Band 7 Senior Support Pharmacist - Healthcare of Older People
The closing date is 2nd Feb 2025
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for proactive and dynamic individuals with vision, drive and enthusiasm to join the Pharmacy team as the Senior Support Pharmacist for Healthcare of Older People based at Good Hope or Heartlands Hospital at UHB Trust.
If you are a motivated and enthusiastic clinical pharmacist with post-registration hospital experience of covering a range of specialties, or can demonstrate the equivalent level of knowledge, and are ready for the next step in your career then this could be the job for you.
Dependent on experience, this role is offered as a development role and is open to candidates who have completed at least 2-3 early year pharmacist rotations and have started the clinical diploma or who consistently meet the level expected of a post-registration foundation pharmacist within the RPS Newly Qualified Pharmacist Pathway. You will move into the full Senior Support Pharmacist for Healthcare of Older People role once you have completed the required competencies to demonstrate you are working at a senior support level.
Applicants with 12 months post-registration hospital experience will be appointed in a development post under Agenda for Change Annex 21 (payment at 75% of the maximum band 7 pay), uplifted to the band 7 starting pay as per Agenda for Change on completion of the first year of clinical diploma or NHSE/RPS Newly Qualified Pharmacist Pathway. All applicants will then be given the opportunity to progress onto the independent prescribing course.
You will deliver a high-quality specialist clinical pharmacy service, and there will be a strong emphasis on supporting you in developing leadership and mentoring skills to the next level.
You will be introduced to core directorate activities - reporting and analysis of medicines expenditure, clinical governance and risk management activities, including review of PGDs and relevant policies.
In addition, you will take on enhanced roles relating to education and training, such as developing training programmes and involvement with training of new doctors. You will have responsibility for the supervision of less experienced members of the team including junior pharmacists and trainee pharmacists.
You will be a highly motivated individual and a team player with well-developed 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 join a team of clinical pharmacists who provide the on-call service with a back-up provided by the Specialist and Advanced Clinical Pharmacists.
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:
1. Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can.
2. Offering 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.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
* Completion of first year of clinical diploma or NHSE/RPS Newly Qualified Pharmacist Pathway or equivalent, as evidenced by dated communication from HEI or signed-off NQPP documentation.
* To be willing to work towards a non-medical prescribing qualification.
Experience
* Post-registration work experience as a pharmacist in hospital pharmacy, covering a range of specialties, or the ability to demonstrate the equivalent level of knowledge.
* Previous participation in multi-disciplinary team.
* Demonstrates commitment and enthusiasm for providing high quality pharmaceutical care.
* Experience of teaching/presenting to other healthcare professionals/patients.
* Commitment to own Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
* Possesses relevant clinical knowledge in hospital pharmacy.
* Knowledge of national initiatives and guidelines, e.g. NICE, NSF.
* Possesses knowledge of available resources to answer Medicines Information queries.
* Able to work with drug budget information.
* Demonstrates good knowledge of hospital clinical pharmacy and current issues.
Additional Criteria
* Good interpersonal skills.
* Good oral, written communication & presentation skills.
* Demonstrates problem solving skills.
* Demonstrates empathy towards patients and carers.
* Able to work under pressure, prioritise work and meet deadlines.
* Ability to manage budgets and deliver on cost improvement programmes.
* Able to use initiative and work without supervision when necessary.
* Demonstrates teaching/mentoring skills & ability to motivate other staff.
* Able to interact with clinical and managerial staff.
* Demonstrates good critical appraisal skills.
* Professional manner.
* Well-motivated and reliable.
* Capacity to work calmly under pressure.
* Ability to travel across all Trust sites as required by job role.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
For help with your application, contact:
Gaenor Feelie
01214249299
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-9000357
Job locations
Trustwide
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
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