Job summary
If you are a self-motivated, positive individual and would like to play an integral part in growing the reputation of the pharmacy and contributing to service developments, we have the perfect opportunity for you.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative individual to join our expanding pharmacy team. The team at Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust comprises of approximately 500 pharmacy staff working across five sites and is one of the biggest pharmacy departments in the country.
Our inclusive and diverse pharmacy department has a strong clinical presence in all areas. We are innovative and forward-thinking and have invested in a host of technical improvements, including robotics and a state of the art, multi-million-pound technical services unit. We offer a wide range of roles across different areas of the service including clinical ward services, aseptic services, homecare, medicines supply, medicines information, medicines governance, education & training, clinical trials, and research.
NHS organisations recognise the benefits of having a diverse workforce. As a trust and department, we are working to promote and improve inclusion and representation from under-represented groups including global majority ethnicities, LGBTQ+ identities, and colleagues with disabilities. We wouldwelcome applicants who are members of these groups and other underrepresented groups to apply.
Main duties of the job
JOB PURPOSE
- To maintain clinical pharmacy services to patients requiring parenteral nutrition across STH in accordance with the objectives set by the Consultant Pharmacist TPN.
- To deliver, organise, prescribe, and advise on the provision of TPN to patients within STH.
- To provide a small element of clinical pharmacy practice at advanced level within a surgical specialty.
- To contribute to the clinical pharmacy services including evenings, weekends, and bank holidays.
About us
A Great place to live and work!
Located on rolling hills and dissected by river valleys, Sheffield is one of the greenest and most wooded cities in Europe. More than a third of the city lies inside the beautiful Peak District National Park, and it is virtually surrounded by open countryside. Its central location and excellent transport links also mean it is less than two hours from most major metropolitan areas.
We have a wealth of facilities you would expect to find in a major city yet maintain a welcoming and accessible feel. We are a friendly city with a prosperous economy and relatively low cost of living, all of which makes for an excellent quality of life.
Known as the outdoor city, it is a lovely place to make your home https://brilliantplace.sth.nhs.uk/the-outdoor-city.html
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. It is an energetic and vibrant organisation that places patients and staff at the heart of everything they do. We provide a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Sheffield, as well as specialist care for patients from further afield, including cancer, spinal cord injuries, renal and cardiothoracic services.
As a teaching hospital, we have a great commitment to education, training, and development of staff, including undergraduates from many professions. You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it services. The NHS offers a wide range of benefits including pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance and career, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.
The trust will give you time to use your skills and help you develop a fulfilling career as well as a commitment to support flexible working and can support such things as, part time hours, condensed hours, or job share. These options are not exhaustive, and we would encourage candidates to state any forms of flexible working they would like to explore in their application.
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. It is an energetic and vibrant organisation that places patients and staff at the heart of everything they do. We provide a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Sheffield, as well as specialist care for patients from further afield, including cancer, spinal cord injuries, renal and cardiothoracic services.
As a teaching hospital, we have a great commitment to education, training, and development of staff, including undergraduates from many professions. You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it services. The NHS offers a wide range of benefits including pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance and career, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.
The trust will give you time to use your skills and help you develop a fulfilling career as well as a commitment to support flexible working and can support such things as, part time hours, condensed hours, or job share. These options are not exhaustive, and we would encourage candidates to state any forms of flexible working they would like to explore in their application.
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council BPharm, BSc Pharm, MPharm
- Higher degree/ Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent postgraduate diploma in specialist area
Desirable
- Registered Independent Pharmacist Prescriber
Experience
Essential
- Suitable post-registration experience including experience within parenteral nutrition and surgery
Desirable
- Clinical pharmacy experience within surgery / critical care
Further Training
Essential
- Service Improvement Projects, Clinical Audits
Desirable
- Attendance to/presentations at UKCPA, BPNG or BAPEN study days
- Appropriate Short Management Courses on service improvement
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Proven experience in the ability to recommend, substantiate, and communicate highly complex therapeutic options.
- Experience of busy and stressful working environment due to urgent interruptions for advice
- Ability to work independently and have own accountability for professional actions.
- Meets set targets in providing pharmaceutical services to the patients admitted and discharged from STHFT
- Demonstrated ability to influence practice at a directorate level.
- IT skills
- Ability to delegate authority appropriately.
- Manages difficult and ambiguous problems.
- To adopt a flexible working attitude to the needs of the patient and the pharmacy department, and identifies a vision for the delivery of pharmaceutical care.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council BPharm, BSc Pharm, MPharm
- Higher degree/ Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent postgraduate diploma in specialist area
Desirable
- Registered Independent Pharmacist Prescriber
Experience
Essential
- Suitable post-registration experience including experience within parenteral nutrition and surgery
Desirable
- Clinical pharmacy experience within surgery / critical care
Further Training
Essential
- Service Improvement Projects, Clinical Audits
Desirable
- Attendance to/presentations at UKCPA, BPNG or BAPEN study days
- Appropriate Short Management Courses on service improvement
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Proven experience in the ability to recommend, substantiate, and communicate highly complex therapeutic options.
- Experience of busy and stressful working environment due to urgent interruptions for advice
- Ability to work independently and have own accountability for professional actions.
- Meets set targets in providing pharmaceutical services to the patients admitted and discharged from STHFT
- Demonstrated ability to influence practice at a directorate level.
- IT skills
- Ability to delegate authority appropriately.
- Manages difficult and ambiguous problems.
- To adopt a flexible working attitude to the needs of the patient and the pharmacy department, and identifies a vision for the delivery of pharmaceutical care.
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).
