Job summary
This is a new exciting role as part of our growing intestinal failure pharmacy team.
you woul be working mainly at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital site with a once weekly commitment to Heartlands Hospital or Good Hope to establish further Nutrition Support Team ward rounds.
1) To partake in specialised clinical pharmacy duties ensuring core clinical pharmacy activities are undertaken (60%)
2) To support and develop the Adult Parenteral Nutrition and Intestinal Failure clinical pharmacy service provision for the nutrition support team (NST) working with other pharmacy staff providing safe, effective and economic use of medicines.
3) Leadership, management and directorate/service support roles (20%)
4) To line manage and support more junior pharmacists in the listed directorates (10%)
5) To take full part in clinical/dispensary rota and bank holidays duties (10%)
We would be open to a step approach and to delevloping a 7 into the 8 post.
Main duties of the job
**To provide specialist input and demonstrate expert knowledge in Adult Parenteral Nutrition and Intestinal Failure in accordance with the priorities set by the Chief Pharmacist and the Trust agreed standards. Working within the trust formulary, using evidence based medicine, across UHB sites.
*Ensure the clinical services provided are of a high standard and that all prescribed medication is clinically screened in a timely manner. Provide daily clinical pharmacy services to Adult Parenteral Nutrition and Intestinal Failure wards.
*Develop the clinical pharmacy service and lead other Pharmacists and Technicians in Adult Parenteral Nutrition and Intestinal Failure service to a high standard of pharmaceutical care.
*Provide highly specialist advice to and counsel patients and/or their relatives (who may sometimes be distressed and have language difficulties or other disabilities) on their prescribed medication to promote compliance.
*Monitor and report discrepancies found in the computerised prescribing system (PICS), liaising with the Lead Pharmacist- Electronic Prescribing.
*Develop a whole systems approach within the specialty and develop integrated care pathways to provide information to patients on obtaining supplies of specialised medications after discharge from hospital.
*Participate in the rota for provision of pharmacy services covering dispensary, on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays. Providing advisory support to the on-call service as per rota.
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.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
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
- *MPharm degree or equivalent
- *Clinical diploma (or equivalent) or higher Pharmacy degree
- *Qualified as an independent non-medical prescribed or a willingness to undertake the programme.
- *GPhC registration
Desirable
- *Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Experience
Essential
- *Substantial experience as a band 7 pharmacist (or above) within hospital pharmacy.
- *Experience in a range of clinical specialties.
- *Previous participation in multi-disciplinary team
- *Experience in supervising and managing pharmacists & pharmacy technicians and performing appraisals.
- *Experience of audit work
- *Excellent knowledge of general clinical pharmacy and drug use
- *Networking: being able to work within and without the Trust with credibility
- *Knowledge of current national standards, guidelines in Adult Parenteral Nutrition and Intestinal Failure issues relevant to education & training
- *In-depth knowledge of Continuing Professional Development process and of Plan & Record system
- *Experience of supervision, developing and appraising staff as well as giving feedback
Desirable
- *Experience of tutoring pharmacists studying for postgraduate qualification
- *Previous experience of teaching other healthcare professionals
- *Experience of short listing and interviewing
- *Experience of managing drug expenditure for a specialty and understanding of budgetary mechanism
- *Experience in service development
- *Experience of working at a strategic level with senior clinicians and managers and experience of working in an integrated directorate
- *Experience as a trainer
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Professional manner
- *Well-motivated and reliable
- *Able to work with all grades of staff.
- *Capacity to work calmly under pressure.
- *Ability to deal with frequent interruptions.
- *Proven ability to work to deadlines and time management without supervision.
- *Willingness to travel across all sites as required by the job role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *MPharm degree or equivalent
- *Clinical diploma (or equivalent) or higher Pharmacy degree
- *Qualified as an independent non-medical prescribed or a willingness to undertake the programme.
- *GPhC registration
Desirable
- *Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Experience
Essential
- *Substantial experience as a band 7 pharmacist (or above) within hospital pharmacy.
- *Experience in a range of clinical specialties.
- *Previous participation in multi-disciplinary team
- *Experience in supervising and managing pharmacists & pharmacy technicians and performing appraisals.
- *Experience of audit work
- *Excellent knowledge of general clinical pharmacy and drug use
- *Networking: being able to work within and without the Trust with credibility
- *Knowledge of current national standards, guidelines in Adult Parenteral Nutrition and Intestinal Failure issues relevant to education & training
- *In-depth knowledge of Continuing Professional Development process and of Plan & Record system
- *Experience of supervision, developing and appraising staff as well as giving feedback
Desirable
- *Experience of tutoring pharmacists studying for postgraduate qualification
- *Previous experience of teaching other healthcare professionals
- *Experience of short listing and interviewing
- *Experience of managing drug expenditure for a specialty and understanding of budgetary mechanism
- *Experience in service development
- *Experience of working at a strategic level with senior clinicians and managers and experience of working in an integrated directorate
- *Experience as a trainer
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Professional manner
- *Well-motivated and reliable
- *Able to work with all grades of staff.
- *Capacity to work calmly under pressure.
- *Ability to deal with frequent interruptions.
- *Proven ability to work to deadlines and time management without supervision.
- *Willingness to travel across all sites as required by the job role.
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).
