Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Early Careers Educational Support
County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
This is your opportunity to join the education & training team and enthuse the next generation of hospital pharmacists.
We are incredibly proud of the education & training opportunities that we offer and of the impact this has on the standard of our clinical and technical pharmacy services. As part of the team, you will be supported to develop our junior pharmacist offering and benefit from further personal training opportunities.
Main duties of the job
This key role supports our early careers pharmacists from day 1 of qualifying through to advanced practice and is proven to improve staff morale and retention.
We are looking for a nurturing and caring individual who is passionate about training and development. You will have excellent organisational and leadership skills, a sound understanding of the educational needs of the early careers pharmacist workforce, and ideas as to how we can further develop our offering.
Working at senior rotational or advanced pharmacist level, you will be established in your hospital pharmacist role and will be confident about mentoring and sharing your knowledge with more junior colleagues. You will be looking to take the next step in your career or widen the scope of your role.
This role is based at UHND where you will be supported by the lead Pharmacist for education and training and will work closely with your counterpart at DMH.
Job responsibilities
1. Taking 1 day a week out of your clinical role you will mentor and enthuse our junior team, helping them progress in both confidence and competence.
2. Working with the education and training support pharmacist at DMH to coordinate internal training sessions for pharmacists.
3. Working with the educational training support pharmacist at DMH to coordinate the teaching programme for early careers pharmacists.
4. Provide individualised educational support for early careers pharmacists including observation and feedback in both the dispensary and wards.
5. Identify and support junior pharmacists struggling with the transition to qualified pharmacist.
6. Develop pharmacist competence in line with national frameworks.
7. Working with line managers, promote and review progression of individuals through the foundation pharmacist framework to enable goal setting and progression to band 7.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent. Completed a suitable postgraduate qualification (e.g., Clinical diploma) or demonstrated sufficient experience to meet RPS post-registration foundation competence standards.
* Evidence of CPD and education.
* Independent Prescriber or willing to work towards.
* Post graduate Masters qualification in a relevant pharmacy subject. Post graduate management qualification. Working towards a development portfolio, i.e., credentialing at advanced practice defined by the RPS. Teaching experience in clinical and classroom settings.
Statutory Registration
* Registered as a Practising Pharmacist with the GPhC.
* Membership of RPS or a relevant Clinical Pharmacy Organisation appropriate to the subject area.
Experience
* Experience in leading and developing highly developed near-patient clinical pharmacy services. Able to work as an autonomous practitioner in all areas of pharmacy practice. Experience of developing good relationships with other health care professionals. Experience of providing directorate pharmacist services e.g., budgetary reports, drug usage reviews, development of drug protocols, specialist drug information etc. Experience of both undertaking and supervising audit of clinical practice. Evidence of involvement in multidisciplinary service development.
* Experience of managing a team. Experience of providing basic HR support. Practice Research experience. Contribution to publications/conference presentations.
Special Requirements
* Good oral and written communication skills. Able to build good relationships with colleagues, and influence the practice and behaviours of others in a positive way. Self-motivation and ability to motivate others. Team player.
* Desire to develop clinical skills.
* Able to prioritise own workload.
Special Skills & Knowledge
* Good understanding of medicines reconciliation and how it fits into the larger function of hospital pharmacy. Ability to apply theoretical knowledge to ward/clinic based situation. Provision of complex information on medicines use, clinical pharmacy and financial issues to senior Consultants and managers. Membership of regional/national/international specialist interest groups relevant to field of practice. Demonstrable leadership, management and supervisory skills. Demonstrable teaching/tutoring skills with evidence of ability to deliver training to a wide range of healthcare staff, e.g., pharmacy, nursing, medical. Involvement in development of evidence-based clinical guidelines and protocols. Sound knowledge of MI resources. Good understanding of current pharmacy issues. Demonstrable understanding of key drivers, financial pressures and constraints within the NHS.
* Ability to demonstrate an area of expertise within a field of pharmacy practice. Evidence of active contribution to relevant specialist interest groups. Record of research and/or audit and/or scholarly publications.
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.
County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum pro rata
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