NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
We are currently looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated pharmacist to take on this exciting brand new role at Nottingham Children's Hospital.
The job will involve close working with the Paediatric Nutrition MDT and patients under their care, as well as with the growing Family Health Pharmacy Team.
The post holder will also deliver clinical pharmacy activities to inpatient paediatric areas and provide leadership to medication aspects of children's pain management and surgical pathways.
We welcome applications from individuals with excellent communication and listening skills who are able to use their initiative and manage their own time and meet deadlines. The role requires you to be approachable, hardworking, have good attention to detail, be self-motivated and have a patient-centered attitude. You also need to have the ability to work independently and as part of the multidisciplinary team and have the drive to strive for continued improvement.
Main duties of the job
In addition to the summary below, please familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
To partake in specialised clinical pharmacy duties within the Paediatric Nutrition Team and Inpatient Paediatric Care, ensuring core clinical pharmacy activities are undertaken
Leadership , management and specialty/service support roles, particularly in relation to Children’s Pain Management and the Children’s Surgical Pathways.
To line manage and support more junior pharmacists in the Family Health Division
To take full part in the weekend rota and bank holidays duties
To take part in senior pharmacist on-call duties
Working for our organisation
Nottingham Children’s Hospital, based at NUH serves children and young people from birth to 19 years of age. We have 97 beds and care for around 40,000 children each year from Nottinghamshire and beyond, treating a full range of conditions. These include:
Planned treatment and surgery
Emergency surgical/medical treatment
Burns and plastics
Neurology and Neurosurgery
Rheumatology
Oncology
Cleft lip and palate
Paediatric Critical Care
Renal medicine and transplantation
Spinal and orthopaedics
Nottingham University Hospitals is a large, acute teaching Trust with a national & international reputation for the quality of our patient care and for research, education & innovation. It serves a local population of 2.5m & a tertiary population of 3-4m
Recently voted as one of the Sunday Times Best Places to live, our city and the region are one of the big reasons why a career at NUH is the right choice for so many. The city has been named in the top ten places to bring up a family and the top UK city to make your salary stretch further.
As a Pharmacy department, we are forward thinking & constantly implementing innovative ways of working to deliver the best possible patient care. We have a strong belief in leading our teams compassionately & fostering a supportive & caring workplace.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The postholder will be based mainly at the QMC campus of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. You will be required to participate in a rostered flexible shift working system including evening, weekend and bank holiday arrangements over a 7 day period and support the on-call pharmacists through the senior pharmacist back-up rota.
Please refer to the full job description as part of the advert. If you have any further questions about the post please do not hesitate to get in touch with Andrew Wignell on the contact details provided.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
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Experience
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Communication and relationship skills
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Analytical and Judgement skills
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Planning and organisation skills
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Bring your whole self to work for us at NUH. We love diversity and we value your difference, your unique skills, knowledge and experience. Becoming one of our people may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in delivering world class healthcare to the diverse patient populations we serve.
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are currently under-represented at NUH.
Covid-19 vaccination: remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. We continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated. For helpful advice and information about the Covid-19 vaccination and how to access visit: https://nottsccg.nhs.uk/covid-19/covid-19-vaccinations/
Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.
Easy read application: if you have a disability and find it difficult to complete our online application form, you can apply via our easy read application which you can find on the intranet https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/easy-read-job-application
Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.
Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
Skilled Workers Visa: We welcome applications from individuals who require a skilled worker visa in line with the Home Office regulations. NON-UK/NON SETTLED candidates may not be appointed, if a suitably qualified and skilled UK/SETTLED candidate is successful at interview stage as it is unlikely that the Trust is able to satisfy the Home Office Visa requirements
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