Job summary
- Main area
- Rotational Clinical Pharmacist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 18.75 hours per week (Weekends +/- bank holiday working)
- Job ref
- 284-24-6511374-DMCM
- Employer
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Birmingham Children's Hospital
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 Dependant on Experience
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/09/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Dispensary Clinical Pharmacist x2 18.75 Hours
Band 7
Job overview
2 Part Time Posts- 18.75 Hours
Are you a locum working weekends but want a more stable/static role? Do you want to work part time and have previously struggled to secure a role in hospital pharmacy? If yes, then we need you.
We are seeking two highly skilled, motivated and enthusiastic pharmacists to join the pharmacy team at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust to work weekend shifts. You will be responsible for the delivery of high quality and patient focused clinical pharmacy services to a range of specialities via the Birmingham Children's Hospital dispensary. This includes the Birmingham Women's and Parkview Hospitals. Successful applicants will also have the option of working additional hours during the weekday to further enhance their clinical skills and knowledge. Your contribution and dedication really will make a difference to our patients every day you come to work.
We have a dynamic and supportive team that aspires to provide safe, effective and efficient care to every individual that comes through our doors. We strive to promote a happy, collaborative and empowering work environment so each and every member of the team can make a meaningful impact.
Prior to commencing independent working, successful applicants will be provided with an induction and training period.
Main duties of the job
To ensure medicines are prescribed safely, economically and are appropriate to the needs of the patient across various specialities via the dispensary.
Provide advice on pharmaceutical care to healthcare professionals and patients.
To record clinical interventions and medication incidents to highlight areas of concern.
To provide medication advice to patients and their families to ensure they are aware of their medicines and potential side effects.
To highlight service improvement areas. You may be required to partake in audit data collection.
To support antimicrobial stewardship.
Working for our organisation
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and personal specification to view the full details for this opportunity at the Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and personal specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional details.
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MPharm or equivalent degree
- Successful completion of foundation year and exam
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable criteria
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or Pharmacist Independent Prescriber
Knowledge and Nature of Experience
Essential criteria
- Able to understand the complex clinical and social needs of patients and families and meet those needs whenever possible.
- Able to understand complex clinical situations and to discuss and make recommendations to resolve issues arising from them with medical, nursing and other staff.
Desirable criteria
- Previous hospital experience
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to work independently, prioritise, set goals and meet deadlines.
- Able to identify issues and use own initiative to address them.
- Able to maintain standards and accuracy whilst working under pressure.
- Aware of personal limitations and asks for help as required.
Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Able to use a variety of computer software to organise and present information
- Previous experience and knowledge of audit.
- Awareness of requirements towards CQC.
- Demonstrates continuing professional development.
- An understanding of medication safety.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of delivering clinical pharmacy services to neonatal and paediatric patients and staff.
- Previous experience of delivering clinical pharmacy services to a Women’s directorate.
- Familiarity with drugs expenditure and prescribing trends.
Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Good team player
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Trustworthy and respectful of confidential information about both patients and colleagues
- Adaptable to change in working practices and flexible in terms of working hours on an occasional basis
- Able to remain professional in challenging circumstances
- Negotiating skills and powers of persuasion
- Well organised
- High standards of work presentation
- Self-motivated with a ‘can do’ attitude
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Flexible to accommodate late closing, weekend, bank holiday and daily rotas as service requires
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tayebah Abbasi
- Job title
- Principal Pharmacist for Clinical Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 333 9786
- Additional information
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