Specialist Paediatric Medical Specialties Pharmacist
Band 8a
Main area: Pharmacy Grade Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 387-DT6119-JL
Site: Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Town: Bristol
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 03/04/2025 23:59
As an organisation, we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.
We are excited to offer an opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Paediatric Pharmacist to join the Woman's and Children's Pharmacy team at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. We are looking for a dynamic and innovative pharmacist to work with a growing team in providing a clinical pharmacy service to a number of paediatric medical specialties.
The medical specialties team provide a pharmacy service to a variety of paediatric specialties including General Paediatrics, Respiratory & CF, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Neurology, Renal and many more. The post holder will provide and oversee the clinical pharmacy service to General Paediatrics, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Dermatology and Paediatric HDU. You will be working within a larger team under the direction of the Lead Paediatric Medical Specialties Pharmacist.
The successful candidate will be a member of our clinical pharmacy team providing Pharmaceutical care to Medical Specialties as part of the multidisciplinary team, based within Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. This post will also have regular exposure and responsibility for a number of local and regional level projects and workstreams working within the trust and in close partnership with out ICB colleagues to improve and expand the services offered to Children and Young People in the South West of England.
Main duties of the job
* Monitor, review and where appropriate prescribe (if registered as a prescriber) drug therapy for patients on medical wards ensuring drug treatments are appropriate and comply with current legislation and trust policies.
* Attend and contribute to speciality governance meetings, support patient safety initiatives and help to investigate and resolve medication incidents within your speciality areas.
* Assess the pharmaceutical needs of individual patients and advise prescribers accordingly.
* Lead the pharmacy service to several defined medical specialties including General Paediatrics, Endocrine, Gastroenterology and Dermatology.
* Provide pharmaceutical advice in all medical specialist areas and Paediatric HDU to consultant & junior medical staff, senior & ward nurses, pharmacy staff, other healthcare professionals, & patients/carers.
Working for our organisation
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.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
* Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council for Pharmacists
* Post Graduate Clinical Diploma in Pharmacy or equivalent
* Member of the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group (NPPG)
Knowledge and Experience
* Post registration UK Clinical Pharmacy Experience
* Working knowledge of hospital pharmacy
* Evidence of Sound Clinical Pharmacy Methods
* Experience of Teaching/presenting
* Evidence of experience of clinically managing paediatric patients
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
* Experience of Audit
* Experience undertaking Quality Improvement Projects
* Experience of Working as an Independent Prescriber
* Staff management / supervision
* Experience working with electronic prescribing/critical care electronic monitoring systems
Skills and Abilities
* Evidence of commitment to continued improvement of patient experience
* Evidence of interest in medicine management agenda
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills and negotiation skills working at a regional or national level
* Excellent prioritisation and time management skills
* Ability to mentor other members of staff
* Ability to use judgement to challenge and influence prescribing
* Ability to use and adapt to the use of IT systems within the healthcare setting particularly electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA)
We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.
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