A Vacancy at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
We are delighted to invite applications to join our team of specialist clinical pharmacists in the Urgent and Emergency Care team at the Queens Medical Centre.
This exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced clinical pharmacist looking for a new opportunity to develop their clinical, leadership and management skills.
We are looking for a motivated, forward-thinking, dynamic individual to join our senior team, who is keen to learn, innovate and push the service forward.
Our admissions unit which includes our Higher Level Care unit is one of the largest in the country, so we have built a large clinical pharmacy team to deliver an excellent 7-day service.
Our vision is to beoutstanding in health outcomes and patient & staff experience.
The post offers an outstanding opportunity to develop your portfolio of specialist knowledge and skills for the management of patients as part of the friendly, progressive and dynamic multidisciplinary team, as well as build on your leadership abilities.
You will be expected to be part of the leadership team for acute medicine, which currently consists of 6 specialist pharmacist posts, and take on a specific element of the service delivery e.g. education, training, governance, operational etc.
You will take on a specialty link role which will ensure specialty specific knowledge is maintained & up to date within the team.
You will work closely with the MDT, on & off the ward to support governance, education and medication safety, particularly supporting medicine optimisation on ward rounds, utilising your prescribing skills.
You will be expected to line manage one or more of the band 7 pharmacists on the team, providing mentoring, and supporting them with their objectives which may include starting out as an independent prescriber.
You will be responsible for ensuring the provision of an excellent clinical pharmacy service to the acute medicine Higher Level Care unit and Advance Respiratory Unit (ARCU).
With over 19,000 staff,we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH
In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert
Leading on the clinical pharmacy service to the Higher Level Care Unit and ARCU.
Actively participating in consultant-led ward rounds to promote and support medicines optimisation, antimicrobial stewardship and effective discharge planning by utilising prescribing skills
Providing an advanced level of clinical pharmacy service to the specialty
Involvement in education and training of a variety of healthcare professionals including diploma & pre-registration pharmacists, undergraduates and trainee advanced nurse practitioners
Whilst this post is commissioned to be full time (equivalent of 37.5 hours per week) we would welcome applications from those wanting a better work life balance. If you would like to consider this post but on less than full time hours please still apply and outline this on your application form or please contact us for further discussion.
This advert closes on Thursday 7 Nov 2024