Job summary
Are you an experienced Pharmacist with a passion for service development and improvement?
Do you want to lead a specialist team for care of the elderly & frailty and develop this team into a beacon of excellence?
There's never been a more exciting time to build your career at University Hospital Bristol & Weston NHS Trust, as we redefine healthcare in Weston.
Weston General Hospital is developing into a thriving hospital at the heart of the community. This post is a newly created position as part of the Healthy Weston 2 programme which involves the development of safe, high-quality and sustainable emergency and planned care.
You can find out more about Weston General Hospital and the Healthy Weston 2 programme here:Healthy Weston - UHBW Careers
As the Specialty Team Lead Pharmacist for care of the elderly and frailty, and a therapeutic expert, you will provide a dynamic link between clinical practice and service development by creating new models for delivering patient care ensuring the best experience and outcomes for patients.
Within this role, you will lead and be responsible for the development of a team of specialist pharmacists while collaborating with system partners to improve the delivery of care across the elderly bed base and front door services.
You will be required to work additional shifts including evenings and weekends on a rotational basis.
We are seeking Consultant post approval for this position.
Main duties of the job
- To operationally & strategically lead the provision and development of pharmacy services to care of the elderly care and frailty specialties
- Provide a clinical pharmacy service to care of the elderly and frailty services by optimising patient outcomes; working within patient care pathways across sectors and healthcare boundaries
- Contribute to improving health outcomes for patients using a holistic approach to care
- Ensuring the safe and cost-effective use of medicine through provision of medicines-related aspects of patient care
- Manage the delivery of pharmaceutical care & pharmacy services to align with the vision and plan of Healthy Weston 2 at Weston General Hospital
You can find out more about Weston General Hospital and the Healthy Weston 2 programme here:Healthy Weston - UHBW Careers
About us
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Masters degree (or equivalent) in pharmacy
- Post graduate diploma or Master's degree in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Accredited at consultant level or to be completed within 18 months of appointment
- Evidence of leadership development
- Membership of relevant professional groups e.g. UKCPA
Desirable
- Independent prescribing qualification, or currently working towards attaining
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Appropriate advanced and current clinical experience in the Care of the Elderly specialty
- Proven experience of working at a strategic level with senior clinicians and managers and experience of working in an integrated directorate team
- Proven experience of working at a strategic level across the wider health community
- Recognition as an expert nationally through publications / presentations or officer in a national group
- Formal teaching / training/ mentoring training
- Understanding of NHS finances
Desirable
- Experience as a clinical tutor for Higher Education Institution diploma
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrate advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement
- Demonstrate an intuitive grasp of complex situations based on deep tacit understanding
- Proven budget management or monitoring ability and demonstrable success in achieving savings
- Proven medicines related policy development and implementation
- Proven experience of managing and developing a service with limited resources
- Negotiating and influencing skills
- Demonstrable experience of change management at a pharmacy level
Desirable
- Shapes direction of professional group
- Meets or exceeds Department of Health Consultant Pharmacist Framework competencies
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Masters degree (or equivalent) in pharmacy
- Post graduate diploma or Master's degree in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Accredited at consultant level or to be completed within 18 months of appointment
- Evidence of leadership development
- Membership of relevant professional groups e.g. UKCPA
Desirable
- Independent prescribing qualification, or currently working towards attaining
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Appropriate advanced and current clinical experience in the Care of the Elderly specialty
- Proven experience of working at a strategic level with senior clinicians and managers and experience of working in an integrated directorate team
- Proven experience of working at a strategic level across the wider health community
- Recognition as an expert nationally through publications / presentations or officer in a national group
- Formal teaching / training/ mentoring training
- Understanding of NHS finances
Desirable
- Experience as a clinical tutor for Higher Education Institution diploma
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrate advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement
- Demonstrate an intuitive grasp of complex situations based on deep tacit understanding
- Proven budget management or monitoring ability and demonstrable success in achieving savings
- Proven medicines related policy development and implementation
- Proven experience of managing and developing a service with limited resources
- Negotiating and influencing skills
- Demonstrable experience of change management at a pharmacy level
Desirable
- Shapes direction of professional group
- Meets or exceeds Department of Health Consultant Pharmacist Framework competencies
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).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
Address
Weston General Hospital
Grange Road, Uphill
Weston-super-Mare
BS23 4TQ
Employer's website
https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
