Job summary
Highly Specialist Pharmacist - Education and Training
Full time 37.5 hours per week. Permanent post
We are looking for a Pharmacist with experience in education and training to work at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust.
This is an exciting opportunity for a pharmacist to join the wonderful friendly pharmacy team at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for a specialised Band 8a pharmacist who will have significant autonomy in taking forward developments in delivering a programme of practice-based clinical teaching for undergraduate student pharmacists on the MPharm degree course at the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences (University of Central Lancashire) at the Bolton Hospital site.
You will lead and manage the training of pharmacy staff within the department, working alongside our experienced Senior Pharmacy Technician for Education and Training.
We want all our staff to have the ability to reach their full potential and share with others the great work they do. Bolton has electronic prescribing throughout the hospital and is a leader in digital transformation projects.
Main duties of the job
Education and Training
- To work with other Clinical Tutors and the Placement Team at the university to continually develop and evaluate the programme of practice-based clinical teaching.
- To ensure the skills for providing person-centred care, medicines optimisation / pharmaceutical care, and safe and effective prescribing are taught and assessed within the practice-based clinical teaching programme, including necessary clinical assessment skills.
- To develop and use appropriate assessment tools to enable student pharmacists to demonstrate their clinical knowledge and skills
- To provide appropriate training and support for all staff involved with supervising and assessing student pharmacists.
- To analyse student pharmacists' evaluations of the practice-based clinical teaching programme, alongside other Clinical Tutors and the Placement Team at the university.
Please see the attached Job Description for further details.
About us
We are looking for people who share our core Trust values, which are:
'Vision, Openness, Integrity, Compassion, Excellence '
The vision of this Trust is to be recognised by the people of Bolton and beyond as an excellent provider of health and care services and a great place to work. We are striving to attract, recruit and retain high calibre skilled staff which reflect our communities. We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment. We aim to be consciously inclusive and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed. We would particularly encourage candidates from a black and minority ethnic (BAME) background and candidates with health conditions or impairments.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description. If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description. If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Pre-registration training and experience
- Membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Diploma in clinical pharmacy
- Good all round clinical knowledge and practical clinical skills.
Desirable
- Evidence of further education/training in clinical pharmacy practice
- Formal qualification in education / training
- Non-Medical Prescriber, registered with the GPhC
- Membership of The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
Experience
Essential
- Post registration hospital experience,
- Post registration hospital experience within a relevant clinical speciality. or equivalent documented clinical experience
- Ability to cope with occasional distressing circumstances eg when dealing with seriously ill patients
- Able to think clearly in stressful situations
- Experience of training and education of both pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals.
Desirable
- Line management experience
- Experience of appraisal
- Evidence of successful multi-disciplinary working
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Pre-registration training and experience
- Membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Diploma in clinical pharmacy
- Good all round clinical knowledge and practical clinical skills.
Desirable
- Evidence of further education/training in clinical pharmacy practice
- Formal qualification in education / training
- Non-Medical Prescriber, registered with the GPhC
- Membership of The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
Experience
Essential
- Post registration hospital experience,
- Post registration hospital experience within a relevant clinical speciality. or equivalent documented clinical experience
- Ability to cope with occasional distressing circumstances eg when dealing with seriously ill patients
- Able to think clearly in stressful situations
- Experience of training and education of both pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals.
Desirable
- Line management experience
- Experience of appraisal
- Evidence of successful multi-disciplinary working
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
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).
