Specialist Clinical Pharmacist– Children’s Nutrition, Pain and Surgery Job at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham

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Job Description

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
164-5139089
Site
Queen's Medical Centre & City Campus
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£48,526 - £54,619 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/04/2023 23:59

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

Essential criteria

  • B.Pharm / BSc (Pharmacy) or MPharm
  • GPhC registered
  • Diploma/MSc in clinical pharmacy or other appropriate post graduate qualification
  • Demonstrate continued professional development

Desirable criteria

  • Related post graduate qualification
  • Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (MRPharmS)
  • Play an active role in a relevant national network / specialist pharmacist group
  • Leadership and management qualifications
  • Independent prescribing qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

  • Broad previous experience (post registration) of clinical pharmacy, particularly in acute settings
  • Broad knowledge base of a wide range of clinical areas
  • Experience of developing and implementing medicines and service related policies for a specialty.
  • Some experience of line management, including effective performance management, recruitment and allocation of staff
  • Some experience of excellent leadership and management skills
  • Experience of training and education of both pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals
  • Experience of multidisciplinary and team working at Pharmacy, Trust and regional level
  • Understanding of issues affecting the NHS

Desirable criteria

  • Experience of working in Paediatrics.
  • Publication of audit/research/clinical work at national level
  • Experience of working actively on national groups
  • Experience in undertaking, supervising and reporting/presenting audit / research work at local (Trust) level
  • Effective liaison with relevant Trust level committees / groups or equivalent
  • Experience in project management (including department-wide roles) and evidence of completed outcomes

Communication and relationship skills

Essential criteria

  • Excellent interpersonal, negotiating and presentation skills, both written and verbal -must be able to communicate highly complex drug or medicine related information to prescribers, clinicians, patients, relatives, relevant Trust committees and other stakeholders.
  • Good communication skills with multidisciplinary team members and own profession.
  • Able to defend opinions in a confident and constructive manner when challenged.
  • Proven ability to influence and negotiate with relevant senior clinicians, managers and stakeholders.
  • Empathy with patients, relatives and pharmacy customers.

Desirable criteria

  • Teaching skills
  • Experience of writing compelling business cases or case of need for service development

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential criteria

  • Critical evaluation of literature and literature searching skills for analysing, interpreting medicines information, production issues, drug therapy decisions and patient information.
  • Experience of assessing and minimising risk associated with service provision and within medication processes
  • Able to critically analyse information and evidence and to communicate the findings clearly in simple terms.
  • Ability to work alone and make decisions within agreed parameters ; and appropriate referral / escalation as necessary
  • Experience in making judgements involving highly complex facts, which require analysis, interpretation and options appraisal e.g. drug expenditure; medicines optimisation
  • Ability to maintain and monitor database of medicines and activity related information e.g. medicines expenditure and usage ; rotas etc.
  • Think creatively to support departmental strategy and overall Trust objectives, with evidence of incorporating innovative and ‘best practice’ into current practice.

Desirable criteria

  • Experience of analysing expenditure

Planning and organisation skills

Essential criteria

  • Ability to plan and organise existing and new clinical pharmacy services to a specialty. This may include creation and adjustment of plans.
  • Ability to be flexible and manage change in a complex and changing healthcare environment.
  • Self-motivated with excellent organisational skills, able to motivate others, to manage time effectively and work to deadlines, even when under pressure.
  • Positive thinker, problem solver, ability to think laterally to develop new ideas.

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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

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate all ID and right to work documentation such as passports, visa’s and driving license through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

  • Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
  • Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£41.90 for enhanced and £21.90 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.

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