Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 361-7109374
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Pharmacist Advanced Education & Training
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Pharmacist Advanced Education & Training who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We are looking for a dynamic, motivated, patient and forward-thinking pharmacist to work with our lead E&T Pharmacist to deliver our very successful and renowned E&T strategy.
The successful candidate will be responsible for developing training plans, implementing the strategy, working with a range of health care professionals across the organisation and region wide to ensure that a high-quality training programme is delivered to our Foundation trainees, undergraduate students and other health care professionals
The role also involves working with the Dispensary team, supporting with the day to day management, providing the opportunity to build on leadership and management skills.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
To lead on the delivery of the on-going clinical pharmacy training and assessments for all grades of pharmacists.
To support Pharmacy technician, education and training in ensuring training need to pre-registration and qualified technicians are met.
To act as a diploma tutor
To be a part of the education and training strategy group which will decide both the short and long term plan for education and training within the pharmacy department and deal with relevant matters as they arise.
To act as a designated supervisor and work with the lead for education and training to manage the foundation training program’
To plan and oversee the training programme for undergraduate and work experience students
To manage the external training provided to nurses, medics and other members of the MDT
To, co-ordinate and supervise the workflow and staff rotas within the in- patient dispensary in liason with the senior technician in dispensary.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- Masters Degree MPharm
- Registered with the GPhC as a pharmacist
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
- Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent (completed both year 1 and year 2)
Desirable criteria
- Qualified and registered as a non-medical prescriber (or working towards completion of NMP qualification)
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant post registration experience in hospital pharmacy and Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice
- Supervision of staff
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience in documenting in medical notes
- Training of pre-reg pharmacists and junior staff
- Proven experience of audit
Desirable criteria
- Project management and report writing
- Experience in writing policies/guidelines/PGDs
- Management of staff
- Tutoring of post graduate trainee pharmacists or pre-reg pharmacists
- Ability to take initiative and lead on projects including change management
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills
- Ability to motivate others
- Able to negotiate with staff at all levels
- Able to use initiative
- Good organisational skills
- Able to work with minimal supervision
- Ability to manage own time
Desirable criteria
- Ability to remain calm and work effectively under pressure and to deadlines
- Proven ability to teach a range of staff groups
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent general medicine clinical knowledge
- Able to use clinical knowledge at senior level
- Specialised knowledge of drugs used and therapeutic trends within specialised area
- Knowledge of healthcare systems, guidance and NHS change
- Able to critically appraise research data
- Knowledge of post graduate education for pharmacists
- Confident user of Excel, Microsoft Word and Powerpoint
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
- Rachel Holland
- Job title
- Principal Pharmacist Education and Training
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01438 284032
- Additional information
Deepika Shah, Deputy Chief Pharmacist, [email protected]
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