Job summary
This is an exciting split post that encompasses anticoagulation, working on the cardiology and cardiac surgery wards, as well as critical care. It is a flexible position that can be adapted to suit you and your experience so far, and there will be plenty of learning opportunities from each team.
You will be working in a friendly team within the pharmacy department to provide anticoagulation dosing advice to patients being managed within both primary and secondary care. You will also provide specialist input to adult cardiac areas and critical care as part of the clinical pharmacy service, and there will be an opportunity to deputise for lead anticoagulation and cardiac pharmacists as required.
Please note, this is a Fixed Term position.
Main duties of the job
Your day to day duties will include (but not be limited to):
- Working in the anticoagulation clinic dosing outpatients and inpatients as part of our anticoagulation team
- Supporting rotational pharmacists and the anticoagulation technician in delivering the anticoagulation dosing service
- Providing clinical pharmacy cover to our critical care units and to cardiac services, including team leadership to the cardiac pharmacy team where needed
- Participation in Saturday, Sunday, bank holiday and late working pharmacy rotas.
- To provide an emergency call out service on a rotational basis.
- Our Saturday, Sunday & Bank Holiday shifts are part of normal contracted hours with compensatory 'off-duty days', on a rota basis of roughly one weekend day every 6 weeks
About us
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Evidence of UK hospital pharmacy experience
- Previous experience of audit or quality improvement
- One-to-one and small group teaching
- Knowledge of common conditions encountered in area of practice and of safe and appropriate drug treatments
- Knowledge of the legal framework for the dispensing, prescribing and administering or medicines
Desirable
- Previous experience in critical care
- Previous experience in anticoagulant dosing
- Quality improvement methodology and project working
- Line-management
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to operate multiple clinical digital systems
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Problem identification and solving
- Prioritisation and task management
- Lateral thinking
- Able to critically analyse prescriptions for clinical appropriateness
- Can organise own and others work to meet agreed deadlines
- Ability to make safe and clinically relevant decisions in high pressure environments
- Proficient and collaboration and influencing
Desirable
- Ability to manage a small team of junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians on a daily basis
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Master's degree (or equivalent) in pharmacy
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
- Postgraduate certificate (or equivalent) in Clinical Pharmacy - applicants who are approaching completion of their certificate will be considered for the role
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Post graduate diploma or Master's degree in clinical pharmacy
- Independent prescribing qualification
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Evidence of UK hospital pharmacy experience
- Previous experience of audit or quality improvement
- One-to-one and small group teaching
- Knowledge of common conditions encountered in area of practice and of safe and appropriate drug treatments
- Knowledge of the legal framework for the dispensing, prescribing and administering or medicines
Desirable
- Previous experience in critical care
- Previous experience in anticoagulant dosing
- Quality improvement methodology and project working
- Line-management
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to operate multiple clinical digital systems
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Problem identification and solving
- Prioritisation and task management
- Lateral thinking
- Able to critically analyse prescriptions for clinical appropriateness
- Can organise own and others work to meet agreed deadlines
- Ability to make safe and clinically relevant decisions in high pressure environments
- Proficient and collaboration and influencing
Desirable
- Ability to manage a small team of junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians on a daily basis
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Master's degree (or equivalent) in pharmacy
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
- Postgraduate certificate (or equivalent) in Clinical Pharmacy - applicants who are approaching completion of their certificate will be considered for the role
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Post graduate diploma or Master's degree in clinical pharmacy
- Independent prescribing qualification
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).
