B7 Senior Support Pharmacist - Enhanced Perioperative Care (EPOC)

Job summary

We are seeking a proactive and enthusiastic pharmacist to join our surgical team with a focus on enhanced perioperative care. This brand-new post offers the unique opportunity to develop both clinical and leadership skills. The role primarily involves working within Enhanced Perioperative Care (EPOC) and surgical wards based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, with occasional remote support for Solihull Hospital.

You will deliver high-quality clinical patient care and support the operational delivery of pharmacy services to critically ill surgical patients. In addition, you will be actively involved in their perioperative care. The role will require close collaboration with medical, nursing, and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure exceptional patient care through medicines optimisation.

You will have the chance to enhance your expertise in areas such as providing education sessions, undertaking governance tasks, supporting with medicines expenditure reporting, and guideline development.

Previous experience in hospital pharmacy is essential and you will be supported with in-house teaching and training to support your growth.

As a department, we provide:

• Regular learning sessions in work time
• Clinical supervision with experienced pharmacists
• Support for independent prescribing
• Support Royal Pharmaceutical Society credentialing

If you are a motivated and proactive pharmacist looking to advance your career in a dynamic and supportive environment, we encourage you to apply for this opportunity.

Main duties of the job

To partake in specialised clinical pharmacy duties on the Surgery wards, ensuring core clinical pharmacy activities are undertaken. Being able to manage level 2 (high dependency unit) patients.

To assist in providing a specialist pharmaceutical service to specialist tertiary services including the provision of education and training, procedures, protocols, and medicines usage information.

To ensure that through the provision of pharmacy services and advice to patients, carers and other healthcare professionals, there is safe and effective use of medicines. To develop effective working relationships, to challenge and to prioritise your own work as well as the work of the team.

The postholder is required to provide leadership and CDG/service support roles.

To take part in the support of pharmacy out-of-hours service (first on-call duties).

To support junior staff in the department.

To take full part in clinical/dispensary rota, weekend rota and bank holiday duties.

To be able to provide occasional support to Solihull Hospital with prior notice.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

• Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
• Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Date posted

04 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-1092338

Job locations

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

• Vocational Master's degree in pharmacy (or equivalent relevant qualification)
• Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Completion of first year of clinical diploma or NHSE/RPS Newly Qualified Pharmacist Pathway or equivalent, as evidenced by dated communication from HEI or signed-off NQPP documentation.
• To be willing to work towards a non-medical prescribing qualification

Desirable

• Has completed or is near completion (within the next 6 months) a postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification or NHSE/RPS Newly Qualified Pharmacist Pathway or equivalent (applicable for Annex 21 roles)

Experience Essential

• Post-registration work experience as a pharmacist in hospital pharmacy, covering a range of specialties, or the ability to demonstrate the equivalent level of knowledge
• Previous participation in multi-disciplinary team
• Demonstrates commitment and enthusiasm for providing high quality pharmaceutical care
• Experience of teaching/presenting to other healthcare professionals/patients
• Commitment to own Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
• Possesses relevant clinical knowledge in hospital pharmacy
• Knowledge of national initiatives and guidelines, e.g. NICE, NSF
• Possesses knowledge of available resources to answer Medicines Information queries
• Able to work with drug budget information
• Demonstrates good knowledge of hospital clinical pharmacy and current issues

Desirable

• Understands peri-operative and post-operative management of patients.

Additional Criteria Essential

• Ability to travel across all Trust sites as required by job role

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)