Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Rotational

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To partake in clinical pharmacy duties ensuring core clinical pharmacy activities are undertaken in the relevant clinical specialties. This includes a prescribing role when qualified.

Leadership, management and directorate/service support roles.

To line manage and support more junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in the medical team specialties.

To take full part in the 7 day shifted rota and bank holidays duties.

We operate a 7-day working model; the post-holder will contribute to the senior on-call rota providing back-up support to the on-call pharmacist. All of our dispensaries are pharmacist-free and technician led, so there aren't any operational commitments; ePMA is also being rolled out within the Trust.

Whilst this post is commissioned to be full time (equivalent of 37.5 hours per week) the service would welcome applications from those wanting a better work-life balance. If you would like to consider this post but on less than full-time hours please still apply and outline this on your application form or please contact us for further discussion.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered with GPhC

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

• Has equivalent clinical experience compared to diploma.

Desirable criteria

• Holds a post-graduate clinical diploma.

Desirable criteria

• Non-medical prescribing.

Skills & Experience

Essential criteria

• Ability to interact with multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience of day to day supervision and assisting in training of pre-registration pharmacists and/or technicians.
• Experience of delivering clinical pharmacy services in a hospital setting.
• Broad post-registration experience in hospital pharmacy.

Desirable criteria

• Experience in undertaking, and reporting/presenting audit/research or project work at local (Trust) level.
• Experience of training and education of both pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals.
• Experience of developing and implementing medicines and service-related policies for a specialty.

Planning and organisational

Essential criteria

• Able to prioritise own work.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world-class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro-rata basis for part-time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are 'at risk' of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

International Recruitment: If you are applying for a role with us from outside of the UK then please read the guidance on applying for a health or social care job in the UK from abroad.

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations and screening tests as relevant to the post.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post may be subject to a DBS check which incurs a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month's pay).

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:

• Job description (PDF, 824.3KB)
• Person specification (PDF, 600.3KB)
• Additional Information Band 7 rotational pharmacist Apr 25 (PDF, 533.0KB)
• Mindful Employer (PDF, 242.5KB)
• Equality and Diversity (PDF, 122.3KB)
• Equal Opportunities (PDF, 57.4KB)
• Disability Confidence Scheme (PDF, 51.0KB)
• Rehabilitation of Ex Offenders (PDF, 106.0KB)