Main area: Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Healthcare of the Older Person
Grade Band: 7
Contract: Fixed term: 9 months (Secondment also considered)
* Full time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (part time working would be considered)
Job ref: 164-6956061
Employer: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: QMC Campus
Town: Nottingham
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/03/2025 23:59
Job overview
Due to the secondment of the current post holder, we have a 9 month secondment/fixed term opportunity to work as the Senior Pharmacist - Healthcare of the Older Person.
You will be a valued member of the pharmacy clinical team, working on the Healthcare of the Older Person (HCOP) wards at QMC campus. You will apply your pharmaceutical knowledge to ensure medicines optimisation for the patients on the wards. Deprescribing and falls prevention are key areas of focus. You will also use good communication and planning skills to ensure safe transfer of care across the interface.
Good multidisciplinary working is key in HCOP and you will get the opportunity to build excellent working relationships with other professionals on the ward.
You will be joining the NUH Pharmacy Frailty/HCOP team, working alongside 4 Specialist Pharmacists and Chief Technician who will give support and training.
You will also have the opportunity to give education and support to junior pharmacists and students working in HCOP.
Main duties of the job
The post will be based predominantly at the Queens Medical Centre Campus, but there may be the expectation to travel to the City campus on occasions.
In addition to the below summary, you need to familiarise yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
1. To provide a clinical pharmacy service to the NUH Healthcare of the Older Person (HCOP) wards.
2. To work alongside the multidisciplinary team delivering excellent patient care through medicines optimisation. If a qualified prescriber, the post holder will also utilise their prescribing skills to do this.
3. To facilitate timely discharges by clinically screening discharge prescriptions/TTOs.
4. To assist the Specialist Clinical Pharmacists with specialty level support roles such as governance, teaching and guidelines.
5. To support, mentor & line manage junior pharmacists and medicines management technicians.
6. To be actively involved in quality improvement projects.
Person specification
Qualifications
* B.Pharm / BSc (Pharmacy) or MPharm.
* GPhC registered
* Diploma/MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or other appropriate post graduate qualification
* Holds a post-graduate clinical diploma
* Independent Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification
* Member of the RPS
Skills & Experience
* Ability to interact with multidisciplinary teams
* Wide previous experience (post registration) in hospital/Clinical pharmacy
* Broad knowledge base of clinical areas.
* Experience of delivering clinical pharmacy services in a hospital setting
* Experience of day to day supervision and assisting in training of pre-registration pharmacists and/or technicians
* Experience of working within Elderly Healthcare specialities.
* Experience in undertaking, and reporting/presenting audit / research work at local (Trust) level.
* Evidence of project work completed
Planning and organisational
* Organised, able to prioritise own work and assist others to prioritise
Communication and relationship skills
* Good communication skills with multidisciplinary team members and own profession.
* Good interpersonal, negotiating and presentation skills, both written and verbal skills.
* Empathy with patients, relatives and pharmacy customers.
* Ability to interact with multidisciplinary teams
* Able to defend opinions when challenged
* Teaching skills
Analytical and Judgement skills
* Able to assess and minimise the risk in medication process
* Able to analyse patient specific data to advise on therapy management
* Critical evaluation of literature and literature searching skills for analysing, interpreting medicines information, production issues, drug therapy decisions and patient information
* Experience of analysing expenditure
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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.
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Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.
Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.
Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
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