Job summary
The Pharmacy Department at Frimley Park Hospital is a busy place but the team spirit, 'can do' attitude, and no two days being alike, make it an interesting and enjoyable place to work.
We are committed to staff development and establishing new professional roles. These include new ward based and clinic based roles.
This post is based at Frimley Park Hospital but some cross-site travel may be involved.
The standard hours of work are 09:00 to 17:15 Monday to Friday with the successful candidate expected to participate in the late night, weekend and bank holiday rotas.
Main duties of the job
We are offering a permanent Lead Education and Training Pharmacist role. The role involves managing the Pre-Registration Pharmacist programme and development of undergraduate training opportunities. Additionally, you will be involved in teaching medical students, training doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who is interested in developing their education and training skills, whilst being supported by the Principal Education and Training Pharmacist
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the Job Description and Person Specification when applying for this post, if you have any queries please contact us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the Job Description and Person Specification when applying for this post, if you have any queries please contact us.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate diploma / MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Pharmacy degree (Master level 4 years)
- GPhC Registered Pharmacist (or equivalent EU professional qualification)
Desirable
- Teaching / Education qualification
- Independent pharmacist Prescriber, or be willing to complete training as Independent Pharmacist Prescriber
- Membership of RPS
- Higher qualification (E.g. MSc, PhD)
PROFESSIONAL/SPECIALIST/FUNCTIONAL EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Experience of teaching MPharm students and/or pre-registration pharmacist trainees
- Significant and current experience of providing a UK hospital clinical pharmacy service at NHS AFC band 7 level or above
- Supervision of undergraduates in a hospital pharmacy setting
- Experience in the provision of clinical pharmacy to acute medicine patients
- Protocol development
- Practical experience of audit
- Ability to change systems while taking into account the needs of others (change management)
- Evidence of up to date CPD in clinical pharmacy
Desirable
- Experience as a tutor for pre-registration pharmacist trainees
- Supervision of audit or research projects (e.g. undergraduate, pre-registration or diploma students)
- Experience of one-to-one, small and large group teaching, assessment and feedback
- Management of staff including recruitment, appraisal
SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES FOR ROLE e.g. communication, problem solving, leadership
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
- Ability to work under pressure and cope with stress
- Able to make effective, prompt decisions when faced with variable, often highly complex information and situations.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate diploma / MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Pharmacy degree (Master level 4 years)
- GPhC Registered Pharmacist (or equivalent EU professional qualification)
Desirable
- Teaching / Education qualification
- Independent pharmacist Prescriber, or be willing to complete training as Independent Pharmacist Prescriber
- Membership of RPS
- Higher qualification (E.g. MSc, PhD)
PROFESSIONAL/SPECIALIST/FUNCTIONAL EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Experience of teaching MPharm students and/or pre-registration pharmacist trainees
- Significant and current experience of providing a UK hospital clinical pharmacy service at NHS AFC band 7 level or above
- Supervision of undergraduates in a hospital pharmacy setting
- Experience in the provision of clinical pharmacy to acute medicine patients
- Protocol development
- Practical experience of audit
- Ability to change systems while taking into account the needs of others (change management)
- Evidence of up to date CPD in clinical pharmacy
Desirable
- Experience as a tutor for pre-registration pharmacist trainees
- Supervision of audit or research projects (e.g. undergraduate, pre-registration or diploma students)
- Experience of one-to-one, small and large group teaching, assessment and feedback
- Management of staff including recruitment, appraisal
SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES FOR ROLE e.g. communication, problem solving, leadership
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
- Ability to work under pressure and cope with stress
- Able to make effective, prompt decisions when faced with variable, often highly complex information and situations.
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).
