Job summary
The Specialist Clinical Pharmacist -- Thrombosis will play a central role in supporting the Haematology (non-malignant) team in delivering medicines management and medicines optimisation across the Trust.
The post holder will work closely with clinicians and pharmacy staff to assist in patient care, with specific interest in thrombosis and haemophilia, in patient facing clinics.
The post holder will.
*Support the strategy to improve performance in VTE prevention and education
*Be an integrated member of the MDT and be actively involved in the service to patients within the specialty across the Trust.
*Lead on coordinating, monitoring and analysing medicines related cost improvement programmes within Haematology (non-malignant).
*Lead on guideline development and review.
UHB Pharmacy is great place to work where everyone can thrive and grow. Some of the benefits of joining our team:
*Excellent learning and development opportunities.
*Access to trust health and wellbeing initiatives - financial wellbeing, trust Wellbeing Hub and Employee Assistance Programme.
*A variety of staff networks - LGBTQ+ Network, Multicultural network, Disability and Wellbeing Network, to name a few.
*And so much more
To arrange an informal discussion, please contact.
*Baljit Ahitan (Advanced Pharmacist -- Medicines Optimisation) Baljit.Ahitan@uhb.nhs.uk or
*Gurjit Sohal (Clinical Pharmacy Operational Service Lead - Medicines Optimisation) Gurjit.Sohal@uhb.nhs.uk
Main duties of the job
The successful post holder's main responsibilities will include.
*To ensure correct and safe prescribing, demonstrate expert clinical knowledge and provide a clinical pharmacy service of the highest standard.
*Proactively facilitate medicines management within Haemophilia and Thrombosis.
*To provide a clinic-based pharmacy service to patients, carers, relatives alongside other health care professionals involved in the treatment of patients.
*Undertake a pharmacist-led drug education clinic.
*To provide advice and information on issues surrounding adherence to medications prescribed in the treatment of patients.
*To develop protocols and guidelines to support the medicines optimisation process where appropriate
*To help develop new methods of delivering patient focused care with the multidisciplinary team.
*To provide risk management strategies and ensure compliance with medicines legislation and clinical governance.
Additionally, the post holder will support monitoring drug use and expenditure, ensuring this information is disseminated to the relevant clinicians, pharmacy and finance personnel. The role will also include the development and collation of the dataset (in collaboration with informatics and finance) required for submission to directorate meetings.
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.
Come join us to make a difference!
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
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 prescriber.
- *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 and service delivery 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
- *Good communication skills, written and verbal, with ability to demonstrate fluency, clarity and effectiveness at all levels.
- *Good teaching and presentation skills (variety of methods, individual and small & large groups)
- *IT and presentation skills and report writing
- *Time management skills
- *Organisational skills
- *Negotiating skills
- *Co-ordination of duties of staff
- *Can prioritise local and own workload and that of others.
- *Can meet deadlines.
- *Can remain composed and effective in demanding situations (students in difficulties, delivering unfavourable feedback, as advocate for students in negotiating with senior staff, staff and patients in department, on wards and on-call)
- *Can reflect and critically analyse own performance.
- *Can critically and objectively analyse performance of others.
- *Able to identify, prioritise and solve problems.
- *Identifies and manages risk.
- *Numerate and literate
- *Able to work effectively with all members of the multidisciplinary team.
- *Committed to developing and extending pharmacy services.
- *Able to critically evaluate evidence.
- *Able to implement change
- *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 prescriber.
- *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 and service delivery 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
- *Good communication skills, written and verbal, with ability to demonstrate fluency, clarity and effectiveness at all levels.
- *Good teaching and presentation skills (variety of methods, individual and small & large groups)
- *IT and presentation skills and report writing
- *Time management skills
- *Organisational skills
- *Negotiating skills
- *Co-ordination of duties of staff
- *Can prioritise local and own workload and that of others.
- *Can meet deadlines.
- *Can remain composed and effective in demanding situations (students in difficulties, delivering unfavourable feedback, as advocate for students in negotiating with senior staff, staff and patients in department, on wards and on-call)
- *Can reflect and critically analyse own performance.
- *Can critically and objectively analyse performance of others.
- *Able to identify, prioritise and solve problems.
- *Identifies and manages risk.
- *Numerate and literate
- *Able to work effectively with all members of the multidisciplinary team.
- *Committed to developing and extending pharmacy services.
- *Able to critically evaluate evidence.
- *Able to implement change
- *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).
