Specialist Clinical Pharmacist | University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 September 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 per annum (PA) Pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 18 October 2024 |
| Location: | Southampton, SO16 6YD |
| Company: | University Hospital Southampton NHS FT |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6654360/188-CL290924 |
Summary
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for a detailed job description for the role.
We have an opportunity for an experienced band 7 pharmacist to spend some time developing their advanced practice portfolio in the leadership and management and education domains. We are looking for someone to help develop our new 6 to 7 rotational programme and support our pharmacists during the trial period. This will be for a 0.5WTE for a fixed term of 8 months and we are willing to support someone on a secondment to this role.
UHS has one of the largest pharmacy departments in the country with over 300 staff and are nationally recognised for their innovation. The pharmacist team is made up of over 100 pharmacists: including over 50 qualified independent pharmacist prescribers and five consultant pharmacists and leading national experts. We are committed to supporting all our pharmacists in their development.
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the ‘Job Description and Main Responsibilities’ section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.
All non-clinical roles may involve a mixture of on site and remote working, Specific details and flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
Specific to this role we are open to discussing flexibility in the hours that you work.Please talk to us atinterviewabout the flexibility you need, and we will explorewhat’spossible for the role and service.
Our band 7 clinical rotational pharmacists spend 9 months in each rotation gaining clinical experience and skills to support their development in Leadership and Management, Education and Research. We are committed to developing new rotations and opportunities to allow you to move to the next stage of your career. In this role you would have a daily ward commitment but be supporting our team in their development as well as developing your own skills.
All pharmacists are expected to participate in extended hours including late nights and weekend dispensary support on a rotational basis.
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. UHS is rated ‘Good’ by the CQC and in the latest national NHS Staff Survey, we were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care.
UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
If you have the enthusiasm and are committed to team working with good communication skills, we can provide additional training and development to support you. We have a strong commitment to developing pharmacist independent prescribers and to continuing professional development and training. The post-holder will be encouraged to work towards the new RPS core Advanced Practice Curriculum and have the opportunity to undertake further study in either clinical or management qualifications. We are also keen to support pharmacists developing as researchers and can offer support via the Southampton Pharmacy Research Centre.
You will have the opportunity for development as you take part in our management rotation. In conjunction with a clinical ward commitment you will support the Lead Pharmacist Operation and Supply Services and the Rotational Clinical Pharmacist Development lead to your develop management and leadership skills and develop evidence for these competencies in the advanced practice portfolio. In addition to this you will be supporting our new 6 to 7 progressive posts on the rotation and helping with the development of our new programme
Our other rotations include
Medicine
Neurosciences
Surgery
Critical Care
Cardiovascular and Thoracics
Microbiology
Oncology
Children's Services/Family Health
Diabetes and Endocrine
and your clinical ward commitment would be in one of these areas.
In all our rotations you will be expected to provide some support to the trainee pharmacists. There mayalso be the opportunity to get involved with formulary applications and other budgetary matters. You will also have the opportunity to provide teaching to various health professionals, undertake audit work and develop guidelines.
This advert closes on Monday 7 Oct 2024