Job summary
Employer heading
Specialist Clinical Pharmacist- Head & Neck
Band 8a
Job overview
Nottingham University Hospitals is in one of the UK’s largest acute teaching hospital Trusts and has a national and international reputation for many of its specialist services and expertise. These include Ophthalmology, Max Fax & ENT which this post will be integrated into. Due to the current post holder moving on, this exciting position has become available.
The successful post holder will become an integral part of the MDT within these specialities in helping with the management of the medications used within the conditions.
The post holder will also provide leadership to the surgical pharmacy team at the Queens Medical Centre helping support the junior members of this team.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for working directly with our clinicians, nurse specialists and finance teams to deliver safe and effective treatment to patients within Ophthalmology, ENT & Max Fax at NUH.
This role provides an excellent opportunity for an experienced, motivated clinical pharmacist to take on responsibility for a group of exciting, high profile clinical specialities.
As a senior member of the pharmacist team there will be the opportunity to help support and mentor the junior members of the team. You will be supported by the divisional lead pharmacist for surgery, as well as being able to call upon the support of the large pharmacy department at NUH.
Working for our organisation
With over 17,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
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 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post will be predominately based at the Queens Medical Centre, but there will be the potential need to travel to the Nottingham City Hospital Campus and potentially to other trusts in the region as required. The role will be mainly Monday to Friday 9am- 5pm, but these hours are negotiable. You will also be required to participate in a rostered weekend and bank holiday rota. In addition to this there is a requirement to support the on-call pharmacists through the senior pharmacist back-up rota.
The pharmacy department at NUH is forward thinking and constantly implementing innovative ways of working to deliver the best possible patient care. We continue to extend the ideal model of delivering medicines optimisation and pharmaceutical care where pharmacists are fully integrated into the medical teams, supported by a team of medicines management technicians and assistants.
You will be joining NUH at an exciting time as we have just recently transitioned to electronic prescribing bringing new opportunities to enhance the way in which we deliver care to our patients.
Please refer to the full job description as part of the advert. If you have any further questions about the post please do not hesitate to get in touch with Mike Hey on the contact details provided.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma/MSc in clinical pharmacy or other appropriate post graduate qualification or experience
Desirable criteria
- Independent Prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of clinical pharmacy service delivery
- Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams
- Wide previous experience (post registration) including in hospital pharmacy
- Experience of working with surgical specialities
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within ophthalmology, ENT or Max Fax
Communication
Essential criteria
- Strong, accurate and concise written and oral communication skills, including presentation skills
- Effective independent and team working skills, including ability to interact with multidisciplinary teams.
Organisation
Essential criteria
- Effective time management skills
- Excellent organisational skills
Desirable criteria
- Management/Leadership skills
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential criteria
- Able to assess and minimise risk in medication processes
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
- Mike Hey
- Job title
- Divisional Lead Pharmacist-Surgery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07812268532
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