B8b Advanced Clinical Pharmacist -Professional Development/Education

Job summary

Never has there been such an exciting time to lead on education and development within the pharmacy profession. This new role, supported by a specialist pharmacist and two specialist pharmacy technicians, will provide a strategic lead on pre and post registration pharmacy education and development.

We are seeking a pharmacist experienced in the education and development of pharmacy professionals who wishes to expand their role. The Pharmacy Department at UHB is very progressive with a strong focus on supporting the development of our team members. This includes the provision of undergraduate education both in the clinical and university setting and the expansion of our cross-sector trainee pharmacist and pre-registration pharmacy technician training programmes. Our early career pharmacists are supported to undertake the clinical diploma or the RPS foundation pharmacist curriculum and independent prescribing. Team members are encouraged to undertake additional development and we have people undertaking research internships, leadership programmes and other courses aligned to their role. Preparing our people for career progression is a high priority and we are continuing to create several progressional career pathways.

The additional benefits of joining our team include:

Excellent learning and development opportunities.

Ability to work flexibly.

The opportunity to retain a patient facing clinical role.

Access to Trust health and wellbeing initiatives and a variety of staff networks.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

This role is the lead for the professional development, education and training of all pharmacy team members across University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) with the opportunity to maintain clinical practice.

The role will suit an individual with a proven track record of delivering and evaluating education and training within pharmacy in the healthcare setting. Someone who is a good collaborator, negotiator, keen to adopt novel approaches and be recognised nationally through input beyond the organisation.

The Advanced Clinical Pharmacist -Professional Development, Education and Training will have overall responsibility for pre-registration and post-registration training (including early career and advanced practice). This includes:

*Undergraduate education delivery and placements (liaison with teacher-practitioner pharmacists, on-site teaching, clinical placements, elective placements, and research projects involving UHB).

*Trainee pharmacist Educational Programme Director.

*A programme of peer support through clinical supervision.

*Early career, mid-career/advanced/consultant practice support.

*Talent management

*Leading, with two Specialist Pharmacy Technicians, the development of the pharmacy technician team from apprenticeship through to higher level practice.

*Leading the provision of education and training to other professional groups within UHB.

*Coordinating and leading research around education and development within pharmacy.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Professional knowledge acquired through master's degree in pharmacy (4 years) plus 1 year pre-registration training plus specialist knowledge acquired through diploma level education or equivalent experience.

*Member of The General Pharmaceutical Council.

*Postgraduate qualification in healthcare professional education or equivalent experience.

Desirable

*Independent prescriber or desire to work towards this qualification following appointment.

Experience

Essential

*Significant demonstrable experience in the provision of training and education including pre and post registration.

*Experience as a designated supervisor and or education programme director for trainee pharmacists.

*Significant experience as a clinical pharmacy practitioner in an acute hospital pharmacy setting.

*Significant experience managing teams, including implementing team member development, workload allocation and recruitment.

*Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

*Ability to manage budgets.

*Identify and implement best practice.

*Understanding and implementation of national and local priorities.

*Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the Clinical Governance Agenda.

Additional Criteria

Essential

*Willingness to travel across all sites as required by the job role.

*Participation in 7 day week rota including bank holidays, weekend and second on-call rota

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

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.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact: 

Jeff Aston 

jeff.aston@uhb.nhs.uk 

07833082144