Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 434-SCS6336304
- Employer
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stoke Mandeville Hospital
- Town
- Aylesbury
- Salary
- £58,972 - £68,525 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/07/2024 23:59
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Advanced Pharmacist – Education & Training & Development
Band 8b
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
We are looking for a dynamic and motivated pharmacist to manage, develop and deliver our education and training programmes to the pharmacy department and within the Trust. You will be the local Education Programme Director for the Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice as well as lead the education strategy for the department, including non-medical prescribing. In this key role for the department you will be part of the senior leadership team and develop our staff to deliver outstanding care to our patients.
You will require a broad-range of clinical experience and be able to demonstrate a strong aptitude for interpersonal and leadership skills.
We are an energetic and innovative department, continually striving to deliver the safest, highest quality care to our patients.
We are committed to the development of our staff and can offer various opportunities to develop your senior management and leadership competencies to be a positive influence for change across the department.
Main duties of the job
- To develop a strategic plan to attract, train, develop and retain the pharmacy workforce at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.
- To be responsible for the development and delivery of suitable education and training for all pharmacy staff.
- To specifically manage, lead, strategically plan and co-ordinate both foundation level and advanced level training and development for registered pharmacists, providing expert guidance and support to other pharmacy staff. This will include use of the best available educational material and active clinical supervision in line with pharmacy educational and training required outcomes.
- To develop career pathways for groups of staff i.e., pharmacist, technicians & assistants.
- To embed the preceptorship programme department wide.
- To provide quality assurance as necessary to Health Education England (HEE) and GPhC that foundation year training plans are in place, which enable trainee pharmacists and pre- registration pharmacy technicians to meet their required competencies with a support package for their tutors and supervisors to enable this goal.
- To lead and develop clinical pharmacy audit and practice research within the specialist areas.
- To be a key member of the Senior Pharmacy Leadership Team (SPLT), working with the Chief Pharmacist and Associate Directors of Pharmacy to review, refresh and deliver the strategic direction and development of the pharmacy service to meet the needs of the Trust.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Registered Pharmacist: Member of the GPhC
Desirable criteria
- Member of the RPS
- Post-graduate diploma in clinically pharmacy or recognised equivalent
- Independent Prescribing qualification (or willing to study for this)
- RPS faculty Stage II accreditation
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of hospital pharmacy at Post Registration Pharmacist level
- Experience of project management
- Experience of managing staff
- Experience of conducting service audits and the use of performance indicators
- Experience of teaching and tutoring
Desirable criteria
- Experience of delivery of clinical pharmacy service to a specialist level
- Experience of working at Directorate Pharmacist leve
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to strategically develop services and evaluate service provision
- Able to prioritise and manage own workload
- Clear and concise verbal and written communication to ensure liaison with multidisciplinary team, patients and carers and to ensure records are kept accurately and in a legible manner.
- Able to recognise and embrace new ideas and developments in clinical practice and implement
- Work effectively within teams – within uni- or multi-professional at Departmental, Trust or regional level.
- Work effectively within teams – within uni- or multi-professional at Departmental, Trust or regional level.
Special Circumstances
Essential criteria
- Able to travel to other sites within the Trust and to venues for training
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
- Rachel Cox
- Job title
- Associate Director of Pharmacy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01296 315283
- Additional information
or by mobile on or 07788 906746. Alternatively contact Duncan Cooke on 01296 316383
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