Job summary
Nottingham University Hospitals is in one of the UK's largest and busiest acute teaching hospital Trusts and has a national and international reputation for many of its specialist services and expertise. Including many specialist services within the surgical division such as Neurosurgery, Spinal, Intestinal Failure, HPB and Major Trauma.
The successful post holder will become an integral part of the ever growing surgical pharmacy team helping optimise medications management for patients within this area.
You will be supported in your development and career by a number of specialist senior surgical pharmacists as well as the wider pharmacy team at NUH.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for working directly with the wider MDT to deliver safe and effective treatment to patients within the surgical specialties at NUH.
This role provides an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and motivated clinical pharmacist to take on responsibility for helping enhance pharmacy input into patient care within the trust. There will also be opportunities to be involved in project and audit work to develop your own skills whilst enhancing patient care. If you don't already have an independent prescribing qualification then there may be an opportunity to apply for this course, which you will be supported through.
As a senior member of the pharmacist team there will be the opportunity to help support and mentor the junior members of the team. You will be supported by the ever growing number of specialist pharmacists working in the area as well as being able to call upon the support of the large pharmacy department at NUH.
About us
The pharmacy department at NUH is forward thinking and constantly implementing innovative ways of working to deliver the best possible patient care. We continue to extend the ideal model of delivering medicines optimisation and pharmaceutical care where pharmacists are fully integrated in to the medical teams, supported by a team of medicines management technicians and assistants. You will be joining NUH at an exciting time as we have just recently implemented electronic prescribing within the trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post will be based predominantly at the Queens Medical centre, but there may be the expectation to travel to the City Hospital campus on occasions. If one site would be preferred then please let us know at the interview. The role will be mainly Monday to Friday 9am- 5pm, but these hours are negotiable. You will also be required to participate in a rostered weekend and bank holiday rota. In addition to this there is a requirement to support the on-call pharmacists through the senior pharmacist back-up rota.
Please refer to the full job description as part of the advert. If you have any further questions about the post please do not hesitate to get in touch with Mike Hey on the contact details provided.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
1. GPhC registered
2. Diploma/MSc in clinical pharmacy or other appropriate post graduate qualification
Desirable
3. Independent prescribing qualification (or willing to undertake)
Experience
Essential
4. Wide previous experience (post registration) in hospital pharmacy
Desirable
5. Experience of working within surgical specialities.
Communication & Relationship Skills
Essential
6. Good interpersonal, negotiating and presentation skills, both written and verbal skills
7. Good communication skills with multidisciplinary team members and own profession
Analytical & Judgement Skills
Essential
8. Able to assess and minimise the risk in medication process
Planning & Organisation Skills
Essential
9. Organised, able to prioritise own work and assist others to prioritise.