Job summary
Do you have the vision, drive and enthusiasm to help us deliver an exciting modern pharmacy service?
We are seeking talented and motivated pharmacist to join the Heartlands site within our Infectious Diseases team to help deliver a clinically focused and innovative pharmacy service. The role will also support the Birmingham Chest Clinic, which is one of the largest referral centers for TB in the UK. If you are a hospital pharmacist and you want to utilise your clinical skills and work in a forward-thinking department, then this is the job for you! UHB Pharmacy is a great place to work where everyone can thrive and grow.
Some of the benefits of joining our team:
Excellent learning and development opportunities completing a structured development program to develop from a Senior Support Pharmacist (band 7) into a Specialist Clinical role (band 8a).
Dedicated protected learning during work hours to help facilitate your development.
Work with a fantastic team offering specialist regional care for Infectious Diseases patients.
Post-graduate training in pharmacy and support to utilise or undertake a non-medical prescribing (NMP).
Opportunities to work as part of an MDT in the Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) team and outpatient TB clinics.
Access to trust health & wellbeing initiatives and a variety of staff networks.
Access to exclusive benefits for you & your family including NHS discounts at various retailers, restaurants and leisure facilities.
Main duties of the job
To provide highly specialist clinical pharmacist input to the Infectious Diseases specialty.
You need to be motivated with good communication skills and a desire to use your knowledge, skills and experience to improve patient care and influence healthcare professionals in the best use of medicines.
You will support the management of patients with complex infections such as drug resistant tuberculosis, complex HIV and infections acquired during travel to tropical regions.
You will have a patient facing role supporting the specialty within Birmingham Chest Clinic monitoring and supporting patients with TB. You will be encouraged to undertake your NMP or if already achieved in another area develop your knowledge into this field.
There is also the opportunity to work with wider MDT and primary care in supporting outpatient management of antibiotics in the community and participate in virtual ward rounds. You will gain understanding and deliver Cost Improvement Programs to support the speciality and department as well being supported to deliver Quality Improvement Projects with the Infectious Diseases speciality.
Depending on experience and qualifications, there is an opportunity to develop from a senior support pharmacist (band 7) into a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist (band 8a) or start at this level. Through a structured development program, set criteria is used to ensure you are supported and achieve key skills and knowledge before moving into the specialist role.
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:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer 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 reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive 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 which 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 description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. *4-year vocational Masters degree in pharmacy (or equivalent)
2. *Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council
3. *Post-graduate clinical pharmacy qualification or equivalent experience
4. *Member of The General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
5. *Working towards Level I Faculty Membership with the RPS
6. *Has completed a non-medical prescribing course and registered as an NMP with the GPhC
Experience
Essential
7. *Significant post-registration hospital pharmacy experience in clinical pharmacy services
8. *Previous participation in multi-disciplinary team
9. *Demonstrates commitment and enthusiasm for providing high quality pharmaceutical care
10. *Experience of teaching/presenting to other healthcare professionals/patients
11. *Commitment to own Continuing Professional Development
12. *Possesses relevant clinical knowledge in complex clinical pharmacy setting .
13. *Knowledge of national initiatives and guidelines, NICE, NSF
14. *Possesses knowledge of available resources to answer Medicines Information queries
15. *Able to work with drug budget information
16. *Demonstrates good knowledge of general medicine and current issues
Desirable
17. *Experience in infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship
18. *Previous involvement in clinical trials
Additional Criteria
Essential
19. *Team worker
20. *Good interpersonal skills
21. *Good oral, written communication & presentation skills
22. *Good computer skills
23. *Demonstrates problem solving skills
24. *Demonstrates empathy towards patients and carers
25. *Able to work under pressure, prioritise work and meet deadlines
26. *Ability to manage budgets and deliver on cost improvement programmes
27. *Able to use initiative and work without supervision when necessary
28. *Demonstrates teaching/mentoring skills & ability to motivate other staff
29. *Able to interact with clinical and managerial staff
30. *Demonstrates good critical appraisal skills
31. *Professional manner
32. *Well-motivated and reliable
33. *Able to work with all grades of staff
34. *Capacity to work calmly under pressure
35. *Ability to travel across all Trust sites as required by job role