Band 6 Clinical Support Pharmacist

We are looking for enthusiastic clinical pharmacists who can work as part of a team and are flexible regarding working practices. You will be a highly motivated individual with good communication skills and a desire to use your knowledge, skills and experience to improve patient care and influence healthcare professionals in the best use of medicines.

The successful candidate will deliver a quality ward-based clinical pharmacy service with support and guidance from our friendly team. You will undertake 3-month rotations through a variety of core clinical specialties to develop the foundation clinical skills and knowledge required to build a career within the NHS and progress to band 7. You will also work as part of a wider MDT providing an extended service to the Acute Medicine Team.

UHB is one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country. We have posts available at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, QE and Good Hope Hospital. The post holder will also have the opportunity to undertake a rotation at Solihull Hospital. You will be encouraged to undertake a clinical diploma or equivalent RPS Foundation pathway and subsequently a non-medical prescribing qualification. You will also be supported by formal induction training and dedicated time for education and training.

We welcome applications from qualified pharmacists in all sectors wanting to begin a career in hospital pharmacy and will support the training of pharmacists with limited hospital experience.

Using our advanced electronic patient record and prescription tool PICs, you will work alongside our technical team to review medicines reconciliations, optimise patients' medications and verify discharge prescriptions. You will provide an extended service to the Acute Medical Unit as part of a larger clinical team to support medicines reconciliation at the point of admission, ensuring excellent care to patients admitted to UHB.

You will work as the Responsible Pharmacist in our main dispensaries supporting the workflow as well as clinically screening clinic charts from a wide variety of specialties. Candidates based at Good Hope Hospital and Heartlands Hospital (as part of the rotation to Solihull) will have an opportunity to screen outpatient prescriptions from a large variety of clinical specialties.

This post holder will work weekends and bank holidays as per rotas, as well as a late-night service in our dispensaries and providing on-call services with support from a more experienced pharmacist.

About us: We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this. Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

• Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment to offering flexible working where we can;
• Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reaches their true potential, achieves their ambitions and thrives in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see the attached job description.

Person specification

Qualifications:

• 4-year vocational Master's degree in pharmacy (or equivalent)
• Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Has commenced or is willing to commence a postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification
• Evidence of continued Professional Development in Pharmacy related matters

Experience:

• Experience working within an NHS/Healthcare environment with clinicians and other healthcare professionals at all levels of the organisation.
• Post-registration work experience as a pharmacist in hospital pharmacy, or the ability to demonstrate the equivalent level of knowledge.
• Evidence of risk management and service improvements.
• Demonstrates commitment to providing high-quality pharmaceutical care.
• Possesses relevant clinical knowledge in hospital pharmacy.
• Knowledge of national initiatives and guidelines, e.g. NICE, NSF.
• Possesses knowledge of available resources to answer Medicines Information queries.
• Demonstrates good knowledge of hospital clinical pharmacy and current issues.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Professional Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

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Agenda for Change Band: Band 6

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-Time, Flexible Working

Reference number: 304-9002543

Job locations: Trustwide Mindelsohn Way Birmingham West Midlands B15 2TH