Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Medical Specialties (Band 8a)

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Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the forward thinking and progressive Pharmacy department at Airedale General Hospital, on the outskirts of Skipton.

We are looking for a Band 8a Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Medical Specialties to join the fantastic team at Airedale. We welcome applications from innovative and enthusiastic team players who communicate effectively at all levels to join our dynamic team.

Our Pharmacists are highly respected members of the multidisciplinary team, and you could join this team to support the delivery of medicines optimisation through high-quality patient centred care.

Main duties of the job

To provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service to designated wards, clinics and specialist areas in conjunction with other clinical and junior pharmacists
To lead the safe, rational and cost-effective prescribing of medication in area of speciality
To support clinicians with the management of patients in a specialist area, including assessing of patient therapeutic response, blood result interpretation, and adjusting medication and doses in accordance with local procedures and in liaison with clinical leads
To be responsible for the Homecare Medicines service
To be responsible for managing Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) across the organisation
To actively support the Medicines Management Waste Reduction Programme

About us

We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.We want to attract staff who embrace our 'Right Care' behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients - we want to make these part of our DNA.

Date posted

10 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

423-5709412

Job locations

Airedale General Hospital

Skipton Road, Steeton

Keighley

BD20 6TD

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details and full details of the role please see the attached job description and person specification attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details and full details of the role please see the attached job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered as a Pharmacist with GPhC
Pharmacy Degree
Post-graduate Diploma from an approved clinical pharmacy scheme, or equivalent experience
Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice

Desirable

Membership of UKCPA
Membership of the Royal pharmaceutical Society
Postgraduate Masters
Independent Prescriber or working towards this qualification

Experience

Essential

Experience as a practicing clinical pharmacist within an acute hospital trust
Analysis and management of drug expenditure
Experience in delivering risk reduction initiatives

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered as a Pharmacist with GPhC
Pharmacy Degree
Post-graduate Diploma from an approved clinical pharmacy scheme, or equivalent experience
Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice

Desirable

Membership of UKCPA
Membership of the Royal pharmaceutical Society
Postgraduate Masters
Independent Prescriber or working towards this qualification

Experience

Essential

Experience as a practicing clinical pharmacist within an acute hospital trust
Analysis and management of drug expenditure
Experience in delivering risk reduction initiatives

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Airedale General Hospital

Skipton Road, Steeton

Keighley

BD20 6TD

Employer's website

https://www.airedale-trust.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Airedale General Hospital

Skipton Road, Steeton

Keighley

BD20 6TD

Employer's website

https://www.airedale-trust.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)