Band 7 Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Medicines Information

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and well-motivated individual to join the Medicines Information team at University Hospitals Birmingham.

We are a small, friendly team based at Solihull Hospital committed to providing a high quality service to the Trust, and our patients.

The post holder will work closely with the rest of the Medicines Information team to ensure day to day provision of the Medicines Information Service and Medicines Helpline for the Trust. They will provide evidence-based information and expert advice on the use of medicines to answer patient specific enquiries about medicines, and to provide proactive advice and information to ensure the safe, effective and economic use of medicines.

We are looking for a pharmacist with post-graduate clinical experience, experience of delivering training in a healthcare setting, and an interest and enthusiasm for this specialist area of pharmacy. Experience in Medicines Information is desirable but not essential.

Applicants who don't meet the criteria in the person specification relating to diploma status but who can demonstrate at least 12 months post-registration hospital experience are invited to apply and will be appointed in a progressional post under Agenda for Change Annex 21 (payment at 75% of the maximum band 7 pay, uplifted to the starting pay of a band 7 as per Agenda for Change on completion of the first year of clinical diploma).

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The post holder will support the Advanced Clinical Pharmacist -- Medicines Information to manage, develop and deliver the Medicines Information Service for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. They will deputise for the Specialist Clinical Pharmacist -- Medicines Information as needed.

They will provide day to day supervision, authorisation, and senior support to Pharmacy Technicians working in Medicines Information, and to those on rotations in Medicines Information.

The post will enable the development of enquiry answering skills to provide evidence-based information and expert advice on the use of medicines to answer patient specific enquiries about medicines, and to provide proactive advice and information to ensure the safe, effective and economic use of medicines.

The post holder will be responsible for leading on training within Medicines Information. This includes training for internal pharmacy staff, trainee pharmacists and undergraduate students.

The post holder will participate in general pharmaceutical patient services within the Trust and participate in the on-call service.

The post holder will work across all sites with their main base being at Solihull Hospital.

For an informal chat please contact:

Katy Davies, Medicines Information Lead on 0121 424 5508.

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.

Job description

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

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Master's degree in Pharmacy or equivalent

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy (equivalent to first year of Clinical Diploma) gained or equivalent qualification or experience

Experience

Essential

Minimum 12 months post-registration work experience as a pharmacist in hospital pharmacy, or the ability to demonstrate the equivalent level of knowledge

Experience in a range of clinical specialties

Has a familiarity with dispensary based services

Excellent knowledge of general clinical pharmacy and drug use

Accurate clinical, dispensing and checking abilities

Experience in advising and counselling patients

Previous participation in multi-disciplinary team

Experience of project work

Experience of analysing and applying highly complex clinical and research data

An understanding of governance, risk management and medication safety

Experience of audit work and/or practice research

In-depth knowledge of Continuing Professional Development process and of Plan & Record system

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: 

Katy Davies 

katy.davies@uhb.nhs.uk 

01214245508