Job summary
Are you a Clinical Pharmacist seeking a new challenge and rewarding opportunity to utilise your clinical expertise in an hospital environment?
We are looking for proactive clinical pharmacists to join our expanding dynamic and friendly pharmacy team.
Working in a large teaching hospital like LUHFT will provide you with a range of experiences and challenges that will enable you to be an excellent clinical pharmacist.
The rotations are in many exciting areas including; Respiratory, Ophthalmology, Clinical trials, Medication Safety, Haematology, Medicines Information, Emergency floor and Cardiology.
For any more information don't be afraid to contact us.
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We are looking for motivated clinical pharmacists to join our established clinical team to provide excellent pharmaceutical care to our patients.
The rotational specialist pharmacist role will involve rotating through a range of different areas/ specialties, all supported by a team Advanced Clinical Pharmacists.
The job will help expand on your initial training.
Main duties of the job
We have a fully integrated electronic prescribing system along with unique in-house systems to help you deliver excellent clinical care to your patients. There are dedicated rotations which include a variety of therapeutic areas designed to enhance involvement with directorate working; examples include: Respiratory, Ophthalmology, Clinical trials, Medication Safety, Haematology, Medicines Information, Emergency floor and Cardiology.
You will be supported by a well-established team of Advanced Clinical Pharmacists giving you an ideal opportunity to gain further clinical skills and experience post diploma. Applicants must be pharmacists registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and have a postgraduate clinical diploma or equivalent experiential learning. They should be self-motivated, organised, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Pharmacy services are fully integrated, and this provides an opportunity to provide excellent training opportunities for personal development and delivering excellent patient care.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click herehttps://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
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Job description
Job responsibilities
- Along with relevant Advanced Clinical Pharmacists, provide a safe and effective specialist clinical pharmacy service to Royal Liverpool Hospitals within a designated speciality for an agreed duration
- Audit, monitor and develop medicines management within a designated speciality
- Provide training and routine supervision for rotational band 6 pharmacists providing pharmacy services to the designated speciality
- Assist the Assistant Clinical Director of Pharmacy, Clinical Services, in providing clinical training and supervision of other departmental staff
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Along with relevant Advanced Clinical Pharmacists, provide a safe and effective specialist clinical pharmacy service to Royal Liverpool Hospitals within a designated speciality for an agreed duration
- Audit, monitor and develop medicines management within a designated speciality
- Provide training and routine supervision for rotational band 6 pharmacists providing pharmacy services to the designated speciality
- Assist the Assistant Clinical Director of Pharmacy, Clinical Services, in providing clinical training and supervision of other departmental staff
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Pre-registration training and experience, meeting the GPhC examination requirements
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy and/or equivalent
Desirable
- Non-medical Prescribing Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a qualified pharmacist within a range of clinical areas / demonstrable evidence of undertaking a role at rotational grade pharmacist leveL
- Evidence of relevant and on-going personal CPD
Desirable
- Experience in delivering pharmacy services to a specialist area
- Published pharmaceutical research in a peer-reviewed journal
- Acute/ tertiary Hospital experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Up-to-date knowledge of current NHS policies, processes and structures including Connecting for Health
Desirable
- Teaching/training/mentoring skills
- Commitment to and demonstration of Continuing Professional Development
Skills
Essential
- Good communication and negotiation skills with other professionals, patients and carers, including verbal, written and electronic
- Good interpersonal skills, able to work with all grades of staff
- Good organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise own workload
- Ability to work to deadlines and meet set targets
- Ability to perform calculations to a high degree of accuracy
- Computer literacy
Other
Essential
- Enthusiastic with ability to motivate self and others
- Lead by example
- Able to work alone and as a team member
- Able to use initiative
- Able to deal with and resolve conflict and disagreement
- Able to deal with sensitive issues
- Able to deal with constant interruptions, prioritising tasks as required
- Conscientious and reliable
- Methodical with attention to detail
- Ability to work as per departmental weekend, evening and bank holiday rotas
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Pre-registration training and experience, meeting the GPhC examination requirements
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy and/or equivalent
Desirable
- Non-medical Prescribing Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a qualified pharmacist within a range of clinical areas / demonstrable evidence of undertaking a role at rotational grade pharmacist leveL
- Evidence of relevant and on-going personal CPD
Desirable
- Experience in delivering pharmacy services to a specialist area
- Published pharmaceutical research in a peer-reviewed journal
- Acute/ tertiary Hospital experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Up-to-date knowledge of current NHS policies, processes and structures including Connecting for Health
Desirable
- Teaching/training/mentoring skills
- Commitment to and demonstration of Continuing Professional Development
Skills
Essential
- Good communication and negotiation skills with other professionals, patients and carers, including verbal, written and electronic
- Good interpersonal skills, able to work with all grades of staff
- Good organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise own workload
- Ability to work to deadlines and meet set targets
- Ability to perform calculations to a high degree of accuracy
- Computer literacy
Other
Essential
- Enthusiastic with ability to motivate self and others
- Lead by example
- Able to work alone and as a team member
- Able to use initiative
- Able to deal with and resolve conflict and disagreement
- Able to deal with sensitive issues
- Able to deal with constant interruptions, prioritising tasks as required
- Conscientious and reliable
- Methodical with attention to detail
- Ability to work as per departmental weekend, evening and bank holiday rotas
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).
