University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 7 Senior Support Pharmacist Emergency Medicine

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for proactive and dynamic individual with vision, drive and enthusiasm and an appropriate level of knowledge and skill to join the Pharmacy team as the Senior Support Pharmacists Acute Medicine Queen Elizabeth Hospital with University Hospitals Birmingham Trust.

We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic pharmacists to join our clinical pharmacy team as Senior Support Pharmacist within Emergency Medicine.If you are a clinical pharmacist who has worked as a pharmacist in hospital pharmacy, covering a range of specialities, or have the ability to demonstrate the equivalent level of knowledge, and are ready for the next step in your career then this could be the job for you.

Applicants who do not meet the criteria in the person specification relating to diploma status but who can demonstrate post-registration hospital experience and who have commenced a clinical diploma are invited to apply and will be appointed in a progressional post under Agenda for Change Annex 21 (payment at 75% of the maximum band 7 pay, uplifted to the starting pay of a band 7 as per Agenda for Change on completion of the first year of clinical diploma). On completion of the first year of the clinical diploma applicants will be offered to undertake the independent prescribing course.

Main duties of the job

You will deliver a high quality specialist clinical pharmacy service, and there will be a strong emphasis on supporting you in developing leadership and mentoring skills to the next level. You will be expected to support your junior pharmacist and pharmacy technicians in delivering an excellent pharmacy service within acute medical unit and emergency medicine.

In addition you will take be supporting the directorate work for emergency medicine which includes education and training, supervising and mentoring junior pharmacists and undertaking audits, reporting and analysing medicines expenditure, reviewing clinical governance and risk management activities, including reviewing PGDs and relevant policies. You will have responsibility for the supervision of less experienced members of the team including junior pharmacists and trainee pharmacists. There is an extended AMU Pharmacy service within QE in which you will be supporting in mentoring and supervising the junior pharmacists.

You will be a highly motivated individual and a team player with well-developed communication skills and a desire to use your knowledge, skills and experience to improve patient care and influence healthcare professionals in the best use of medicines.

Your usual hours would be 08:56 -17:00 Monday to Friday and you will be expected to be part of the late night duty, weekend working and the on-call service on a rotational basis.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Date posted

10 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-1073598PM

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Vocational Masters degree (MPharm) in pharmacy (or equivalent) with current GPhC registration
*Has completed or is near completion a postgraduate clinical pharmacy certificate (Unless applying for a progression post under Agenda for Change Band 7 Annex U)

Experience

Essential

*Demonstrated knowledge and experience as a pharmacist within hospital pharmacy, and the ability to demonstrate the equivalent level of knowledge (Unless applying for a progression post under Agenda for Change Band 7 Annex U)
*Demonstrates commitment and enthusiasm for providing high quality pharmaceutical care
*Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options for the patients
*Commitment to own Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
*Possesses relevant clinical knowledge in hospital pharmacy, demonstrating ability to analyse and interpret complex clinical information and use available evidence to make sound clinical judgments in relation to patient-or drug-specific issues
*Knowledge of national initiatives and guidelines, e.g. NICE, NSF
*Demonstrates good knowledge of hospital clinical pharmacy and current issues

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Vocational Masters degree (MPharm) in pharmacy (or equivalent) with current GPhC registration
*Has completed or is near completion a postgraduate clinical pharmacy certificate (Unless applying for a progression post under Agenda for Change Band 7 Annex U)

Experience

Essential

*Demonstrated knowledge and experience as a pharmacist within hospital pharmacy, and the ability to demonstrate the equivalent level of knowledge (Unless applying for a progression post under Agenda for Change Band 7 Annex U)
*Demonstrates commitment and enthusiasm for providing high quality pharmaceutical care
*Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options for the patients
*Commitment to own Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
*Possesses relevant clinical knowledge in hospital pharmacy, demonstrating ability to analyse and interpret complex clinical information and use available evidence to make sound clinical judgments in relation to patient-or drug-specific issues
*Knowledge of national initiatives and guidelines, e.g. NICE, NSF
*Demonstrates good knowledge of hospital clinical pharmacy and current issues

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

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)