Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Pharmacist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Southampton; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS staff discounts

Minimum of 35 days paid holiday, pro‑r

Generous pension scheme

Flexible working requests considered

Learning and development opportunities

Involvement in audit, research and创新

Job summary

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a permanent pharmacist to join the paediatric and neonatal intensive care units, focusing on optimising complex medicines for critically ill babies and children, including parenteral nutrition.

The role involves consultant-led ward rounds, collaboration with doctors and nurses, and contributing to audit, research and quality improvement projects while teaching other staff and supporting families in decision-making.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in pharmacy or equivalent.
• Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experience.
• GPhC registration.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Excellent clinical and communication

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Teaching and mentoring

Education

Masters degree in pharmacy

GPhC registration

Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy

Job description

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