Placement Supervisor Sunderland University Darlington

Job summary

Building on our successful relationship with Sunderland university we are expanding our placements to a cohort of year 3 and a cohort of year 4 students at both UHND and DMH. We are looking for pharmacists with a desire to guide and inspire tomorrows pharmacists to act as placement facilitators. Opportunities for this role are available at both UHND and DMH. You will provide classroom teaching and feedback and working with pharmacist colleagues will coordinate ward placements.

Main duties of the job

• To be a point of contact for staff at Sunderland University School of Pharmacy
• To be a point of contact for students at Sunderland University assigned to placements at CDDFT.
• To provide classroom based orientation and teaching as specified by Sunderland University
• To coordinate placements on wards at CDDFT and ensure that colleagues are aware and are engaging with the objectives and activities set for the students
• To inspire undergraduate pharmacists and promote CDDFT as a career option by modelling exemplary pharmacist behaviours knowledge and values.

About us

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

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Job responsibilities

• Working with Sunderland University and other pharmacy placement supervisors at CDDFT you will plan and deliver the undergraduate placement programme to an allocated cohort of 12 students from Sunderland university.
• You will inspire and attract undergraduate pharmacists to a career in hospital pharmacy by demonstrating your clinical input and pharmaceutical knowledge.
• You will deliver classroom based learning and drive student engagement with learning objectives using materials provided by Sunderland university and ensure that students understand the application of classroom concepts to ward based clinical work.
• You will review assessments of entrustable activities ensuring that colleagues understand the assessments and that they are applied in a uniform way on our wards
• You will provide timely feedback to students and university staff as required by Sunderland university
• You will keep accurate registers and ensure that these are available to both Sunderland university staff and lead E&T pharmacist for costing purposes
• You will work with room bookings to ensure that appropriate teaching space is available to support the students.

Person Specification

Special Requirements

Essential

• Able to work with colleagues and to influence the practice and behaviours of others in a positive way.
• Motivated to develop personally and professionally through self-audit, reflection and learning.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Able to travel independently across Trust sites to meet the requirements of the post.

Desirable

• Membership of a pharmacy professional body e.g. RPS, UKCPA, BOPA, NPPG.

Statutory Registration

Essential

• Registered member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).

Desirable

• Membership of a pharmacy professional body e.g. RPS, UKCPA, BOPA, NPPG.

Special Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Able to manage, monitor, advise and review medicines reconciliation for patients.
• Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individual.
• Recognises personal limitations and refers to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary.
• Able to motivate self to achieve goals.
• Able to improve quality within limitations of service.
• Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and other professionals where possible).
• Able to plan and prioritise a pharmacy teams day-to-day clinical service which is a complex and changing environment.
• Demonstrates a good understanding of pharmacys role in governance processes.
• Demonstrates a working knowledge of evidence-based medicines information resources and the ability to interpret the information.
• Demonstrates understanding of the implications of local and national priorities and pressures for the team and/or service.

Desirable

• Able to demonstrate an area of expertise within a field of pharmacy practice.
• Able to motivate individuals and/or the team.
• Able to successfully manage a project at team and/or service level.

Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience of providing pharmacy services in a clinical setting at an advanced level.
• Regular experience of day-to-day registered pharmacy staff supervision.
• Experience of using computer software to produce reports or presentations to healthcare professionals.
• Involvement in development of clinical guidelines or protocols.
• Participation in the delivery of education and training in a clinical setting.
• Experience of providing clinical supervision to pharmacists.

Desirable

• Relevant experience for this role.
• Experience of supporting staff through HR processes.
• Experience of providing directorate pharmacist services eg. drug reviews, specialist drug information.
• Experience of service development, research or quality improvement.
• Experience of presenting an audit or research at a conference.
• Experience of being a Prescribing or Educational supervisor to Foundation pharmacist trainees.
• Experience of teaching healthcare professionals in a classroom setting.

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
• Relevant post graduate clinical qualification (to at least diploma level) or portfolio evidence of attainment to the same standard.
• Evidence of CPD.
• Pharmacist Independent Prescriber or currently working towards.

Desirable

• Supervision, leadership or management training.
• Evidence of an up to date portfolio of personal professional activity.
• Additional training or qualification relevant to the post eg. PGCert

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.