Senior Pharmacist - Pharmacy Production

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate must be highly motivated, a team player and have a desire to provide safe and effective medicines to patients in an acute hospital setting. You will be required to final check and release aseptically prepared medicines prepared in accordance with standard operating procedures.

You will have a range of post registration experience in hospital pharmacy which will ideally include experience within a production environment.

For more specific details on what is involved in the job role please refer to the job description document enclosed.

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• B.Pharm /Bsc (Pharmacy) / MPharm
• Current GPhC registration
• Working towards or completed post graduate qualification to at least diploma level or equivalent experience
• Further training in GMP/pharmaceutical production

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of mangement experience
• Evidience of further education e.g. Pharmaceutical Technology and / or Quality Assurance

Experience

Essential criteria

• Post registration hospital experience
• Experience of technical support services
• Knowledge of and understanding of formulation, preparation and administration of manufactured products
• Current familiarity with MHRA standards and other regulatory authority
• Knowledge and understanding of professional and statutory requirements relating to medicines and production, NHS structure, Code of Ethics for pharmacists

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of research or project work
• Experience of risk management & risk reduction strategies.
• Experience of service development
• Mentoring of Pharmacy staff/students

Analytical and judgement skill

Essential criteria

• Able to assess and minimise risk in production processes
• Able to apply specialist technical knowledge
• Ability to work alone and make decisions
• Problem solving skills

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of incorporating innovative and "best practice" into current practice
• Provides direction and feedback and creates a climate of respect

Planning organisational skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent organisational skills - able to prioritise
• Effective time-management - ability to work to deadlines, even when under pressure
• Flexibility to deal with competing demands and interruptions
• Ability to manage change

Physical skills

Essential criteria

• Competent ICT skills

Desirable criteria

• High level ICT skills

Other

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates innovation
• Positive thinker
• Experience of ensuring competence through CPD
• Ability to tolerate uncertainty
• Conscientious and reliable
• Flexible starting times, shift working and weekend working
• Commitment to support the Trust's Values

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.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• JD (PDF, 640.3KB)
• PS (PDF, 408.4KB)
• 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)