Job responsibilities

Assist the Lead Clinical Pharmacist in the development of pharmacy services and medicines optimisation within the Neurosciences Directorates.

Provide a safe and effective advanced clinical pharmacy service to the Neurosciences Directorates.

Assist the Lead Clinical Pharmacists in providing clinical training and supervision relevant to neurosciences for other departmental staff.

Provide non-medical prescribing services to the Neurosciences Directorates

For more details see the Job Description and Person Specification.

Qualifications

Essential

• Vocational master's degree in pharmacy
• Membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council
• Diploma or MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experiential learning.
• Non-Medical Prescriber (NMP)

Desirable

• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society or equivalent professional body

Experience

Essential

• Significant hospital experience
• Experience of medicines optimisation, governance, formulary compliance or antimicrobial stewardship within a hospital setting
• Demonstrable commitment to continuing professional development / education
• Experience as an NMP in a hospital setting

Desirable

• Supervision, mentoring or training of pharmacy staff, healthcare professionals or students
• Analysing prescribing financial or service data

Knowledge

Essential

• Advanced clinical knowledge and experience relevant to hospital pharmacy practice, with the ability to develop and apply specialist knowledge within the designated specialty/service area
• Knowledge of the law relating to Pharmacy and medicines

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills - written
• Excellent communication skills - verbal
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Initiative-taking and able to motivate/inspire others
• Ability to empathise with patients and colleagues
• Computer literate including Microsoft Word, Office, and PowerPoint

Desirable

• Ability to affect and manage change
• Audit, Quality Improvement and/or service evaluation experience

Other

Essential

• Enthusiasm for the position
• Takes personal responsibility for professional behaviour and for contributing positively to team working and staff morale
• Ability to provide on call services and be on site within an hour or stay on site when on call

Desirable

• Demonstrate commitment to advanced clinical pharmacy practice and ongoing development within the designated speciality/service area

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).