Job summary
Welcome to Defence Medical Services (DMS). We are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working hard to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel.
We are looking for a pro-active, experienced and detail orientated Band 8a Medication Safety Pharmacist to join our friendly team at DMS Headquarters, Whittington, Lichfield.
This is a part time role consisting of 33 hours per week. If you think this could be the role for you, please apply.
Benefits
- An NHS Pension
- An inclusive working environment
- On site cafe
- Access to a gym
- Free on site parking
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be ensuring the safe use of medicines across the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and act as the designated
medication safety officer in line with national directives, liaising internally and externally to improve
patient safety.
Please note that while this role is based from our HQ at Coltman House, travel to other MOD sites will be required.
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
The duties and responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:
- Leading on medication safety throughout the organisation and promote a positive culture around reporting medication errors and incidents.
- Providing highly complex medication safety related information, advice and education to all staff groups who handle medicines and patients.
- Ensuring appropriate audits are conducted across the organisation in relation to safe and effective use of medicines to ensure compliance with legislation and national medication safety initiatives, and that changes are implemented as a result.
- Working autonomously but build appropriate internal and external networks. Prioritise work appropriately, responding to urgent matters in a timely manner.
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. You will be tested against the following NHS Knowledge and Skills framework, and Civil Service behaviours.Please include a personal statement demonstrating that your skills, knowledge, experience align to these in the CV section of the application form.
- Leadership
- Working Together
- Seeing the big Picture
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Managing a Quality Service
- NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK2 Information Collection & Analysis
- NHS Core NHSC6 Equality and Diversity
At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Knowledge and Skills framework, and Civil Service behaviours:
Please see the link to our Youtube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit.To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.
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.
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. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It 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, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
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
The duties and responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:
- Leading on medication safety throughout the organisation and promote a positive culture around reporting medication errors and incidents.
- Providing highly complex medication safety related information, advice and education to all staff groups who handle medicines and patients.
- Ensuring appropriate audits are conducted across the organisation in relation to safe and effective use of medicines to ensure compliance with legislation and national medication safety initiatives, and that changes are implemented as a result.
- Working autonomously but build appropriate internal and external networks. Prioritise work appropriately, responding to urgent matters in a timely manner.
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. You will be tested against the following NHS Knowledge and Skills framework, and Civil Service behaviours.Please include a personal statement demonstrating that your skills, knowledge, experience align to these in the CV section of the application form.
- Leadership
- Working Together
- Seeing the big Picture
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Managing a Quality Service
- NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK2 Information Collection & Analysis
- NHS Core NHSC6 Equality and Diversity
At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Knowledge and Skills framework, and Civil Service behaviours:
Please see the link to our Youtube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit.To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.
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.
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. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It 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, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
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
Qualifications
Essential
- Pharmacy Degree.
- Post graduate Diploma or Masters of Science in Clinical Pharmacy.
Registration Details
Essential
- Please provide your membership registration number.
- You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
- Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.
Provide a CV
Essential
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question; you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
- Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
- Please use double spacing where possible.
Registrations and Memberships
Essential
- Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Pharmacy Degree.
- Post graduate Diploma or Masters of Science in Clinical Pharmacy.
Registration Details
Essential
- Please provide your membership registration number.
- You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
- Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.
Provide a CV
Essential
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question; you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
- Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
- Please use double spacing where possible.
Registrations and Memberships
Essential
- Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
