Job summary Are you an enthusiastic neonatal or paediatric pharmacist looking to take the next step in your career? Or you a pharmacist currently working in an adult speciality looking for a change of direction? Do you enjoy working to develop new services and new ways of working in order to improve patient care? If so, this could be your perfect job This brand new role has been created to extend our existing neonatal pharmacy team. The neonatal service at NUH is expanding, with a new, enlarged neonatal critical care unit due to open at our QMC site in December 2024. If you'd like to be involved in shaping the exciting future of neonatal care in Nottingham, this is the job for you Main duties of the job To help lead the delivery of the clinical pharmacy service to the Paediatric Metabolic Service at NUH. To partake in specialised clinical pharmacy duties ensuring core clinical pharmacy activities are undertaken To provide leadership, management and speciality/service support roles To line manage and support more junior pharmacists in the Family Health and wider Pharmacy team To ensure clinical areas are fully compliant with the Medicines regulations and legislation including those for Controlled Drugs Support & participate in broader corporate medicines related initiatives as directed To take full part in the weekend and bank holiday duty rota About us 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 The neonatal service at NUH operates across two sites, with neonatal ICU, HDU and Special Care cots at both the QMC and City Hospital campuses. We provide care to vulnerable babies from throughout the region, with QMC being a specialist centre for Neonatal Surgery. To meet increasing demand, the neonatal unit at the QMC campus is being rebuilt and expanded, with the new facilities due to open in December 2024. In this role you will be be working with a larger group of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians working within the Family Health Division. Our team is friendly, supportive and dynamic, using our collective experience and expertise to strive to provide the best possible care for our patients. 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. Date posted 20 January 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 8a Salary £53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum Contract Fixed term Duration 9 months Working pattern Part-time Reference number 164-6935598 Job locations Queen's Medical Centre Nottingham NG7 2UH Job description Job responsibilities Please refer to the attached Job Description and Personal Specification for more details about this role. We would be delighted to speak to you about the post if youd like to find out more. Job description Job responsibilities Please refer to the attached Job Description and Personal Specification for more details about this role. We would be delighted to speak to you about the post if youd like to find out more. Person Specification Training & Qualifications Essential B.Pharm / BSc (Pharmacy) or MPharm GPhC registered GPhC registered Diploma/MSc in clinical pharmacy or other appropriate post graduate qualification or experience Demonstrates continued professional development Desirable Related post-graduate qualifications Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (MRPharmS) Play an active role in a relevant national network / specialist pharmacist group Leadership and management qualifications Independent prescribing qualification Experience Essential Broad previous experience (post registration) of clinical pharmacy, particularly in acute settings Broad knowledge base of a range of clinical areas. Experience of provision of specialist clinical pharmacy review and advice relating to the safe use of medicines. Experience of developing and implementing medicines and service related policies for a specialty. Some experience of line management, including effective performance management, recruitment and allocation of staff Some experience of excellent leadership and management skills Experience of training and education of both pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals Experience of multidisciplinary and team working at Pharmacy, Trust and regional level Understanding of issues affecting the NHS Desirable Experience of working in Paediatrics or Neonatology. Publication of audit/research/clinical work at national level Experience of working actively on national groups Experience in project management (including department-wide roles) and evidence of completed outcomes Experience in undertaking, supervising and reporting/presenting audit / research work at local (Trust) level Effective liaison with relevant Trust level committees / groups or equivalent Experience of working in urgent or emergency settings Communication and Relationship Skills Essential Excellent interpersonal, negotiating and presentation skills, both written and verbal -must be able to communicate highly complex drug or medicine related information to prescribers, clinicians, patients, relatives, relevant Trust committees and other stakeholders. Good communication skills with multidisciplinary team members and own profession. Able to defend opinions in a confident and constructive manner when challenged. Proven ability to influence and negotiate with relevant senior clinicians, managers and stakeholders. Empathy with patients, relatives and pharmacy customers. Desirable Teaching skills Experience of writing compelling business cases or case of need for service development Analytical and Judgement Skills Essential Critical evaluation of literature and literature searching skills for analysing, interpreting medicines information, production issues, drug therapy decisions and patient information. Experience of assessing and minimising risk associated