Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Women and Children

Band 8a

37.5 hours per week

We are looking for a motivated pharmacist to provide clinical pharmacy services at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust.

Main duties of the job

An opportunity has arisen to join our expanding, friendly, diverse and inclusive pharmacy team.

As an advanced clinical pharmacist for women and children you will be expected to review and develop policies and produce medicines optimisation reports to present at monthly divisional meetings - being accountable for either women or children. You will also be expected to provide line management and support to our junior pharmacist team and pharmacy students.

About us

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - Outstanding Care Personally Delivered - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

Job description

Job responsibilities

What should you do next?

Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

• Evidence of CPD
• Excellent clinical pharmaceutical knowledge of Medical specialities.
• Computer literacy in word processing and spreadsheets
• Good written, including reporting, and verbal communication skills
• Ability to plan and co-ordinate own work and that of others (time management)
• Good interpersonal skills including persuasion to influence prescribing
• Genuine care and concern for staff and patient welfare
• Flexibility
• Ability to travel between sites and for On-call duties

Desirable

• Ability to be flexible with length of working day to meet needs of service

Experience

Essential

• Significant specialist medical knowledge acquired through training and experience
• Medicines Management experience gained in a Hospital environment across a range of specialities.

Desirable

• Mentoring and/or teaching experience
• Medicines Information experience

Qualifications

Essential

• Pharmacy degree (Master/Batchelor)
• Registration as a Pharmacist with The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Postgraduate Clinical Diploma and/or equivalent experience
• Some Supervisory experience
• Prescriber qualification or willingness to undertake training to achieve prescribing qualification

Desirable

• Some management training

Employer details

Employer name

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Pilgrim Hospital Boston

Sibsey Road

Boston

PE21 9QS

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