Job summary
- Main area
- Advanced Clinical Pharmacist ED and PADT
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri Weekends, evenings and bank holidays on a shared rota with all other pharmacists)
- Job ref
- 190-7942-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northern General Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 pa/pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 06/08/2024
Employer heading
Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Emergency Department and PADT
NHS AfC: Band 8a
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
We are looking for a dynamic clinical pharmacist with extensive NHS post-registration experience, to help us deliver fantastic advanced-level pharmacy care to our Emergency Department (ED) and admission units based at the Northern General Hospital.
Our friendly, dynamic team of clinical pharmacists, technicians and assistants provide a clinical service to the Emergency Department, Acute Medical Unit, Frailty unit and Surgical Assessment Unit.
This post is split across ED and PADT, allowing a unique opportunity to further develop skills in emergency care and medical and surgical admissions.
You will be responsible for the clinical service delivery on a day to day basis, whilst supporting foundation and senior pharmacist in the team. We play a valued and active role in the Post Take Ward Round. As well as significant post-registration experience, you’ll also need a postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy alongside excellent clinical leadership, interpersonal and communications skills. Ideally, you’ll also have Independent Prescriber status or be willing to undertake the course.
The role also comes with plenty of opportunities for you to develop and grow into a fantastic ED and admissions pharmacist. Opportunities include in-house training, mentoring and leadership development. You may also be involved in service improvement across the directorate.
Main duties of the job
Delivering, developing and evaluating clinical pharmacy services to admission areas across STH in accordance with the objectives set by the Principal Pharmacist in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of drugs.
Attend and actively contributing to the Post Take Ward Round on a rota basis.
Attend ED governance meetings and huddles.
Produce and implement guidelines, protocols, PGDs and SOPs.
Participate in the education and training of trainee pharmacists, other pharmacy staff and healthcare professionals.
Perform independent pharmacist prescriber role (when completed relevant training).
Support pharmacy service areas in the department, this may include dispensaries, technical and medicines information.
Contributing to clinical pharmacy services, including evenings and weekends.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes a firm commitment to professional development of it’s staff together with the provision of an excellent health and well-being support service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- MPharm degree in pharmacy.
- Higher degree/ Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent postgraduate diploma in specialist area
Desirable criteria
- Registered Independent prescriber
- Post-graduate Masters in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent).
Further Training
Essential criteria
- Clinical audit/ research & evaluation experience
Desirable criteria
- Appropriate Short Management Courses e.g. Appraisal training, Leadership skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Broad clinical pharmacy background
- Extensive post-registration experience including significant experience in admissions.
Special Skills / Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Ability to develop good working relationships across traditional boundaries, eg, primary/secondary/tertiary care.
- Ability to sustain prolonged concentration despite unpredictable workload.
- Manages difficult and ambiguous problems.
- To adopt a flexible working attitude to the needs of the patient and the pharmacy department. and identifies a vision for the delivery of Pharmaceutical care.
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
- Katie van der Tuijn
- Job title
- Principal Pharmacist, PADT
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2715708
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