with service provision and within medication processes Able to critically analyse information and evidence and to communicate the findings clearly in simple terms. Ability to work alone and make decisions within agreed parameters ; and referring / escalating as necessary Experience in making judgements involving highly complex facts, which require analysis, interpretation and options appraisal e.g. drug expenditure; medicines optimisation Ability to maintain and monitor database of medicines and activity related information e.g. medicines expenditure and usage; rotas etc. Think creatively to support departmental strategy and overall Trust objectives, with evidence of incorporating innovative and 'best practice' into current practice Desirable Experience of analysing expenditure Planning and Organisation Skills Essential Ability to plan and organise existing and new clinical pharmacy services to a specialty. This may include creation and adjustment of plans. Ability to be flexible and manage change in a complex and changing healthcare environment. Self-motivated with excellent organisational skills, able to motivate others, to manage time effectively and work to deadlines, even when under pressure. Positive thinker, problem solver, ability to think laterally to develop new ideas. Person Specification Training & Qualifications Essential B.Pharm / BSc (Pharmacy) or MPharm GPhC registered GPhC registered Diploma/MSc in clinical pharmacy or other appropriate post graduate qualification or experience Demonstrates continued professional development Desirable Related post-graduate qualifications Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (MRPharmS) Play an active role in a relevant national network / specialist pharmacist group Leadership and management qualifications Independent prescribing qualification Experience Essential Broad previous experience (post registration) of clinical pharmacy, particularly in acute settings Broad knowledge base of a range of clinical areas. Experience of provision of specialist clinical pharmacy review and advice relating to the safe use of medicines. Experience of developing and implementing medicines and service related policies for a specialty. Some experience of line management, including effective performance management, recruitment and allocation of staff Some experience of excellent leadership and management skills Experience of training and education of both pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals Experience of multidisciplinary and team working at Pharmacy, Trust and regional level Understanding of issues affecting the NHS Desirable Experience of working in Paediatrics or Neonatology. Publication of audit/research/clinical work at national level Experience of working actively on national groups Experience in project management (including department-wide roles) and evidence of completed outcomes Experience in undertaking, supervising and reporting/presenting audit / research work at local (Trust) level Effective liaison with relevant Trust level committees / groups or equivalent Experience of working in urgent or emergency settings Communication and Relationship Skills Essential Excellent interpersonal, negotiating and presentation skills, both written and verbal -must be able to communicate highly complex drug or medicine related information to prescribers, clinicians, patients, relatives, relevant Trust committees and other stakeholders. Good communication skills with multidisciplinary team members and own profession. Able to defend opinions in a confident and constructive manner when challenged. Proven ability to influence and negotiate with relevant senior clinicians, managers and stakeholders. Empathy with patients, relatives and pharmacy customers. Desirable Teaching skills Experience of writing compelling business cases or case of need for service development Analytical and Judgement Skills Essential Critical evaluation of literature and literature searching skills for analysing, interpreting medicines information, production issues, drug therapy decisions and patient information. Experience of assessing and minimising risk associated with service provision and within medication processes Able to critically analyse information and evidence and to communicate the findings clearly in simple terms. Ability to work alone and make decisions within agreed parameters ; and referring / escalating as necessary Experience in making judgements involving highly complex facts, which require analysis, interpretation and options appraisal e.g. drug expenditure; medicines optimisation Ability to maintain and monitor database of medicines and activity related information e.g. medicines expenditure and usage; rotas etc. Think creatively to support departmental strategy and overall Trust objectives, with evidence of incorporating innovative and 'best practice' into current practice Desirable Experience of analysing expenditure Planning and Organisation Skills Essential Ability to plan and organise existing and new clinical pharmacy services to a specialty. This may include creation and adjustment of plans. Ability to be flexible and manage change in a complex and changing healthcare environment. Self-motivated with excellent organisational skills, able to motivate others, to manage time effectively and work to deadlines, even when under pressure. Positive thinker, problem solver, ability to think laterally to develop new ideas. 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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information 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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts Address Queen's Medical Centre Nottingham NG7 2UH Employer's website https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)