Job summary
Nottingham University Hospitals is in one of the UK's largest acute teaching hospital Trusts and has a national and international reputation for many of its specialist services and expertise. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, enthusiastic pharmacist to work with our HIV, Infectious Diseases and Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) teams.
The successful candidate will work directly with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and with our patients in our clinics and on wards to provide excellent pharmaceutical care.
The post holder will also provide leadership and support to the junior members of this team, based at the City Hospital Campus.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for working directly with our clinicians, nurse specialists and finance teams to deliver safe and effective treatment to patients within the HIV, Infectious Diseases and Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) teams.
This role provides an excellent opportunity for an experienced, motivated clinical pharmacist to take on responsibility for a group of exciting, high profile clinical specialities.
Act as an expert resource on the safe and effective use of medicines for the management of HIV.
Support the safe and effective provision of medicines via homecare and the outpatient pharmacy for HIV patients, including the timely clinical screening of prescriptions.
Involvement in education and training of a variety of healthcare professionals including diploma and pre-registration pharmacists and pharmacy undergraduate students.
Contribute to HIV/GUM service development and national cost saving schemes.
About us
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post will be based predominantly at the City Hospital Campus. The role will be mainly Monday to Friday 9am- 5pm, but these hours are negotiable. You will also be required to participate in a rostered weekend and bank holiday rota. In addition to this there is a requirement to support the on-call pharmacists through the senior pharmacist back-up rota.
The pharmacy department at NUH is forward thinking and constantly implementing innovative ways of working to deliver the best possible patient care. We continue to extend the ideal model of delivering medicines optimisation and pharmaceutical care where pharmacists are fully integrated into the medical teams, supported by a team of medicines management technicians and assistants. With the introduction of electronic prescribing and many other digital systems it offers us the ability to provide clinical care in exciting and innovative ways.
The post also has a clinical commitment to the inpatient medical wards at the City Campus 1 day per week.
Please refer to the full job description as part of the advert. If you have any further questions about the post please do not hesitate to get in touch with Mike Hey on the contact details provided.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post will be based predominantly at the City Hospital Campus. The role will be mainly Monday to Friday 9am- 5pm, but these hours are negotiable. You will also be required to participate in a rostered weekend and bank holiday rota. In addition to this there is a requirement to support the on-call pharmacists through the senior pharmacist back-up rota.
The pharmacy department at NUH is forward thinking and constantly implementing innovative ways of working to deliver the best possible patient care. We continue to extend the ideal model of delivering medicines optimisation and pharmaceutical care where pharmacists are fully integrated into the medical teams, supported by a team of medicines management technicians and assistants. With the introduction of electronic prescribing and many other digital systems it offers us the ability to provide clinical care in exciting and innovative ways.
The post also has a clinical commitment to the inpatient medical wards at the City Campus 1 day per week.
Please refer to the full job description as part of the advert. If you have any further questions about the post please do not hesitate to get in touch with Mike Hey on the contact details provided.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- To be qualified as a pharmacist independent prescriber, or be willing to work towards
Experience
Essential
- Broad previous experience (post-registration) of clinical pharmacy, particularly in acute settings
- Some experience of excellent leadership and management skills
- Experience of developing and implementing medicines and service related policies for a specialty
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working at Pharmacy, Trust and regional level
Desirable
Communication & Relationship Skills
Essential
- Confident and assertive; able to defend opinions in a confident and constructive manner when challenged
- Proven ability to influence and negotiate with relevant senior clinicians, managers and stakeholders
Analytical & Judgement Skills
Essential
- Experience of assessing and minimising risk associated with service provision and within medication processes
- Experience in making judgements involving highly complex facts, which require analysis, interpretation and options appraisal e.g. drug expenditure, medicines optimisation
Planning & Organisation Skills
Essential
- Ability to plan and organise existing and new clinical pharmacy services to a speciality. This may include creation and adjustment of plans
- oSelf-motivated with excellent organisational skills, able to motivate others, to manage time effectively and work to deadlines, even when under pressure
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- To be qualified as a pharmacist independent prescriber, or be willing to work towards
Experience
Essential
- Broad previous experience (post-registration) of clinical pharmacy, particularly in acute settings
- Some experience of excellent leadership and management skills
- Experience of developing and implementing medicines and service related policies for a specialty
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working at Pharmacy, Trust and regional level
Desirable
Communication & Relationship Skills
Essential
- Confident and assertive; able to defend opinions in a confident and constructive manner when challenged
- Proven ability to influence and negotiate with relevant senior clinicians, managers and stakeholders
Analytical & Judgement Skills
Essential
- Experience of assessing and minimising risk associated with service provision and within medication processes
- Experience in making judgements involving highly complex facts, which require analysis, interpretation and options appraisal e.g. drug expenditure, medicines optimisation
Planning & Organisation Skills
Essential
- Ability to plan and organise existing and new clinical pharmacy services to a speciality. This may include creation and adjustment of plans
- oSelf-motivated with excellent organisational skills, able to motivate others, to manage time effectively and work to deadlines, even when under pressure
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).