This permanent pharmacist post sits within the paediatric and neonatal intensive care units at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. The work centres on optimising complex medicines for critically ill babies, children and young people, including parenteral nutrition, and shaping treatment decisions at the bedside. It involves consultant-led ward rounds and teaching other pharmacists, doctors and nurses alongside audit and quality improvement. Prior hospital pharmacy experience and GPhC registration are needed for the role.
What the job involves
- Act as the medicines expert across the neonatal and paediatric intensive care units
- Optimise medicines for premature infants and critically ill children
- Advise on life-saving treatments and influence critical treatment decisions
- Take part in consultant-led ward rounds and complex clinical decision-making
- Evaluate and prescribe parenteral nutrition
- Teach and mentor pharmacists, doctors and nurses
- Contribute to research, audit and quality improvement projects
- Lead medicines safety initiatives across Children's Services
- Work closely with families and the wider multidisciplinary team
What’s required
Qualifications
- Masters degree in pharmacy or equivalent
- Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experience
Registration & licences
- GPhC registration
Experience
- Post-registration hospital pharmacy experience
- Working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Audit and evaluative work
- Teaching and tutoring
- Supervising others
- Implementing change and change management
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent clinical and communication skills
- Advanced Stage 1 competencies in the RPS Advanced Pharmacy Framework for medical or surgical patients
- Developing and implementing guidelines and procedures
Other
- Working to Trust values: patients first, always improving, working together
Nice to have
- Management or leadership qualification, or equivalent experience
- Experience of managing others
- MSc in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experience
- Independent prescribing qualification
- Advanced Stage 2 or Mastery competencies in the RPS Advanced Pharmacy Framework for medical or surgical patients
- Training in medicines information
- Project management training or qualification
- Experience in paediatrics, neonatology, intensive care or another specialist area
What’s offered
- NHS staff discounts
- Minimum of 35 days paid holiday, pro rata
- Generous pension scheme
- Flexible working requests considered in line with service needs
- Learning and development opportunities
- Involvement in audit, research and innovation
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
