Specialist Pharmacist - General Medicine/Teacher Practitioner

Medway NHS Foundation Trust; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Gillingham seeks a Specialist Pharmacist to provide high-quality clinical pharmacy services while contributing as a Teacher Practitioner. The ideal candidate will possess a Master’s degree in pharmacy, advanced knowledge of medicines, and skills in problem-solving. This position offers a salary between £55,690 to £62,682 per year.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist in the UK.
• Demonstrated experience in specialist pharmacy services.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high quality, safe, cost-effective clinical pharmacy service.
• Teach on undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy programmes.
• Line manage and contribute to education and training of pharmacy staff.

Skills

Advanced knowledge of medicine

Problem-solving skills

Advanced IT skills

Education

Master's degree in pharmacy

Specialist postgraduate qualification

Non-medical Independent Prescribing Qualification

Job description

Division: Cancer & Core Clinical Services

Care Group: Diagnostics and Therapies

Band: 8a

We are recruiting for aSpecialist Pharmacistwho shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be the specialist pharmacist for the General Medicine service at Medway NHS Foundation Trust. They will be a role model, working to a high level within the pharmacy department. The post holder will also act as an undergraduate and postgraduate Teacher Practitioner and be part of the Clinical and Professional Practice team at Medway School of Pharmacy, Universities of Kent and Greenwich at Medway. Responsibilities are wide ranging and may change according to the needs of the faculty and the individual.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

About us

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B - Bold

E - Every person counts

S - Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Job responsibilities

Specialist Pharmacist To be a specialist clinical pharmacist in their area of speciality working at, or near to, the Advanced Pharmacy Framework Advanced Stage 1 and aspiring to progress to Advanced Stage 2 and beyond in the role. To provide a high quality, safe, cost-effective and responsive clinical pharmacy service to wards and clinical areas in their speciality. To deputise for the lead clinical pharmacist in the care group, where appropriate. Work as part of a collaborative pharmacy clinical pharmacy team, utilising collective expertise to proactively develop clinical pharmacy services. Be an integrated member of the specialist area, attending relevant meetings and advising on medicines governance, formulary, finance, safety and pathways. To aspire to work as an advanced practitioner to provide enhanced prescribing and assessment support to the care group in an area of specialist practice on wards and in clinic, as appropriate. Training and guidance to achieve this will be given, if required. Line manage and contribute the education and training of pharmacy staff and the multi-disciplinary team working in their speciality. Review medicines use and expenditure data, in liaison with relevant members of the specialist area to explain, interpret and horizon scan changes in medicines use and expenditure. To develop a research and audit portfolio. To help deliver the medicines management, clinical pharmacy and the medicines optimisation strategy for the department.

Teacher PractitionerThe Teacher Practitioner will work (2 days a week) within Medway School of Pharmacy to provide the following general Teacher Practitioner duties: Teach on the schools undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, as appropriate. Design, evaluate and deliver innovative teaching materials Design, develop and prepare student assessments in conjunction with colleagues from the Clinical and Professional Practice team Mark student work and provide constructive feedback in a timely manner Act as assessor for undergraduate and postgraduate OSCE examinations, as required. Undertake personal tutor duties and provide general pastoral care for students

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Master's degree in pharmacy
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist in the UK (or eligible to be)
• Specialist post graduate qualification such as clinical diploma or equivalent experience
• Non-medical Independent Prescribing Qualification

Knowledge

• Demonstrates advanced knowledge of medicine
• Knowledge of and ability to apply all aspects of regulatory legislation and guidelines
• Demonstrate expert knowledge covering a range of pharmacy services and able to provide highly specialist advice

Experience

• Experience of working in the area to a high level
• Proven experience of delivering responsibilities and objectives to time in previous posts
• Experience of providing a service to the Specialist area
• Experience in providing and receiving highly complex and contentious information

Values Based Question

• Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome

Skills

• Demonstrates ability to identify problems, analyse root cause and propose solutions for complex problems
• Able to solve difficult and ambiguous problems by advanced reasoning and sound technical judgment
• Able to manage and support others
• Advanced IT skills - including MS Word, Excel, email and PowerPoint

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.

£55,690 to £62,682 a yearper annum/pro rata