Job Title: Lead Pharmacist - Teacher Practitioner (Aston University) & Governance

Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week (Late night, on call, weekend and bank holiday working required on a rota basis)

Perm/Fixed Term: Permanent

Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum

Closing Date: 24th January 2025

Interview Date: 7th February 2025

**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **

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A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

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An exciting opportunity has arisen to take on a Teacher Practitioner role within the Pharmacy team at George Eliot Hospital and Aston University School of Pharmacy. This post is ideal for someone with an interest in teaching, whilst waiting to retain their clinical skills and knowledge. The post holder would take an honorary clinical teaching fellow position at the university and lead on the undergraduate placement programme at the Trust. The post is 50% based at Aston University and 50% based at the Trust in a clinical setting.

Main duties of the job

• To lead, plan and participate in the delivery of teaching and assessment to Aston Pharmacy School students within the University and George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
• To act as a personal tutor to Aston Pharmacy School students, providing pastoral support and academic guidance to named tutees.
• To participate in the delivery of practice-based clinical teaching of students in the portfolio of programmes within Aston Pharmacy School.
• To participate in the development of teaching, learning, and assessment processes for Aston Pharmacy School.
• To participate in the delivery of careers advice to Aston Pharmacy School students.
• To support research projects carried out by internal staff or Aston University Students.
• To provide specialist clinical governance support to the department and wider trust which may include procedure and guidance review, audit work, benchmarking and quality indicator/key performance indicators design and review.
• Be a leading member of the Pharmacy Based Risk and Governance Group (RaGG) and Standards and Guidance Group (StaGG)
• To produce pharmacy governance reports for delivery at directorate governance groups.

About us

Here at George Eliot our vision to ' excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• The post will also include being the lead for clinical governance within the Pharmacy department at George Eliot Hospital. You will work closely alongside the Medication Safety Officer to ensure the delivery of the pharmacy service is in line with the principles of good governance. You will support safe and effective medicines management whilst ensuring compliance with national guidelines and local policies.

For a detailed Job Description and Person Specification please see the attached documents. We also encourage you to contact the department for further information or to arrange an informal visit.

The post will require the post holder to participate in a 7-day working programme, on a rota basis and our out of hours on-call service.

For informal enquiries please contact: Elizabeth Japal (Principal Pharmacist) Elizabeth.japal@geh.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Professional knowledge acquired through the vocational masters degree in pharmacy or equivalent
• 1 years pre-registration experience
• A minimum of 5 years post qualification experience in a relevant role practicing as a pharmacist
• Previous teaching experience
• Demonstrable experience in training of other healthcare professionals
• Audit and Research experience
• Demonstrable commitment to CPD

Qualifications and professional training

Essential

• Vocational Master's Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
• Pre-registration training and successful completion of relevant examination
• Job related postgraduate qualification eg. Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma, or equivalent vocational experience
• Completion of the Independent Prescribing Course
• Current membership of General Pharmaceutical Council

Desirable

• Post-graduate teaching qualification or willingness to work towards
• Member of National/ International Specialist Organisation

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Good communication skills both spoken and written
• Innovation
• Excellent organisational skills
• To be motivated and have ability to motivate others and to manage change

Employer details

Employer name

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Address

George Eliot NHS Hospital Trust

College Street

Nuneaton

CV10 7DJ

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