Job summary
Are you a pharmacist looking for a new challenge and passionate about leading clinical pharmacy services to medical patients?
This is a rare opportunity to work as an Advanced Specialist Pharmacist as part of the wider University Hospital of North Midlands Team, bringing unrivalled training, development, networking and practice research opportunities, whilst primarily working at our smaller (and very friendly) County Hospital site, situated next to the beautiful Staffordshire countryside.
You will contribute to the training and development of our dynamic team of junior pharmacists, as they complete their County Hospital rotations on medical wards. You will provide clinical pharmacy services to wards and lead on all aspects of medicines optimisation within the Medicine Speciality at County Hospital, supporting medical and nursing teams in the safe and effective use of medicines.
Main duties of the job
Providing a clinical pharmacy service to general medical wards at our Stafford (County Hospital) site, including ward round attendance to support medicines optimisation and deprescribing initiatives for the polypharmacy population.
Training, development and line management of junior and trainee pharmacists rotating through the Medicine Speciality at County Hospital.
Reviewing adverse incident reports and educating medical and nursing teams on pharmaceutical issues.
Reviewing expenditure reports and developing cost improvement initiatives.
About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details about this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details about this role.
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm)
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma / MSc or equivalent qualification
- Independent Prescriber with appropriate annotation on GPhC register or willing to undertake
Desirable
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
- MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Formal management and / or leadership qualification
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner including a solid grounding in a broad range of clinical specialties
- Experience working as a clinical pharmacist in a hospital setting
- Commitment and evidence of continuous professional development (CPD)
- Computer literate and able to use Windows applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams and internet
- Good and broad understanding of current hospital pharmacy practice and future direction of travel
- IT skills and knowledge of the digital medicines agenda
- Able to appraise information / data and use in solving problems
- Good knowledge of the medicines safety, risk management and governance agenda and its application to the clinical role
- Interest in expanding knowledge and self-development including networking within the speciality
- Good analytical, evaluative and problem-solving skills
- Experience providing education, training and supervision of staff
Desirable
- Clinical pharmacy experience within medicine and an enthusiasm to develop this
- Evidence of involvement in pharmacy practice research and/or audit
- Publication of research in a peer reviewed journal
- Experience line managing and/or conducting formal appraisals
- Evidence of involvement in writing of guidelines
- Presentation of abstract on pharmacy practice research at a regional or national conference
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm)
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma / MSc or equivalent qualification
- Independent Prescriber with appropriate annotation on GPhC register or willing to undertake
Desirable
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
- MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Formal management and / or leadership qualification
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner including a solid grounding in a broad range of clinical specialties
- Experience working as a clinical pharmacist in a hospital setting
- Commitment and evidence of continuous professional development (CPD)
- Computer literate and able to use Windows applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams and internet
- Good and broad understanding of current hospital pharmacy practice and future direction of travel
- IT skills and knowledge of the digital medicines agenda
- Able to appraise information / data and use in solving problems
- Good knowledge of the medicines safety, risk management and governance agenda and its application to the clinical role
- Interest in expanding knowledge and self-development including networking within the speciality
- Good analytical, evaluative and problem-solving skills
- Experience providing education, training and supervision of staff
Desirable
- Clinical pharmacy experience within medicine and an enthusiasm to develop this
- Evidence of involvement in pharmacy practice research and/or audit
- Publication of research in a peer reviewed journal
- Experience line managing and/or conducting formal appraisals
- Evidence of involvement in writing of guidelines
- Presentation of abstract on pharmacy practice research at a regional or national conference
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).
