Employer: Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Southport District General Hospital
Town: Southport
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/12/2024 23:59
Interview date: 18/12/2024
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job Overview
An amazing opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and dynamic pharmacist to join the Clinical Education and Pharmacy teams to support us in our ambition to deliver innovative and world-class clinical education and clinical pharmacy services.
If you have a passion and enthusiasm for clinical education and supporting and developing healthcare professionals in their professional development, then we want to hear from you. We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced clinical pharmacist who is dedicated and hardworking.
The successful post-holder will support the Head of Clinical Education and Medical Education Faculty in leading on and delivering safe prescribing curricula for all medical students and doctors in training on placement at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. They will also support the delivery of other clinical education work streams, and experience of education and training is essential.
The successful applicant will be based at Southport District General Hospital but cross-site working will be required on occasion throughout Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
Main Duties of the Job
The successful post holder will have significant experience of hospital clinical pharmacy and education and training. They will be an excellent team player with the ability to communicate effectively across teams. They will also be dynamic and innovative to develop and implement their own ideas to continually improve the service. They will be responsible for:
* Leading on, developing, delivering and evaluating relevant clinical education workstreams, including safe prescribing curricula for medical students and doctors in training at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
* Providing a safe and effective advanced clinical pharmacy service to a designated ward/directorate at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Vocational master’s degree in pharmacy
* Post Graduate Diploma/MSc in Clinical Pharmacy
* 1 Year pre-registration training
* Accredited Independent non-medical prescriber or currently working towards accreditation
* Demonstrate commitment to continuing professional development/education
* Membership of General Pharmaceutical Council
* Postgraduate qualification in teaching or education
* Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Knowledge & Experience
* Demonstrate extensive experience of providing clinical pharmacy services to multiple specialities within an acute hospital
* In depth clinical knowledge and experience of management of patients within allocated speciality
* Experience of mentoring or tutoring others
* Experience of developing and delivering training to healthcare staff or students
* Experience of working in a busy dispensary environment
* Experience of drug reporting and financial management to directorates
* Demonstrable experience of clinical audit and practice research
* Leading and supervising audit or practice research projects
* Experience in using the Pharmacy computer system
* Experience of electronic prescribing
Skills
* Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills
* Good time management, decision making and organisational skills
* Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
* Ability to deliver teaching to individuals and small and large groups of clinical and non-clinical staff and students
Other
* Use of VDU equipment
* Able to work under pressure, remains calm and objective
* Analysis of prescriptions. Interruptions for advice
* Frequent concentration, work pattern unpredictable
* Ability to rationalise complex issues
* Exposure to upsetting situations, high level of resilience to deal with distressing and/or challenging situations
* Weekend, Late night, on call and Bank Holiday Working
Thank you for considering an application to work for Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust. We hope to welcome you to Team MWL very soon.
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