Job summary
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Pharmacist - Education & Training
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
Highly Specialist Pharmacist - Education and Training
Full time 37.5 hours per week. Permanent post
We are looking for a Pharmacist with experience in education and training to work at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust.
This is an exciting opportunity for a pharmacist to join the wonderful friendly pharmacy team at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for a specialised Band 8a pharmacist who will have significant autonomy in taking forward developments in delivering a programme of practice-based clinical teaching for undergraduate student pharmacists on the MPharm degree course at the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences (University of Central Lancashire) at the Bolton Hospital site.
You will lead and manage the training of pharmacy staff within the department, working alongside our experienced Senior Pharmacy Technician for Education and Training.
We want all our staff to have the ability to reach their full potential and share with others the great work they do. Bolton has electronic prescribing throughout the hospital and is a leader in digital transformation projects.
Main duties of the job
Education and Training
- To work with other Clinical Tutors and the Placement Team at the university to continually develop and evaluate the programme of practice-based clinical teaching.
- To ensure the skills for providing person-centred care, medicines optimisation / pharmaceutical care, and safe and effective prescribing are taught and assessed within the practice-based clinical teaching programme, including necessary clinical assessment skills.
- To develop and use appropriate assessment tools to enable student pharmacists to demonstrate their clinical knowledge and skills
- To provide appropriate training and support for all staff involved with supervising and assessing student pharmacists.
- To analyse student pharmacists’ evaluations of the practice-based clinical teaching programme, alongside other Clinical Tutors and the Placement Team at the university.
Please see the attached Job Description for further details.
Working for our organisation
We are looking for people who share our core Trust values, which are:
‘Vision, Openness, Integrity, Compassion, Excellence ’
The vision of this Trust is to be recognised by the people of Bolton and beyond as an excellent provider of health and care services and a great place to work. We are striving to attract, recruit and retain high calibre skilled staff which reflect our communities. We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment. We aim to be consciously inclusive and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed. We would particularly encourage candidates from a black and minority ethnic (BAME) background and candidates with health conditions or impairments.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description. If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Pre-registration training and experience
- Membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Diploma in clinical pharmacy
- Good all round clinical knowledge and practical clinical skills.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of further education/training in clinical pharmacy practice
- Formal qualification in education / training
- Non-Medical Prescriber, registered with the GPhC
- Membership of The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration hospital experience,
- Post registration hospital experience within a relevant clinical speciality. or equivalent documented clinical experience
- Ability to cope with occasional distressing circumstances eg when dealing with seriously ill patients
- Able to think clearly in stressful situations
- Experience of training and education of both pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals.
Desirable criteria
- Line management experience
- Experience of appraisal
- Evidence of successful multi-disciplinary working
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
- Jennifer Dillon
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Ana Freitas
Chief Pharmacist
email: [email protected]
Tel: 01204 390555
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