implement your own ideas to ensure optimal pharmaceutical care for our patients. You will also have the opportunity to effectively contribute to the leadership, coordination, governance and development of the clinical pharmacy team across UHDB.
This post is based at Queen's Hospital Burton. Occasional travel to other UHDB hospitals will be required to fulfil the Trust-wide elements of this role.
Closing Date: 26th October 2023
Interview Date: 09 November 2023
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
- Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
- On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts about our Trust:
- Our hospitals see more than 4,000 outpatients daily
- We see more Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients than any other Trust - over 3,300 per week
- An average 860 patients are seen in A&E every day - 6th largest in the country
- Our hospitals admit more than 220 emergency patients daily.
- We carry out more planned surgical operations than any other Trust in England with almost 50,000 operations taking place in our 52 operating theatres
- We are one of only 5 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres
- We carry out more than 300 elective procedures each working day
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and Person Specification. To apply please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.
Person Specification
Communication and Relationships
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written to communicate with a broad spectrum of people (from senior Division managers to members of the public). Able to articulate information and present clearly to healthcare staff, patients and members of the public.
- Ability to influence senior & junior healthcare staff (pharmacy, medical, nursing staff and managers) e.g. therapeutic decisions.
- Demonstrable leadership skills - role model for clinical pharmacists.
- Effective computer / IT knowledge and skills.
Desirable
- Training in influencing and negotiating skills.
- Training in leadership skills
Knowledge, training and experience
Essential
- Vocational Master's Degree in Pharmacy plus additional demonstrable pre-registration training, portfolio-based experience and final examination.
- PG Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Significant post-registration hospital practice experience including specialist clinical pharmacy practice in a relevant area.
- Wide-ranging clinical pharmacy experience and expert knowledge and ability to use research findings to develop services and patient care.
- Non-medical prescribing qualification within specialist area of practice relevant to acute admissions.
- Statutory regulatory membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council.
Desirable
- Membership of other organisations (e.g. RPSGB, Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists, etc)
- Higher degree e.g. Masters, DPharm or management.
Patient care and service development
Essential
- Provides safe, effective and timely services to individual patients
- Regular clinical pharmacy practice within specialist clinical area.
- Ability to identify and manage risk
- Plans and organises performance indicators and audit.
- Ability to effect and manage change
Desirable
- Experience in service planning and project management in short-medium term.
- Prior experience managing change
Person Specification
Communication and Relationships
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written to communicate with a broad spectrum of people (from senior Division managers to members of the public). Able to articulate information and present clearly to healthcare staff, patients and members of the public.
- Ability to influence senior & junior healthcare staff (pharmacy, medical, nursing staff and managers) e.g. therapeutic decisions.
- Demonstrable leadership skills - role model for clinical pharmacists.
- Effective computer / IT knowledge and skills.
Desirable
- Training in influencing and negotiating skills.
- Training in leadership skills
Knowledge, training and experience
Essential
- Vocational Master's Degree in Pharmacy plus additional demonstrable pre-registration training, portfolio-based experience and final examination.
- PG Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Significant post-registration hospital practice experience including specialist clinical pharmacy practice in a relevant area.
- Wide-ranging clinical pharmacy experience and expert knowledge and ability to use research findings to develop services and patient care.
- Non-medical prescribing qualification within specialist area of practice relevant to acute admissions.
- Statutory regulatory membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council.
Desirable
- Membership of other organisations (e.g. RPSGB, Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists, etc)
- Higher degree e.g. Masters, DPharm or management.
Patient care and service development
Essential
- Provides safe, effective and timely services to individual patients
- Regular clinical pharmacy practice within specialist clinical area.
- Ability to identify and manage risk
- Plans and organises performance indicators and audit.
- Ability to effect and manage change
Desirable
- Experience in service planning and project management in short-medium term.
- Prior experience managing change
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).
