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Job summary

Main area
Clinical Support
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Your paid hours will be 37.5 hours per week. These will be worked during departmental opening hours 8am – 9pm Monday to Friday, 9am – 6pm weekends (currently 1 in 6). In addition you will support the current department rota for working 9am-5pm Bank Holidays (usually 1-2 per year) and providing on-call service (averaging 1-2 weeks and 1 weekend per year). Working patterns are subject to change to meet patient need and service shortages.)
Job ref
408-24-633
Employer
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Wirral University Teaching Hospital
Town
Wirral
Salary
£50,952 - £57,349 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

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Highly Specialist Pharmacist

Band 8a

Apprenticeship Eligibility Criteria 

Should this vacancy be recruited as an apprenticeship, the following criteria will apply:

UK nationals or other persons with a right of abode have an eligible residency status if they have been ordinarily resident in the UK or the British Overseas Territories, or the Crown Dependencies (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) for at least the previous 3 years on the first day of the apprenticeship.

To find out why you should apply for a role at Wirral University Teaching Hospital, please view our video and listen to what our staff say working at WUTH is really like: https://youtu.be/Z5oMaNXprn8

 

Job overview

 

Join our dedicated team as a Specialist Paediatric Pharmacist.

This role is crucial to ensuring the safe and effective use of medications for our youngest patients. Responsibilities include specialist clinical review of prescriptions, medication counselling, and collaborating with healthcare professionals to develop and implement treatment plans tailored to each child’s unique needs.

Your expertise will help manage, optimise and monitor drug therapies, support clinical trials, and educate patients and their families on safe and effective medication use.

You will also contribute to policy development, adherence to regulatory standards and national resources i.e., Medicines for Children.

Ideally you will have some training or experience in paediatrics. Strong communication, problem-solving skills, and a compassionate approach to patient care are essential.

The successful candidate will have support from our experienced and nationally recognised consultant pharmacist for children’s services.

 

Main duties of the job

Working closely with the pharmacy, nursing, medical and management teams, you will lead on improving how patient’s medicines are optimised within the women’s and children’s division.

 

• Reviewing patients with acute and complex needs as part of the multi-disciplinary ward round;

• Developing, implementing and monitoring prescribing guidelines;

• Financial monitoring of drug expenditure;

•Supporting the training and education of pharmacists, Medicines Management     Technicians (MMTs) and other healthcare staff;

• Promoting the medicines optimisation and medicines safety agenda;

• Participating in other clinical activities such as clinical audit and practice research;

• Collaborating with other system organisations, including Wirral PCNs, CAMHS, community pharmacy and WCHC.

 

The successful candidate will be a self-motivated, organised person with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and can work effectively under pressure, both alone and as part of a team then we want you to join our team.

 

Working for our organisation

 

We are a large department, employing 95 pharmacists and 47 MMTs that deliver services to the acute hospital and primary care network (PCN). High quality, proactive input is expected by our clinicians, nursing staff and patients; as such over half of our pharmacists are independent prescribers, actively using this qualification to prescribe for patients on wards, clinics and in the PCN.

 

We are a highly innovative department; recently winning, or shortlisted for national awards within surgery, antimicrobial stewardship and PCN. Therefore, the successful applicant is expected to develop this role to meet the needs of patients across Wirral.

 

This exciting post presents excellent opportunities to optimise all of your current expertise and to further develop leadership and specialist skills working within an established, respected and integrated surgical team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Highly Specialist Pharmacist position available at WUTH.

 

Person specification

Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training

Essential criteria
  • Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
  • Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Diploma or MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experiential learning
  • Extensive experience as a qualified pharmacist working within a range of clinical areas
  • Experience in delivering education and training of other staff
Desirable criteria
  • Independent Prescribing qualification and registration as an Independent Prescriber
  • Other post graduate qualifications ie MSc

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good all round clinical knowledge and practical skills in other areas
  • Excellent written communication skills
  • Ability to interpret and relay complex and sensitive information
  • Computer literacy
  • Up to date knowledge of current NHS policies, processes and structures

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Methodical with good attention to detail

Other Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Current UK driving license

Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training

Essential criteria
  • Experience of developing evidence based clinical guidelines or preparing written work for review at drug and therapeutics committee
  • Undertaken a lead role in audit
  • Evidence of post graduate learning or continual CPD
Desirable criteria
  • Published pharmaceutical research in a peer reviewed journal
  • Line management experience

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication and negotiation skills with other professionals, patients and carers
  • Excellent verbal communication skills
  • Good interpersonal skills, able to work with all grades of staff
  • Good organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise own workload
  • Ability to work to deadlines and meet set targets
  • Integrate research evidence in everyday practice
  • Commitment to and demonstration of Continuing Professional Development
  • Able to provide constructive feedback and process suggestions
Desirable criteria
  • Financial awareness regarding the management of drug budgets

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Enthusiasm for the role
  • Ability to motivate self and others
  • Good leadership skills
  • Able to work alone and as a team member
  • Able to use initiative
  • Able to deal with and resolve conflict and disagreement
  • Able to deal with sensitive issues
  • Able to deal with constant interruptions, multiple pressures and at times aggression
  • Conscientious and reliable

Other Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work weekends, evenings, bank holidays and on call to meet the needs of departmental service delivery

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Debra Jones
Job title
Business Support Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 604 7416
Additional information

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