Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: Secondment: 12 months
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Advanced Specialist Pharmacist – General medicine – diabetes/endocrine)
Job ref: 205-6849495
Employer: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Stoke University Hospital
Town: Stoke on Trent
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/02/2025 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join the general medicine, diabetes and endocrinology team to develop your leadership and specialist skills in this diverse clinical environment.
Main duties of the job
1. Supporting the clinical service to the general medicine wards at UHNM including ward round attendance to facilitate medicines optimisation.
2. Training and development of rotational junior and trainee pharmacists in general medicine.
3. Reviewing adverse incident reports, attending governance meetings and educating medical and nursing teams on pharmaceutical issues.
4. Reviewing expenditure reports and developing cost improvement initiatives.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details regarding this role please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Essential Qualifications
* Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
* Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma / MSc or equivalent qualification
* Independent Prescriber with appropriate annotation on GPhC register or willing to undertake
* Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
* MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
* Formal management and / or leadership qualification
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
* Comprehensive experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner including a solid grounding in a broad range of clinical specialties.
* Experience working as a clinical pharmacist in a hospital setting.
* Commitment and evidence of continuous professional development (CPD).
* Computer literate and able to use Windows applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams and internet.
* High standard of oral and written (including report writing) communication skills with attention to detail.
* Able to demonstrate good leadership skills.
* Good and broad understanding of current hospital pharmacy practice and future direction of travel.
* IT skills and knowledge of the digital medicines agenda.
* Able to appraise information / data and use in solving problems.
* Good knowledge of the medicines safety, risk management and governance agenda and its application to the clinical role.
* Good knowledge of evidence-based medicine, formulary application / management processes and drug use evaluation.
* Interest in expanding knowledge and self-development including networking within the speciality.
* Clinical pharmacy experience within general medicine – diabetes and endocrinology and an enthusiasm to develop this.
* Evidence of involvement in pharmacy practice research and/or audit.
* Publication of research in a peer-reviewed journal.
* Experience providing education, training and supervision of staff.
* Experience line managing and/or conducting formal appraisals.
* Evidence of involvement in writing of guidelines.
* Presentation of abstract on pharmacy practice research at a regional or national conference.
Important information about your application
* All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
* References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
* We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
* Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.
* New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.
If you would like support completing an application form, please contact the recruitment department on 01782 675533 where one of our trained assistants will be able to help.
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