Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 430-CC2765A-A
- Employer
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Pharmacy (Dept)
- Town
- Milton Keynes
- Salary
- £62,215 - £72,293 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/11/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 09/12/2024
Employer heading
Superintendent Pharmacist
Band 8b
MKUH staff scored highest for ‘I look forward to coming to work’ (NHS Staff Survey 2023).
You can expect a warm welcome at Milton Keynes University Hospital, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At MKUH we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Free on-site parking
- Free tea and coffee
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Discounted gym membership
- Lease car scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- On site nursery (chargeable)
- Extensive staff health and well-being programme
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital; we conduct research and teaching on site to improve the care of our patients. The hospital is undergoing significant investment, and we are proud to be rated good by the CQC. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.
Job overview
Superintendent Pharmacist
Department: Pharmacy - Outpatients
Band 8b, £62,215 - £72,293 per annum pro rata
Hours: 22.5 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working
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Are you a pharmacist passionate about helping people get the best from their medicines? Do you love helping people to self-care and look after themselves? Do you have experience of running high quality, patient focused pharmacy services? If so, we need you...
Milton Keynes University Hospital Pharmacy has had significant investment over the last year in a fully refurbished Pharmacy department and a state of the art Aseptic Unit. In addition, we have added a new outpatient dispensary right in the heart of our main entrance and OPD. We are now looking for someone to set up and run this outpatient pharmacy.
We are looking for a pharmacist with a community pharmacy background to ensure services meet all necessary regulation. You will bring a passion for health and wellbeing with a desire to support both patients and staff of the hospital to manage their health. You will have an eye for business, to grow and develop the service to enable us to widen out offering. You will have strong clinical skills and be able to liaise with prescribers to optimise the use of medicines ensuring value for money and best possible patient outcomes.
Interview date: 9th December 2024
Main duties of the job
In return, you will be supported by the wider Pharmacy team and you will have the opportunity to develop your own skills and undertake your own professional development. This is an opportunity to set up a service from scratch to offer the highest quality of care.
If you would like to discuss the role further, please do get in touch.
To provide an efficient patient centred outpatient pharmacy service alongside community pharmacy services to support staff and visitors to MKUH.
Working for our organisation
MKUH staff scored highest for ‘I look forward to coming to work’ (NHS Staff Survey 2023).
"An impressive 89% feel supported to report errors, near misses, or incidents, highlighting our commitment to safety" (NHS Staff Survey 2023).
You can expect a warm welcome at Milton Keynes University Hospital, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At MKUH we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Free on-site parking
- Free tea and coffee
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Discounted gym membership
- Lease car scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- On site nursery (chargeable)
- Extensive staff health and well-being programme
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital; we conduct research and teaching on site to improve the care of our patients. The hospital is undergoing significant investment, and we are proud to be rated good by the CQC. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Accountable for the delivery of high quality, patient centred, safe and progressive outpatient pharmacy services.
- Perform the duties and responsibilities of the superintendent pharmacist as required by the GPhC and all applicable legislation.
- Ensure the service and its’ staff complies with all expectations of the GPhC and in-line with “Standards for pharmacy professionals” (GPhC 2017)
- Ensure that all pharmacy practice, including their own, is within the statutory legislation and boundaries described within the latest version of the Medicines, Ethics and Practice issued by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- To ensure adequate and up-to-date SOPs are in place as required by GPhC guidance to ensure effective, efficient and safe working practices.
- To ensure that all activity undertaken is consistent with maintaining registration of the premises with GPhC
- To ensure the Responsible Pharmacist Regulations 2008 are adhered to at all times and the “Pharmacy Record” is maintained at all times.
Please refer to the job description for further details
We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us.
MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.
MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.
By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system. Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.
Upon commencing employment with the Trust, all employees (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions) are subject to a probationary period lasting a period of six months with an option to extend for a further six months to a total of 12 months.
Person specification
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential criteria
- BPharm / BSc / MPharm (or equivalent)
- GPhC Registration
- Higher Degree / Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate management qualification or equivalent experience
- MRPharmS
- Independent prescribing qualification as a pharmacist
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial managerial skills including previous pharmacy management experience
- Commercially aware and understands how to grow and maintain a pharmacy business
- Previous experience as a Superintendent Pharmacist or other senior Pharmacist post
- Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care
- Experience of audit work
- An awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to the service
- Experience of supervising, developing and appraising staff as well as giving feedback
- Proven experience of working at a strategic level with senior clinicians and managers and experience of working in an integrated directorate team
Skills
Essential criteria
- IT and presentation skills and report writing
- Meets targets and identifies a vision for the delivery of pharmacy services to patients
- Excellent inter-personal skills, with the ability to liaise and influence senior managers and consultants
- Meets expected levels of practice as identified by others and identifies new areas of practice
- Understands local and national priorities in care and has the ability to reconcile these with local realities
- Demonstrable ability to manage time, people and resources to deliver outcomes
- Integrates research evidence and audit results into practice; documented experience of own research & audit
- Identifies and manages risk
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the Clinical Governance agenda
- Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge, clinical reasoning and judgement; manages difficult and ambiguous problems
- Identifies own training needs, actively seeks training opportunities and maintains a portfolio of practice
- Works autonomously and can delegate authority appropriately
- Evaluates the quality of own work and can evaluate service quality
- An ability to prioritise a complex workload and work accurately under pressure
Personal and people development
Essential criteria
- Experience of supervising, developing and appraising staff as well as giving feedback
Communication
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence others
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
Specific requirements
Essential criteria
- Able to perform the duties of the post with reasonable aids and adaptations
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sanil Patel
- Job title
- Associate Director of Pharmacy
- Email address
- [email protected]
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