Job summary
Here at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC), we offer an inclusive working environment, with many benefits. We strive to provide medical consultant led rehabilitation for patients with complex
needs who may have sustained multiple injuries; this includes neurological
injury and complex trauma.
We are seeking a Band 8a Clinical Pharmacist (Advanced) to join our team at DMRC Stanford Hall, Loughborough.
This is a permanent full time position, offering 37.5 hours weekly.
If you think this is the role for you, we would love to hear from you!
Benefits include
- Access to NHS pension
- Free parking
- Access to gym, swimming pool, trim trail route, multi faith room and messes.
Main duties of the job
As the chosen candidate, you will be a highly experienced pharmacist who will act within their professional boundaries.
You will have responsibility
for leading and developing pharmacy services at Defence Medical Rehabilitation
Centre (DMRC). This
will include the provision of dispensing, ward-based, and clinical services to
in-patients / out-patients / military DMRC Staff and setting up and management of homecare delivery
of medicines.
Your responsibility will also involve the provision of expert
advice on pharmaceutical matters to specialist consultants, medical and nursing
staff; and the management and mentoring of pharmacy personnel and training of
healthcare personnel (both civilian and military) at DMRC in medicine
management as appropriate.
About us
Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.
Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.
In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.
If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:
- Be accountable to Clinical Director (CD) and the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) in maintaining professional registration and working within the latest Standards and Code of Professional Conduct.
Provide subject matter expertise (SME) to the Medicines Management Committee and support the committee in formulating and implementing management plans. This will include highlighting pharmaceutical issues at speciality meetings and to the CD and OC Med Div as required.
Monitor the effectiveness of own clinical practice through quality assurance strategies such as the use of audit and peer review.
Provide and receive highly complex sensitive information. Communicate effectively with patients to ensure informed consent for treatment and good understanding of their conditions and maximise their rehabilitation potential. Patients may have barriers to communication e.g., psychological, minor/severe brain injury, dysphasia, dysarthria, or English as a second language.
Actively lead on Clinical Governance issues and associated risk management, to monitor and improve quality of service delivery.
To be responsible for business planning. This involves budget setting and resource management, identifying resource needs and implications and the impact of financial resource on service delivery. Deliver a value for money service.
For the full list of job duties and responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Selection Process Details
The selection at sift and interview stage will be based on your application and you'll be tested against the following behaviours:
- Working together
- Making Effective Decisions
- Leadership
- Managing a Quality Service.
At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Technical Skills:
- NHS Core - NHSC1 - Communication
- NHS Core - NHSC2 - Personal & People Development
- NHS Core - NHSC3 - Health, Safety & Security
- NHS Core - NHSC4 - Service Improvement
- NHS Core - NHSC5 - Quality
Additional Information
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment by 31st December 2022. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your CV and that you have saved it, making sure that any reference to your personal details have been removed from your CV prior to submitting your application.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical
The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, <a href=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans/>Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans</a>
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:
- Be accountable to Clinical Director (CD) and the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) in maintaining professional registration and working within the latest Standards and Code of Professional Conduct.
Provide subject matter expertise (SME) to the Medicines Management Committee and support the committee in formulating and implementing management plans. This will include highlighting pharmaceutical issues at speciality meetings and to the CD and OC Med Div as required.
Monitor the effectiveness of own clinical practice through quality assurance strategies such as the use of audit and peer review.
Provide and receive highly complex sensitive information. Communicate effectively with patients to ensure informed consent for treatment and good understanding of their conditions and maximise their rehabilitation potential. Patients may have barriers to communication e.g., psychological, minor/severe brain injury, dysphasia, dysarthria, or English as a second language.
Actively lead on Clinical Governance issues and associated risk management, to monitor and improve quality of service delivery.
To be responsible for business planning. This involves budget setting and resource management, identifying resource needs and implications and the impact of financial resource on service delivery. Deliver a value for money service.
For the full list of job duties and responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Selection Process Details
The selection at sift and interview stage will be based on your application and you'll be tested against the following behaviours:
- Working together
- Making Effective Decisions
- Leadership
- Managing a Quality Service.
At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Technical Skills:
- NHS Core - NHSC1 - Communication
- NHS Core - NHSC2 - Personal & People Development
- NHS Core - NHSC3 - Health, Safety & Security
- NHS Core - NHSC4 - Service Improvement
- NHS Core - NHSC5 - Quality
Additional Information
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment by 31st December 2022. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your CV and that you have saved it, making sure that any reference to your personal details have been removed from your CV prior to submitting your application.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical
The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, <a href=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans/>Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans</a>
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Highly developed specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and experience.
- 1 year pre-registration training plus specialist knowledge and experience acquired through diploma level training.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Pharmacy (Bachelor of Pharmacy / Masters of Pharmacy)
- Post graduate diploma/masters of science in clinical pharmacy
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and commitment to re-validation.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Highly developed specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and experience.
- 1 year pre-registration training plus specialist knowledge and experience acquired through diploma level training.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Pharmacy (Bachelor of Pharmacy / Masters of Pharmacy)
- Post graduate diploma/masters of science in clinical pharmacy
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and commitment to re-validation.
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
