Job summary
Would you like to develop your pharmacy career and help others develop the future pharmacy workforce in one of the largest teaching hospitals in the country? We have an opportunity for a clinical pharmacist with a passion for education and training to join our team as an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist and Teacher Practitioner. You will also be providing a clinical pharmacy service at an advanced level to our surgical patients providing excellent care in perioperative medicine.
LUHFT employs over 120 pharmacists across 3 sites providing clinical pharmacy services to all major specialties. This post is based on the Aintree site of the Trust.
We are looking for a dynamic, motivated and forward thinking clinical pharmacist to work as a team and help support our Education team and established surgical team within the Aintree site.
We have a fully integrated electronic prescribing system along with unique in-house systems to help you deliver excellent clinical care to your patients. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing leadership and delivery of a high quality, proactive and patient focused clinical pharmacy service to the Surgical division and our undergraduate MPHARM programme at Liverpool John Moore's University.
Main duties of the job
Assist the Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Education and Training to provide high level teaching to our MPharm undergraduates.
Main duties of the job The core part of the role is providing and co-ordinating pharmacy undergraduate clinical teaching working across the Trust and at Liverpool John Moores University. As well as the education commitment you will be able to maintain your clinical pharmacy skills and have care group responsibilities. We are committed to developing the pharmacy workforce and this role is a key part in that. You will have opportunities for your own development and will be supported in your role by our Lead Pharmacist for Education. Candidates must have excellent clinical pharmacy knowledge and be confident teaching.
To provide a safe and effective advanced clinical pharmacy service to our patients and staff within the division of surgery.
Assist the Lead Divisional Pharmacist (Surgery) in providing clinical training and supervision, relevant to the directorate working within surgery..
Provide non-medical prescribing services to our surgical patients.
Identify the clinical and economic impact of medicines use, develop and implement clinical guidelines, monitor drug expenditure and support the area to meet their clinical and financial targets.
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 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 here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Providing and co-ordinating pharmacy undergraduate clinical teaching working across the Trust and at Liverpool John Moore's University.
Develop our undergraduate MPharm students to become excellent clinical Pharmacists.
To provide an advanced clinical service to the division of surgery within the division of surgery in accordance with professional, departmental and Trust policies.
Provide highly specialist pharmaceutical information to medical and nursing staff and patients within the Directorate and to General Practitioners and other staff within the Trust where appropriate.
To act as an independent prescriber in accordance with the Trust's Non-Medical Prescribers policies and guidelines (once registered as a non-medical prescriber)
Participate where applicable consultant ward rounds and multidisciplinary meetings relevant to the designated wards and or directorate,
For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
Providing and co-ordinating pharmacy undergraduate clinical teaching working across the Trust and at Liverpool John Moore's University.
Develop our undergraduate MPharm students to become excellent clinical Pharmacists.
To provide an advanced clinical service to the division of surgery within the division of surgery in accordance with professional, departmental and Trust policies.
Provide highly specialist pharmaceutical information to medical and nursing staff and patients within the Directorate and to General Practitioners and other staff within the Trust where appropriate.
To act as an independent prescriber in accordance with the Trust's Non-Medical Prescribers policies and guidelines (once registered as a non-medical prescriber)
Participate where applicable consultant ward rounds and multidisciplinary meetings relevant to the designated wards and or directorate,
For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specification
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
- Self-motivating and able to motivate/inspire others
- Methodical with attention to detail
Desirable
- Ability to affect and manage change
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational Masters degree in pharmacy.
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent documented experience
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable commitment to continuing professional development / education
- Previous experience of providing education and training within pharmacy
Desirable
- Relevant post diploma clinical experience at specialist clinical pharmacist level
- Tutor for postgraduate qualifications or pre-registration pharmacist tutor
- Experience as a non-medical prescriber (NMP)
Knowledge
Essential
- Well-developed knowledge of education and training in pharmacy
- Good presentation skills
Desirable
- Extensive knowledge of pharmacy audit
Other
Essential
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
- Self-motivating and able to motivate/inspire others
- Methodical with attention to detail
Desirable
- Ability to affect and manage change
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational Masters degree in pharmacy.
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent documented experience
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable commitment to continuing professional development / education
- Previous experience of providing education and training within pharmacy
Desirable
- Relevant post diploma clinical experience at specialist clinical pharmacist level
- Tutor for postgraduate qualifications or pre-registration pharmacist tutor
- Experience as a non-medical prescriber (NMP)
Knowledge
Essential
- Well-developed knowledge of education and training in pharmacy
- Good presentation skills
Desirable
- Extensive knowledge of pharmacy audit
Other
Essential
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).
