B7/8a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Gastroenterology and Nutrition
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Pharmacist to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to lead and shape pharmaceutical care for patients with complex gastroenterology and nutritional needs, with opportunity to work within the multidisciplinary team (MDT). This role is available as a progressional post should you not meet the full job specification; information has been included in the attached documents.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will:
1. Lead and deliver the day-to-day clinical pharmacy service to gastroenterology through a team approach across the service.
2. Act as the lead for pharmacy service to gastroenterology and nutrition on the Birmingham Heartlands site.
3. Work collaboratively with the Nutrition support team with a multidisciplinary approach to patient care.
4. Interpret the needs of the specialty and negotiate a range of pharmacy services to meet them.
5. Plan and implement developments to the pharmacy service to the specialty.
6. Act as a senior clinical pharmacist in various specialties.
7. Represent pharmacy in relevant specialist networks, and in joint work with our locality Primary Care Trusts and other bodies at local or regional level.
8. Line manage Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacy Assistants, Trainee Pharmacists, and Undergraduate Pharmacists seconded to the specialty for experience.
9. Participate fully in clinical/dispensary rota and bank holiday duties.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
1. Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment to offering flexible working where we can.
2. Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reaches their true potential, achieves their ambitions, and thrives in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture that empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job responsibilities
Please Note: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* 4 years vocational Master's degree in pharmacy (or equivalent).
* Post-graduate clinical pharmacy qualification or equivalent experience.
* Working towards Level I Faculty Membership with the RPS.
* Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council.
Experience
* Significant post-registration hospital pharmacy experience in gastroenterology and nutrition.
* Previous participation in a multi-disciplinary team.
* Demonstrates commitment and enthusiasm for providing high-quality pharmaceutical care.
* Experience of teaching/presenting to other healthcare professionals/patients.
* Commitment to own Continuing Professional Development.
* Possesses relevant clinical knowledge in gastroenterology and nutrition.
* Knowledge of national initiatives and guidelines, e.g., NICE, NSF.
* Possesses knowledge of available resources to answer Medicines Information queries.
* Able to work with drug budget information.
* Demonstrates good knowledge of gastroenterology and nutrition and current issues.
* Previous involvement in clinical trials.
Additional Criteria
* Good interpersonal skills.
* Good oral, written communication & presentation skills.
* Demonstrates problem-solving skills.
* Demonstrates empathy towards patients and carers.
* Able to work under pressure, prioritise work, and meet deadlines.
* Ability to manage budgets and deliver on cost improvement programmes.
* Able to use initiative and work without supervision when necessary.
* Demonstrates teaching/mentoring skills & ability to motivate other staff.
* Able to interact with clinical and managerial staff.
* Demonstrates good critical appraisal skills.
* Professional manner.
* Well-motivated and reliable.
* Able to work with all grades of staff.
* Capacity to work calmly under pressure.
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.
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