Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (2 days per week at University of Sheffield; 3 days per week at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals)
- Job ref
- 190-0242-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Hallamshire Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 pa pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/05/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 21/05/2025
Employer heading
Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Clinical Educator
NHS AfC: Band 8a
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, well-motivated, experienced clinical pharmacist with a passion for education and training to play a significant role in the development of the next generation of pharmacists.
This joint post is between Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (STHFT) and The University of Sheffield MPharm programme. The clinical educator will develop and deliver teaching and assessment at the university, and support experiential learning in the workplace, alongside working as part of the STHFT clinical pharmacy team to provide pharmaceutical care to patients in wards and departments within the trust.
The successful applicant must be a registered pharmacist with a postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy, or equivalent, and with experience in education and training. You will need excellent time management and prioritisation skills with the ability to manage your workload independently but collaborate with a range of colleagues on complex issues utilising excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You will also need to be organised, approachable, adaptable, willing to learn new skills and be committed to continuous professional development.
The post holder will contribute to clinical pharmacy provision within an agreed specialty area and the development of medicines management and optimisation throughout the patient care pathway.
Main duties of the job
This joint post is between Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (STHFT) and The University of Sheffield MPharm programme. The clinical educator will develop and deliver teaching and assessment at the university, and support experiential learning in the workplace, alongside working as part of the STHFT clinical pharmacy team to provide pharmaceutical care to patients in wards and departments within the trust.
The successful applicant must be a registered pharmacist with a postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy, or equivalent, and with experience in education and training. You will need excellent time management and prioritisation skills with the ability to manage your workload independently but collaborate with a range of colleagues on complex issues utilising excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You will also need to be organised, approachable, adaptable, willing to learn new skills and be committed to continuous professional development.
The post holder will contribute to clinical pharmacy provision within an agreed specialty area and the development of medicines management and optimisation throughout the patient care pathway.
The post holder will participate in the 1 in 5 weekend and bank holiday service within STHFT, and the late night (to 8pm) rota.
Working for our organisation
The University of Sheffield is offering a new MPharm degree from October 2025. Based in the School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/ahpnm/pharmacy
you will join a vibrant community of researchers and teachers, within the School and across the Faculty of Health, building the programme and the discipline of pharmacy. Our diverse community of staff and students recognises the unique abilities, backgrounds, and beliefs of all. We foster a culture where everyone feels they belong and are respected. Even if your experience doesn't match perfectly with this role's criteria, your contribution is valuable, and we encourage you to apply.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an energetic and vibrant organisation that places patients and staff at the heart of everything they do. We provide a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Sheffield, as well as specialist care for patients from further afield.
We have a great commitment to education, training, and development of staff. You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it services.
More than a third of the city of Sheffield lies inside the beautiful Peak District National Park. It has a central location and excellent transport links plus a wealth of facilities you would expect to find in a major city.
https://brilliantplace.sth.nhs.uk/the-outdoor-city.html
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council MPharm degree
- MPharm degree
- Higher degree or postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or postgraduate diploma in specialist area
- Education/teaching qualification e.g. FHEA, PGCert Higher Education or willing to work towards after appointment
Desirable criteria
- Independent prescriber
- Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive post-registration experience including significant experience in clinical pharmacy specialities.
- Experience of planning, delivering, and evaluating pharmacy education and training programmes and/or training of other healthcare professionals.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with educational institutions
- Experience of mentoring/coaching/supervision
- Significant post-registration experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent teamwork skills
- Ability to demonstrate leadership of both people and projects
- IT skills
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Ability to work independently and have own accountability for professional actions.
- Ability to prioritise tasks.
- Proven experience in the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate, and communicate highly complex therapeutic options.
- Experience of busy and stressful working environment due to urgent interruptions for advice.
- Ability to develop good working relationships with colleagues and students.
- Ability to delegate authority appropriately.
- Manages difficult and ambiguous problems.
- Ability to adopt a flexible working attitude to meet the needs of the trust and university
Desirable criteria
- Excellent IT skills.
- Ability to delegate duties appropriately.
- Ability to support the management and implementation of change.
- Participation in local, regional and national education workstreams.
- Critical evaluation skills
Further Training
Desirable criteria
- Experience of service improvement projects or clinical audit
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
- Saima Annett
- Job title
- Principal pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2713773
- Additional information
Maria Allinson
Senior University Teacher
Email: [email protected]
or
Frances Clymer
Advanced clinical pharmacist, education and training
Email: [email protected]
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