Specialist Education and Development Pharmacist and Clinical Lecturer

NHS; St Leonards; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare institution in St Leonards seeks a Specialist Education and Development Pharmacist and Clinical Lecturer. This role focuses on supporting pharmacy students and enhancing their clinical and teaching skills. The ideal candidate should possess a pharmacy degree and be registered with the GPhC. This position includes responsibilities such as clinical teaching, mentoring staff, and contributing to strategic educational policies. A competitive salary package is offered with additional staff benefits.

Benefits

Staff development opportunities

NHS pension scheme

Access to onsite nurseries

Free psychological support

Qualifications

• Registered with the GPhC and possess a relevant degree.
• Commitment to personal development demonstrated via CPD portfolio.
• Experience in patient-facing pharmacist roles.

Responsibilities

• Support clinical and academic teaching at the University of Brighton.
• Facilitate multi-disciplinary training with various healthcare professionals.
• Provide a clinical pharmacy service with the application of non-medical prescribing skills.

Skills

Clinical teaching

Mentoring

Use of information technology

Risk management

Knowledge of pharmacy practice

Education

BSc (Pharmacy)

GPhC Registration

Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Specialist Education and Development Pharmacist and Clinical Lecturer

An exciting opportunity to develop your teaching, clinical and leadership skills whilst supporting pharmacists from the very start of their initial education and training journey.

Working in an acute hospital, as clinical lecturer with the University of Brighton, you will deliver both experiential and academic learning to pharmacy undergraduates including the progressive inclusion of prescribing practice during foundation training by 2025. Additionally, you will make key contributions to the delivery of our strategic vision for education and development within the pharmacy department gaining experience across several different dimensions through inter-professional education within the trust and working closely with multi-sector partner organisations within the Integrated Care System to develop the future pharmacist workforce.

There will be opportunities for personal and professional development including the Independent Prescribing Course

Main duties of the job

Duties include: Supportingboth academic and work-placed learning as advised by University of Brighton including

• Clinical teaching at the bedside
• Clinical teaching in the recently refurbished simulation suite
• OSCE assessment
• Lectures in line with the individuals' expertise
• Placement strategy group to ensure placement activity is aligned to employer need
• Participation in the departments continuing education activities including supporting the provision of education programmes and clinical training for other staff members including pharmacists, trainee pharmacists and pharmacy undergraduates
• Facilitation of multi-disciplinary training with foundation doctors, nursing staff AHPs.
• Provision of a clinical pharmacy service including application of non-medical prescribing skills (if applicable

About us

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.

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Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc (Pharmacy) / BPharm / MPharm/OSPAP
• GPhC Registration (Vocational Masters degree in Pharmacy (4yrs) and 1 years pre-registration training and experience)
• CPD portfolio that demonstrates an ongoing commitment to personal development
• Registration with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and / or UKCPA
• Certificate, Diploma or MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or pharmacy practice / other equivalent post-graduate qualification
• Recognised qualification as educational supervisor or equivalent role or experience
• Training in pharmacoeconomics / resource or change management

Experience

• At least 12 months post registration experience of patient facing practice or evidence of the application of skills/practice that are suitable for foundation to advanced practice
• Experience in utilising information technology within the workplace including inputting, retrieving information and producing reports
• Experience of working autonomously with clinicians as a clinical pharmacist within a directorate or ICS role
• Previous experience in mentoring and training pharmacy staff
• Previous experience in a role which includes the provision of education and development
• Experience of training and group facilitation with small and large groups
• Demonstrable knowledge of MS Excel (e.g. ECDL)
• Experience of carrying out medicines reviews and medicines reconciliation for patients on discharge from hospital.

Skills / Knowledge / Abilities

• Is dynamic, self-motivated and enthusiastic about the contribution of pharmacists and pharmacy staff to patient care
• Demonstrates an understanding of the role and the responsibility as identified within the job description
• Demonstrates knowledge of current practice and policy relating to pharmacy and medicines optimisation
• Demonstrates an understanding of risk and a commitment to audit and change management
• Some understanding of mechanisms for identifying education and development needs.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the national drivers that influence the production of work place training.

Other

• Ability to travel across sites in an efficient and timely manner
• Required to participate in the on call/weekend/bank holiday service

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.

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum, pro rata