Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Medicines Advice

Job Overview

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Please see below for a detailed job description for the role.

Main duties of the job

The Southampton Medicines Advice Service at the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) are delighted to be able to offer a fantastic opportunity for a friendly and enthusiastic pharmacist to cover maternity leave in our team.

You’re looking for an opportunity. You want variety, and a good career move. Something rewarding that will help you use all your pharmacist’s skills to make a difference: patient care, teaching, clinical problem-solving, teamwork.

Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the ‘Job Description and Main Responsibilities’ section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.

Working for our organisation

As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.

All non-clinical roles may involve a mixture of on site and remote working, Specific details and flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.

Specific to this role is the suitability for agile working which is a mixture of on-site and remote working. In addition, we are open to discussing flexibility in the hours that you work. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, and we will explore what’s possible for the role and service.

Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

We are offering you intellectually rewarding responsibilities and valuable career experience, as part of the Medicines Advice team. You’ll provide a very clinically-focused service, and advise doctors, nurses, and pharmacists in primary and secondary care how to treat their patients safely and well. We also operate a busy patient helpline, so you will have the satisfaction of regularly advising our Trust’s patients about their medicines.

The teaching experience we offer is varied, and a vital part of the role. You will be tutoring band 6 pharmacists on how to solve clinical problems, and assessing and supporting band 7 clinical pharmacists to achieve ward-based competence.

We are looking for a pharmacist with an understanding of how medicines are used in practice, the problems they can cause and how to overcome them. You need to be able to teach these skills and knowledge to others. That doesn’t mean you have to know everything, but we are looking for relevant experience and a commitment to what we are doing. We will train you to help fill any gaps. A background in medicines information and clinical pharmacy is essential.

With all the support and encouragement you would expect from a leading teaching Trust, this post offers you a challenging but valuable career move.

Person specification

Trust Values

Essential criteria

• Patients First
• Always Improving
• Working Together
  
  

Qualifications, Knowledge And Experience

Essential criteria

• Master’s degree in pharmacy or equivalent.
• Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experience.
• Can demonstrate Advanced Stage 1 competencies in the RPS Advanced Pharmacy Framework or equivalent
• Post-registration experience of clinical pharmacy and medicines information relevant to this role.
• Experience of project management, planning, and implementing developments
• Some teaching experience and assessment of others.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Advanced Microsoft Office skills
  
  

Skills and competencies

Essential criteria

• Communication
• Organisational skills
• Attention to detail
• Research skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Microsoft Office skills