Senior Clinical Pharmacist- Adult Critical Care

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be expected to work cross-site on both the QMC and City Campus .

You will also be required to participate in weekend and bank holiday arrangements over a 7 day period and support the on-call pharmacists through the senior pharmacist back-up rota.

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.

If you have any further questions about the post please do not hesitate to get in touch with Liz Jamieson on the contact details provided.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• GPhC registered
• Diploma/MSc in clinical pharmacy or other appropriate post graduate qualification
• B.Pharm / BSc (Pharmacy) or MPharm
• Demonstrates continued professional development

Desirable criteria

• Independent prescribing qualification (or willing to undertake)

Experience

Essential criteria

• Wide previous experience (post registration) in hospital pharmacy
• Broad knowledge base of clinical areas
• Experience of day to day supervision and assisting in training of pre-registration pharmacists and/or technicians
• Understanding of issues affecting the NHS

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working within critical care
• Evidence of project work completed
• Experience in undertaking, and reporting/presenting audit / research work at local (Trust) level
• Experience using evidence base to undertake complex pharmaceutical decision making to optimise patient care

Communication & Relationship Skills

Essential criteria

• Good interpersonal, negotiating and presentation skills, both written and verbal skills
• Good communication skills with multidisciplinary team members and own profession
• Ability to interact with multidisciplinary teams
• Able to defend opinions in a constructive manner when challenged
• Empathy with patients, relatives and pharmacy customers.

Desirable criteria

• Teaching skills
• Evidence of undertaking multi-disciplinary team teaching

Planning & Organisation Skills

Essential criteria

• Organised, able to prioritise own work and assist others to prioritise.
• Positive thinker
• Problem solver

Physical skills

Essential criteria

• Competent ICT skills, word processing, presentations , spreadsheets, databases, retrieval of information from internet

Desirable criteria

• Experience working with an electronic prescribing and drug administration system

Analytical & Judgement Skills

Essential criteria

• Able to assess and minimise the risk in medication process
• Critical evaluation of literature and literature searching skills for analysing, interpreting medicines information, production issues, drug therapy decisions and patient information.
• Able to analyse patient specific data to advise on therapy management

Desirable criteria

• Experience of analysing expenditure

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's behavioural standards

Other requirements specific to the role (e.g. be able to work shifts/on call)

Essential criteria

• Self-motivated, conscientious, confident, accurate, assertive
• Ability to work alone and make decisions including when participating in senior on call rota
• Flexible starting times
• Weekend and shift working as per job description
• Must have the ability to wear appropriate PPE required for the role

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's behavioural standards

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.

Easy read application: if you have a disability and find it difficult to complete our online application form, you can apply via our easy read application which you can find on the intranet https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/easy-read-job-application

NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support. Please follow the link to book onto our sessions: Support for NUH Job Applications

If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

• Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
• Start an Apprenticeship
• Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

For more details visit; School leaving age - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. 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 s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£42.90 for enhanced and £22.90 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). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
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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

• Senior Clinical Pharmacist Critical Care (PDF, 784.3KB)
• Senior Clinical Pharmacist Critical Care personal spec (PDF, 552.3KB)
• 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)