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Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Dewsbury & District Hospital

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Dewsbury

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GBP 46,000 - 53,000

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Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is looking for an enthusiastic Clinical Pharmacist to join their team at Dewsbury District Hospital. The role involves delivering high-quality clinical pharmacy services, contributing to medicines optimisation, and working closely with multidisciplinary teams. Candidates should have a Master's degree in Pharmacy and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. This position offers a flexible working pattern and the opportunity to make a significant impact on patient care.

Qualifications

Registered as a Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
Experience in pharmacy practice obtained through pre-registration training.

Responsibilities

Deliver a high quality specialist clinical Pharmacy service.
Support the delivery of Medicines Optimisation and Pharmacy services.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Master's Degree in Pharmacy

Job summary

If you want to broaden your experience of hospital Pharmacy whilst contributing towards the work of a busy department, then this is the job for you. We are pleased to offer an opportunity for an enthusiastic Clinical Pharmacist to join the Pharmacy team at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust at this exciting time in the development of our services.

You will be part of our progressive Pharmacy team and contribute to the implementation of the Medicines Optimisation and Pharmacy Services strategy, striving for excellence to provide the highest standards of care for our patients. In addition to excellent communication and clinical skills you will have previous experience of working within a clinical environment. You will have completed a post-graduate diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, be near to completion, or have the equivalent relevant clinical experience and skills to support your work. Evidence of multi-disciplinary teamwork would be advantageous. You must be registered as a Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council. You will contribute to the weekend rota and emergency duty rota. You may also be required to contribute to the late night rota. You will also be encouraged to undertake the Non-Medical Prescribing course if you have not already done so. Please note this position is based at Dewsbury District Hospital and is 0.6 WTE (22.5 hrs / week)

For information please contact Shenaz Mulla, Advanced Clinical Pharmacist on 01924 319164 (shenaz.mulla@nhs.net).

Main duties of the job

To deliver a high quality specialist clinical Pharmacy service.

To provide specialist clinical support to Advanced Clinical Pharmacist(s) in a specific clinical specialty area.

To undertake routine clinical Pharmacy duties in designated areas of work, both clinical and operational and ensure compliance with medicines legislation.

To support pharmacy service areas in the department on a rotational basis. This may include dispensaries, technical services and medicines information.

Departmental duties will require the individual where appropriate to take a clinical supervisory role. Day to day management of the whole staff group will rest with the Specialist pharmacy technician/manager of that area.

To undertake the professional duties of a pharmacist within the Trust's service.

To ensure, under the guidance of the relevant Pharmacy manager, appropriate supervision of Pharmacy Technicians, Assistant Technical Officers and Trainee pharmacists and to provide mentoring of junior pharmacists in order to maintain strict compliance with checking and working procedures.

About us

We provide care and support to over a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our workforce.

We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.

We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently.

We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.

We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.

Details Date posted

07 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year pro rata per annum for part-time staff.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

C9377-FCS5070

Job locations

Dewsbury and District Hospital

Halifax Road

Dewsbury

West Yorkshire

WF13 4HS

Job description Job responsibilities

Area of responsibility

The Specialist Clinical Pharmacist will work closely with the Advanced Clinical Pharmacist to support the delivery of Medicines Optimisation and Pharmacy services to Dewsbury and District Hospital. This includes:

Contributing to the development and maintenance of policies and guidelines.
Liaising with all grades of medical and nursing staff over relevant aspects of the pharmacy service. Helping to implement necessary service changes as a consequence of these consultations.
Identifying, reporting on and responding to risk management issues or clinical incidents, referring to peers as necessary.
Generating and reviewing reports in order to assist Advanced Clinical Pharmacists to inform the Trust about medication usage and expenditure and/or safety issues related to medicines.
Participating in audits to demonstrate the effectiveness or identify development needs of all systems relating to the use of medicines.
Deliver, in collaboration with staff in the Medicines Information department, support for Formulary & Drug Usage Audit initiatives.
The post holder will be required to work at any location where the Trust provides services.

The day to day clinical service commitments may include the following clinical areas:

Elderly medicine
General Medicine
Rehabilitation
Acute admissions (medical)
Surgery

Other clinical service commitments may include:

Acute admissions (surgical)
Cardiology
Respiratory
Orthopaedics
Spinal injuries
Gastroenterology
Plastic & burns
Critical care
Womens & childrens services
Community Services, visiting patients in their own homes or care homes to conduct clinical medication reviews and improve adherence

This list is not exhaustive and the clinical specialty areas may change according to service development needs.

The post holder will be required to work at any location where the Trust provides services.

