Job summary
We have an opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated pharmacist with hospital pharmacy experience to join our team, supporting Medicines Information, Pharmacy Procurement and Pharmacy Homecare Medicines services. This fixed term post covering maternity leave will be ideal for someone wishing to build on existing MI and Procurement experience, or someone who wants to gain experience in new areas of hospital pharmacy. A secondment will be considered to ensure we find the best candidate for the role.
Based at Framlington Place next to the RVI main site, our local MI service provides information and advice for Trust staff and patients and includes a patient helpline. Our Procurement team manages medicines contracting, sourcing and purchasing for our acute hospital sites, community health and other affiliated services. The Homecare team currently manages medicines homecare packages for around 8000 patients regionally and nationally. These three services support one another and work close with our clinical and operational pharmacy colleagues and have an excellent working relationship with the clinical directorates and other support services within the Trust.
- Interview Date: 20th December 2022
- 37 hours 30 minutes/week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Main duties of the job
You will contribute to the running of the MI service, and take part in regular proactive work, including producing and reviewing patient information material, clinical guidelines and service improvement work. You will provide professional support to our Pharmacy Procurement team, in particular dealing with complex supply problems, unlicensed medicines, recalls and alerts and off-contract purchasing. You will support the Homecare Manager with operational issues, helping with prescription screening and query resolution, and assisting with service level agreements and complex home care packages. In each of these areas you will help with training and supervision of our rotational and trainee pharmacy staff.
We are looking for someone who can work flexibly across the different areas of service, so good time management skills will be essential. You must have proven communication skills, an aptitude for problem solving and be able to work well as part of a mixed professional and administrative team. The successful candidate must have significant experience in hospital pharmacy, in either clinical or operational roles. Formal experience in Medicines Information and Pharmacy Procurement is desirable but not essential as training will be provided, and you will work under the support and guidance of the Principal Pharmacist for Medicines Information and the Assistant Director of Pharmacy (Medicines Management) in Pharmacy Procurements.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
Rated 'Outstanding' by theCQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide and manage a comprehensive Medicines Information Service to all grades of healthcare professionals in the Trust and to members of the public ensuring the safe and clinically effective use of medicines in all patients.
- Trains a wide variety of pharmacy and other staff to handle information on medicines professionally and effectively.
- Trains a wide range of pharmacy staff working in Medicines Information and Pharmacy procurement and coordinates timetables for their training.
- Promotes the safe, rational and cost-effective use of medicines through the provision of medicines information and clinical pharmacy services as appropriate.
- To participate in national and local meetings regarding provision of Medicines Information Services.
- To perform the professional role of a Registered Pharmacist, including advice, supervision and co-operation with colleagues particularly in relation to support/cover for absent colleagues.
- To support leadership and manage all pharmacy procurement and associated activities.
- To liaise closely with the Trust Stores Manager, Dispensary Managers, and the clinical pharmacy team.
- To support the assessment of unlicensed medicines used in the Trust.
- To support in the process of drug recalls in the Trust.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
Newcastle Hospitals encourages all staff and volunteers who are appointed to join the Trust to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide and manage a comprehensive Medicines Information Service to all grades of healthcare professionals in the Trust and to members of the public ensuring the safe and clinically effective use of medicines in all patients.
- Trains a wide variety of pharmacy and other staff to handle information on medicines professionally and effectively.
- Trains a wide range of pharmacy staff working in Medicines Information and Pharmacy procurement and coordinates timetables for their training.
- Promotes the safe, rational and cost-effective use of medicines through the provision of medicines information and clinical pharmacy services as appropriate.
- To participate in national and local meetings regarding provision of Medicines Information Services.
- To perform the professional role of a Registered Pharmacist, including advice, supervision and co-operation with colleagues particularly in relation to support/cover for absent colleagues.
- To support leadership and manage all pharmacy procurement and associated activities.
- To liaise closely with the Trust Stores Manager, Dispensary Managers, and the clinical pharmacy team.
- To support the assessment of unlicensed medicines used in the Trust.
- To support in the process of drug recalls in the Trust.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
Newcastle Hospitals encourages all staff and volunteers who are appointed to join the Trust to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- M Pharm (or equivalent) degree course and pre-registration training and experience.
- Registered Pharmacist (GPhC).
- Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy or satisfactory evidence of equivalent competence as demonstrated in a practice portfolio of evidence.
- Professional requirement for Continuing Professional Development (General Pharmaceutical council).
Desirable
- Clinical Diploma/Clinical Masters.
- Management training course.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
- Well-developed clinical pharmacy knowledge across all aspects of drug use.
- Significant post registration experience in pharmacy practice with a significant recent proportion based in hospital pharmacy.
- Demonstrate knowledge of MI procedures.
- Demonstrable awareness of developments in Hospitals Pharmacy.
- Awareness of legislation affecting Pharmacy.
Desirable
- Demonstrable awareness of legislation affecting Pharmacy (directly & indirectly).
- Awareness of Trust policies and procedures, which impinge on role.
- Knowledge of clinical audit and its role in pharmacy and medicine.
- Evidence of a range of publications (papers or posters) relevant to stage of career.
- Evidence of lecturing to professional audiences.
- Demonstrable staff management.
- Demonstrate they have been involved in the area of clinical audit.
- Demonstrable involvement in Medicines Information and/or Pharmacy Procurement role.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Skilled in: o One to one communication. o Influencing and negotiating.
- Basic computer skills.
- Demonstrate ability to communicate, oral and written, specialist clinical information.
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- M Pharm (or equivalent) degree course and pre-registration training and experience.
- Registered Pharmacist (GPhC).
- Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy or satisfactory evidence of equivalent competence as demonstrated in a practice portfolio of evidence.
- Professional requirement for Continuing Professional Development (General Pharmaceutical council).
Desirable
- Clinical Diploma/Clinical Masters.
- Management training course.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
- Well-developed clinical pharmacy knowledge across all aspects of drug use.
- Significant post registration experience in pharmacy practice with a significant recent proportion based in hospital pharmacy.
- Demonstrate knowledge of MI procedures.
- Demonstrable awareness of developments in Hospitals Pharmacy.
- Awareness of legislation affecting Pharmacy.
Desirable
- Demonstrable awareness of legislation affecting Pharmacy (directly & indirectly).
- Awareness of Trust policies and procedures, which impinge on role.
- Knowledge of clinical audit and its role in pharmacy and medicine.
- Evidence of a range of publications (papers or posters) relevant to stage of career.
- Evidence of lecturing to professional audiences.
- Demonstrable staff management.
- Demonstrate they have been involved in the area of clinical audit.
- Demonstrable involvement in Medicines Information and/or Pharmacy Procurement role.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Skilled in: o One to one communication. o Influencing and negotiating.
- Basic computer skills.
- Demonstrate ability to communicate, oral and written, specialist clinical information.
Desirable
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).
