Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 331-L12460125
- Employer
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Lancaster Infirmary
- Town
- Lancaster
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Pharmacist - Education and Training / UCLan Clinical Tutor
NHS AfC: Band 8a
''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
Job overview
Applications are invited from enthusiastic, well-motivated, experienced Clinical Pharmacists with an interest in education and training with a focus on training the next generation of pharmacists in clinical pharmacy skills
This post is joint between UHMB and UCLan School of Pharmacy to be a Clinical tutor both on site at the university and support learning in the workplace at UHMB. You will also work as part of the UHMB clinical pharmacy team to provide pharmaceutical care to patients in wards and departments within the trust.
You will also provide education and training to a range of healthcare learners including foundation training of doctors within the organisation in conjunction with the Lead Pharmacist for Education and Training
You will need excellent time management and prioritisation skills with the ability to manage your workload independently, but link in with a range of colleagues on complex issues utilising excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You will contribute to patient safety improvement and medicines optimisation initiatives.
Main duties of the job
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To support the Lead Pharmacist in Education & Training in delivery of high quality education and training to a range of healthcare professionals and students so that they have sufficient skills, knowledge and competence to meet the professional and service standards required by patients, service customers and professional and regulatory bodies
- To work in conjunction with the UCLan School of Pharmacy in delivery of practice based clinical teaching both within the organisation and at the university.
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Provide clinical pharmacy services on wards at UHMB
The post holder will also participate in the pharmacy on-call rota to cover weekday nights at approximately once per 6 weeks. There may also be the requirement to participate in weekend working as the rota requires.
This post will be based at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary with some requirement to work onsite at UCLan in Preston.
Working for our organisation
UHMB operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life-threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Descriptions and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent knowledge and experience
Desirable criteria
- NMP qualification
- Education and training postgraduate qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of liaising with other healthcare professionals e.g. consultants, GPs
- Experience in delivering education and training
- Experience conducting medication reviews/medicines reconciliation
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working on projects
- Experience of attending Multidisciplinary groups
- Experience with developing policies and procedures
Skills, ability and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent verbal communication and counselling skills with ill patients and relatives
- Clinical knowledge of current therapeutics and practice
- Organisation and prioritisation of clinical work
- Accuracy
- Analytical skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Experience of using Microsoft Office
- Problem solving and risk assessment
- Time management skills
- Presentation Skills
Desirable criteria
- Interpersonal skills for dealing with challenging situations
- Experience of using Electronic patient Record systems/ EPMA
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Team player and ability to work on own initiative
- Good interpersonal skills
- Self-motivation for career and professional development
- Commitment to Personal Development planning
- Flexible, adaptable approach
- Reliable
- Ability to comply with Trust Policies
- Ability to meet the physical and mental requirements of the post
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
- Laura Healey
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacist Education and Training
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01524 516300
- Additional information
We welcome informal discussions and visits.
Laura Healey (Lead Pharmacist Education and Training) [email protected] 01524 516300
Jenny Bowler (Associate Chief Pharmacist: Medicines optimisation, operational and digital) ([email protected]) 01524 516197
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