Job summary
Employer heading
Clinical Pharmacist General Surgery and Nutrition
Band 8a
Job overview
Do you thrive in challenging, collaborative and multidisciplinary environment? Come and join our experienced surgical specialities and intestinal failure team.
You will work alongside both our Lower and Upper GI surgical teams in order to optimise medicines management in a wide range of complex cases including bariatrics.
Your role will involve close collaboration with the nutritional services in the provision of both short term and long term parenteral nutrition.
We actively encourage engagement with research and training of the pharmacy team and the wider MDT.
A warm welcome awaits you with our friendly and supportive teams.. We are innovative and forward thinking, benefiting from a range of integrated digital systems
We are happy to consider applications for full/part time and flexible working hours.
Main duties of the job
You will be patient facing active prescriber, ensuring medicines reconciliation is completed, review all aspects of pharmaceutical care and ensure medicines optimisation and safety.
You will drive forward the antimicrobial stewardship plans to optimise patient outcomes.
Your week will be varied, providing cover on both the PN ward rounds, the intestinal failure unit and surgical admissions lounge as needed whilst providing support and leadership to pharmacists providing ward services across surgical directorates.
You will work with the pharmacists with other surgical specialities to drive forward our wider clinical pharmacy service for the future. You will support the NCA medicines optimisation strategy and clinical governance processes and be a role model for others.
Working for our organisation
The Diagnostics and Pharmacy Group is part of the Northern Care Alliance (NCA), one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. A place of science, innovation and transformational thinking, the Diagnostic and Pharmacy Group unites Radiology, Pathology and Pharmacy services across the NCA to create a cooperative group committed to delivering safe, consistent, and high-quality care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
In line with the Trust’s Single Equality Scheme we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, religion, marital status, social back ground or trade union membership. However, as members of ethnicity minority groups and individuals with disabilities are currently under-represented at this level of post, we would encourage applications from members of these groups. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Vocational Master’s degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Post Grad Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy
- Independent Prescriber
Registration
Essential criteria
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
Knowledge Skills and Experience
Essential criteria
- Professional knowledge acquired through vocational master’s degree in pharmacy.
- Extensive post qualification hospital experience or equivalent documented experience
Desirable criteria
- Line management experience
- Project management experience
- Experience within surgical services and provision of parenteral nutrition
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Janet Whittam
- Job title
- Senior Clinical Pharmacist 0Surgical Services Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 206 4211
- Additional information
Gillian Crawshaw
Tel. 0161 206 1050
E-mail: [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
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Turnpike House
Eccles New Road
Salford
M50 1SW
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