Job description Job responsibilities

Area of responsibility

Contributing to the development and maintenance of policies and guidelines.
Liaising with all grades of medical and nursing staff over relevant aspects of the pharmacy service. Helping to implement necessary service changes as a consequence of these consultations.
Identifying, reporting on and responding to risk management issues or clinical incidents, referring to peers as necessary.
Generating and reviewing reports in order to assist Advanced Clinical Pharmacists to inform the Trust about medication usage and expenditure and/or safety issues related to medicines.
Participating in audits to demonstrate the effectiveness or identify development needs of all systems relating to the use of medicines.
Deliver, in collaboration with staff in the Medicines Information department, support for Formulary & Drug Usage Audit initiatives.
The post holder will be required to work at any location where the Trust provides services.

The day to day clinical service commitments may include the following clinical areas:

Elderly medicine
General Medicine
Rehabilitation
Acute admissions (medical)
Surgery

Other clinical service commitments may include:

Acute admissions (surgical)
Cardiology
Respiratory
Orthopaedics
Spinal injuries
Gastroenterology
Plastic & burns
Critical care
Womens & childrens services
Community Services, visiting patients in their own homes or care homes to conduct clinical medication reviews and improve adherence

This list is not exhaustive and the clinical specialty areas may change according to service development needs.

The post holder will be required to work at any location where the Trust provides services.

Person Specification Other Essential

Willing and able to travel throughout the Wakefield District area to cover community services roles.

Skills and Abilities Essential

Good written and verbal communication skills.
The postholder must be equally at ease talking to patients, medical and nursing staff of all grades in both primary and secondary care and will need to present written and verbal reports to senior hospital staff.
The post holder must have standard keyboard skills and a familiarity with routine office software word processing, spread sheeting and PowerPoint.

Personal Attributes Essential

Exhibits an enthusiasm for development of the practice of Pharmacy.
Able to work as an individual and within a team.
Possesses personal organisational attributes.
Responds positively to service deadlines.
Able to plan and manage own workload.
Possesses good verbal and written communication skills.
The post holder must display an understanding of and ability to deal with the confidential and sensitive information with which they will come into contact on a daily basis.
The post holder will need the necessary skills to be able to communicate complicated medication issues to patients and carers in order that they may understand and make best use of their medicines.
The post holder must display an understanding and ability to communicate and deal with all patients and/or carers some of whom may have language, sensory or learning difficulties, or who may be dying or distressed because of their diagnosis or state of health.

Qualifications Essential

Master's Degree in pharmacy obtained through four years undergraduate training.
Registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

Desirable

Membership of the United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacists Association.
Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
Non-medical prescribing or working towards a prescribing qualification.

Experience Essential

Experience in pharmacy practice obtained through pre-registration training and examination.
A broad experience of clinical working in a number of specialty areas at a developed level.

Desirable

Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team and experience in hospital pharmacy.

Knowledge and Awareness Essential

Awareness of own limitations.
Good Clinical Knowledge.

Desirable

Knowledge of CMM dispensing system and other clinical systems.

Person Specification Other Essential

Willing and able to travel throughout the Wakefield District area to cover community services roles.

Skills and Abilities Essential

Good written and verbal communication skills.
The postholder must be equally at ease talking to patients, medical and nursing staff of all grades in both primary and secondary care and will need to present written and verbal reports to senior hospital staff.
The post holder must have standard keyboard skills and a familiarity with routine office software word processing, spread sheeting and PowerPoint.

Personal Attributes Essential

Exhibits an enthusiasm for development of the practice of Pharmacy.
Able to work as an individual and within a team.
Possesses personal organisational attributes.
Responds positively to service deadlines.
Able to plan and manage own workload.
Possesses good verbal and written communication skills.
The post holder must display an understanding of and ability to deal with the confidential and sensitive information with which they will come into contact on a daily basis.
The post holder will need the necessary skills to be able to communicate complicated medication issues to patients and carers in order that they may understand and make best use of their medicines.
The post holder must display an understanding and ability to communicate and deal with all patients and/or carers some of whom may have language, sensory or learning difficulties, or who may be dying or distressed because of their diagnosis or state of health.

Qualifications Essential

Master's Degree in pharmacy obtained through four years undergraduate training.
Registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

Desirable

Membership of the United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacists Association.
Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
Non-medical prescribing or working towards a prescribing qualification.

Experience Essential

Experience in pharmacy practice obtained through pre-registration training and examination.
A broad experience of clinical working in a number of specialty areas at a developed level.

Desirable

Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team and experience in hospital pharmacy.

Knowledge and Awareness Essential

Awareness of own limitations.
Good Clinical Knowledge.

Desirable

Knowledge of CMM dispensing system and other clinical systems.

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

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UK Registration

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Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

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

Employer details Employer name

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Dewsbury and District Hospital

Halifax Road

Dewsbury