Job summary
Are you a pharmacist looking for a new challenge in acute and emergency medicine?
We're seeking an experienced clinical pharmacist to join our Acute & Emergency Medicine team at the Royal Stoke site. You'll help deliver a high-quality clinical pharmacy service across AMU, Short Stay, AMRA, AEC, and the Emergency Department, working in a fast-paced environment caring for complex, high-acuity patients.
You'll work closely with our multidisciplinary teams and with pharmacy colleagues across both UHNM sites, benefiting from extensive training, development, research, and networking opportunities. You'll also train and support the development of junior pharmacists completing acute and emergency medicine rotations.
We're looking for someone who:
- Has proven experience in delivering evidence-based, cost-effective pharmaceutical care
- Can support team development and contribute to financial and risk management
- Is enthusiastic about acute and emergency medicine and thrives in a busy clinical setting
If you are interested in such a post, but do not yet fully meet the person specification for the 8a role, a structured development post (initially as a Band 7) may be offered to the successful candidate. Once you have demonstrated that you meet the person specification for the 8a role and have met the key development objectives agreed once in post, then you would transition to the 8a role.
Main duties of the job
Utilise expert pharmaceutical knowledge to manage acutely ill patients in the acute and emergency setting.
Prioritise patients at risk of missing critical medicines e.g. epilepsy, insulin, parkinson's disease. Ensure these are prescribed and administered in a timely manner.
Utilise the independent prescriber skill daily within your scope of practice (or work towards obtaining).
Provide prescriber support for complex medicine regimes e.g. gentamicin, vancomycin, aminophylline infusions.
Support flow with efficient discharge medication supply routes in and out of hours.
Review adverse incident reports and educate medical and nursing teams on pharmaceutical issues to lessen risk.
Review and develop guidelines and PGDs. Develop cost improvement initiatives.
Train, develop and line manage junior and trainee pharmacists.
Work with the Advanced Clinical Lead Pharmacist for Acute and Emergency Medicine on the strategic development of the clinical pharmacy service to our Emergency Departments and Acute Medicine.
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 regarding this role
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details regarding 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 (B8a role)
- Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Certificate and working towards completion of the Diploma (B7 role)
- Independent Prescriber with appropriate annotation on GPhC register or willing to undertake
Desirable
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
- Formal management and / or leadership qualification
- Member of UKCPA and / or specialist groups
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner including a solid grounding in a broad range of clinical specialties (B7 role)
- Extensive hospital pharmacy experience post Diploma (B8a role)
- Commitment and evidence of continuous professional development (CPD)
- Computer literate and able to use Windows applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams and internet
- Experience providing education and training, supervision and feedback of staff
Desirable
- Clinical pharmacy experience within the specialty
- Evidence of involvement in pharmacy practice research and/or audit
- Experience line managing and/or conducting formal appraisals
- Evidence of involvement in writing of guidelines
- oPresentation of an abstract on pharmacy practice research at a regional / national conference or publication in a peer reviewed journal
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Patient focused with a strong commitment to providing high-quality care and a positive experience
- Must have ability to travel between sites and to relevant meetings outside of the Trust
- Ability to adhere to policies, procedures and standards
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 (B8a role)
- Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Certificate and working towards completion of the Diploma (B7 role)
- Independent Prescriber with appropriate annotation on GPhC register or willing to undertake
Desirable
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
- Formal management and / or leadership qualification
- Member of UKCPA and / or specialist groups
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner including a solid grounding in a broad range of clinical specialties (B7 role)
- Extensive hospital pharmacy experience post Diploma (B8a role)
- Commitment and evidence of continuous professional development (CPD)
- Computer literate and able to use Windows applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams and internet
- Experience providing education and training, supervision and feedback of staff
Desirable
- Clinical pharmacy experience within the specialty
- Evidence of involvement in pharmacy practice research and/or audit
- Experience line managing and/or conducting formal appraisals
- Evidence of involvement in writing of guidelines
- oPresentation of an abstract on pharmacy practice research at a regional / national conference or publication in a peer reviewed journal
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Patient focused with a strong commitment to providing high-quality care and a positive experience
- Must have ability to travel between sites and to relevant meetings outside of the Trust
- Ability to adhere to policies, procedures and standards
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).
