Job summary
Bank Clinical Pharmacist - Band 8a
We are looking for enthusiastic pharmacists to join our growing bank pharmacy team for working anything up to 37.5 hrs a week. Your base will be one of the 2 main sites- the main ones being Aintree or Royal Liverpool Hospital
Main duties of the job include providing a clinical pharmacist service to nominated wards within Liverpool Univeristy Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT). This will require working across a range ofspecialities including Emergency care, medical and surgical wards, taking medication histories and reviewing mediciation to optimise patient care .
Depending on previous experience other roles may be available on the bank please contact us for more details.
Please contact Sally James or Colin Brennan for further discussions, it could be the start of something new!
Main duties of the job
To deliver as part of a team, the provision of a comprehensive, safe and cost effective pharmaceutical service to the Trust and its patients.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click herehttps://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
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Job description
Job responsibilities
- Responsible for the management and development of the directorate pharmacy service to achieve a high standard of efficiency and effectiveness.
- Responsible for the provision of highly specialist pharmaceutical service to the directorate areas.
- Advise on strategies to ensure cost-effective use of resources.
- Provide pharmaceutical expertise to any multidisciplinary working groups considering protocols, policies and guidelines in the specialist area.
- Produces protocols, policies and guidelines on designated pharmaceuticalpractice relating to the directorate Service.
- Deals with high level pharmaceutical queries and provides advice to medical and nursing staff from the directorate areas including senior medical staff.
- Provides regular reports for the directorate on drug expenditure including exception reporting and other agreed performance indicators relating to directorates.
- Undertake audit annually and risk manage selected areas of practice to promote continuous quality improvement.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Responsible for the management and development of the directorate pharmacy service to achieve a high standard of efficiency and effectiveness.
- Responsible for the provision of highly specialist pharmaceutical service to the directorate areas.
- Advise on strategies to ensure cost-effective use of resources.
- Provide pharmaceutical expertise to any multidisciplinary working groups considering protocols, policies and guidelines in the specialist area.
- Produces protocols, policies and guidelines on designated pharmaceuticalpractice relating to the directorate Service.
- Deals with high level pharmaceutical queries and provides advice to medical and nursing staff from the directorate areas including senior medical staff.
- Provides regular reports for the directorate on drug expenditure including exception reporting and other agreed performance indicators relating to directorates.
- Undertake audit annually and risk manage selected areas of practice to promote continuous quality improvement.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent
- Post graduate clinical qualification
- Member of the GPhC
Desirable
- Management qualification
- MSc
- MRPharmS
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable post registration hospital experience
- Delivery of clinical pharmacy services to a broad range of specialities
- Effective working within a multidisciplinary clinical team
Desirable
- Leading and supervising
- Acute Teaching Trust/Tertiary Referral Centre experience
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent
- Post graduate clinical qualification
- Member of the GPhC
Desirable
- Management qualification
- MSc
- MRPharmS
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable post registration hospital experience
- Delivery of clinical pharmacy services to a broad range of specialities
- Effective working within a multidisciplinary clinical team
Desirable
- Leading and supervising
- Acute Teaching Trust/Tertiary Referral Centre experience
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.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
