We are delighted to invite applications to the Specialist Clinical Pharmacist (SCP) in Respiratory post, joining the SCPs in the Medicine team to deliver a specialised service to our respiratory patients at City Hospital including our more complex interstitial lung disease, chronic severe asthma, COPD and cystic fibrosis patients.

The post offers an excellent opportunity to develop your portfolio of specialist knowledge and skills for the management of patients as part of a multidisciplinary team, as well as build on your leadership abilities.

Main duties of the job

Our vision is tobe outstanding in health outcomes and patient & staff experience

You will be jointly responsible for ensuring the further development of an excellent clinical pharmacy service to the respiratory and interstitial lung disease service alongside other SCP's for Respiratory. This will include working in outpatient settings.

You will provide complex, pharmaceutical care for patients, optimising their medicines, utilising your prescribing skills and ensuring the effective transfer of care.

You will work closely with the MDT, on & off the ward to support governance, education and medication safety within respiratory services.

You will be expected to line manage one or more of the band 7 pharmacists on the team, providing mentoring, and supporting them with their development and objectives which may include starting out as an independent prescriber.

You will mentor junior pharmacists working in respiratory, providing them with training, education and sharing your passion for respiratory.

About us

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.'

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for key duties & responsibilities.

Leading on a particular aspect (or aspects) of the clinical pharmacy service to the specialty

Actively participating in consultant-led ward rounds to promote and support medicines optimisation, antimicrobial stewardship and effective discharge planning by utilising prescribing skills

Providing an advanced level of clinical pharmacy service to the specialty

Involvement in education and training of a variety of healthcare professionals including diploma & trainee pharmacists, undergraduates and trainee advanced nurse practitioners.

Whilst this post is commissioned to be full time (equivalent of 37.5 hours per week) the service would welcome applications from those wanting a better work life balance. If you would like to consider this post but on less than full time hours please still apply and outline this on your application form or please contact us for further discussion.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential

• Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
• Diploma/MSc in clinical pharmacy or equivalent qualification or experience

Desirable

• Qualified as an independent prescriber

Experience

Essential

• Wide post-registration experience including in hospital pharmacy
• Experience of delivering a clinical pharmacy service to a specialty
• Experience of developing and implementing medicines and service related policies for a specialty
• Experience of training and education of both pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals

Desirable

• Experience in undertaking, supervising and reporting/presenting audit / research work at local (Trust) level
• Experience of working actively on national groups

Communication and Relationship

Essential

• Strong written communication skills
• Evidence of independence and team working skills

Desirable

• Evidence of successful business case completion

Analytical and Judgement

Essential

• Experience of assessing and minimising risk associated with service provision and within medication processes
• Evidence of incorporating innovative and 'best practice' into current practice.

Planning and Organisation

Essential

• Evidence of excellent organisational skills

Employer details

Employer name

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Address

City campus

Hucknall Road

Nottingham

NG5 1PB

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