Nottingham University Hospitals is in one of the UK’s largest and busiest acute teaching hospital Trusts in the UK and has a national and international reputation for many of its specialist services and expertise. T
We are delighted to invite applications to a Senior Pharmacist in Adult Critical Care post.
This post offers an exciting opportunity for a motivated clinical pharmacist to work within a high profile, rewarding clinical speciality to develop their portfolio of specialist knowledge and skills.
The successful post holder will join our established and well respected team of specialist critical care pharmacists, technicians and medicines management assistants. You will work directly with the wider MDT to deliver safe and effective evidence based treatment to some of the sickest patients within the Trust.
The role will involve working clinically with the support from specialist critical care pharmacists to gain experience across all adult level 3 and level 2 areas including cardiac critical care and high dependency unit.
There will opportunities for proactive individuals to be involved in project and audit work to develop your own skills whilst enhancing patient care and medicines safety.
As a senior member of the pharmacist team you will help support and mentor the junior members of the team. You will also participate in the teaching of undergraduate pharmacists and the wider critical care multi-disciplinary team.
If you don’t already possess an independent prescribing qualification opportunities will arise to apply for this course, which you will be fully supported through. There may also be opportunities to undertake specialist critical care training courses.
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.
The post holder will be based at both the Queen's Medical Centre Campus (QMC) and Nottingham City Hospital Campus (NCH) but will not routinely be required to travel between sites during the working day.
You will be required to participate in departmental weekend and bank holiday working arrangements and support the on-call pharmacists through the senior pharmacist back-up rota.
Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.
If you have any further questions about the post or would like to visit critical care unit(s) please do not hesitate to get in touch with Liz Jamieson or Samantha Cartwright on the contact details provided.
This advert closes on Thursday 16 Jan 2025