Advanced Pharmacist Medicines Optimisation and Governance

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the \’About You\’ Section of the document.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered with GPhC as a Pharmacist
• Evidence of recent continuing professional development
• MPharm degree, or equivalent pharmacy qualification
• Post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy (or equivalent level of knowledge and experience

Desirable criteria

• Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Experience

Essential criteria

• Post registration experience within the NHS care setting
• Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of data collection, analysis and report writing. This will include analytical and problem-solving skills, interpretation of a range of options and assessment of data reports.
• Experience of teaching, mentoring and tutoring
• Experience of engaging and communicating effectively with people at all levels. Able to build constructive relationships with good communication skills.
• Understanding of medicines management processes and experience of developing and implementing medicines management policies and procedures
• Experience of planning, implementing, analysing, reporting and changing practice through audit

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of current national quality and patient safety improvement priorities relevant to medicines
• Management qualification relevant to the NHS
• Experience in variety of settings (e.g. primary care/secondary/ community/ health and justice) and/ or leadership role.

Important Information

By completing an application you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training records and full service history.

You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility,

At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary or upfront cost if a staff bank position.

Please note that all new starters to the trust are subject to a probationary period.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Job description Advanced Pharmacist Medicines Optimisation & Governance (PDF, 600.5KB)
• Benefits (PDF, 570.7KB)

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