Band 8a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Renal Immunosuppression
Requirements
Applicants must have GPhC registration, a four-year vocational Master’s degree in pharmacy or equivalent, a postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification or equivalent experience, and a non-medical prescribing qualification. They need significant post-registration hospital pharmacy experience in renal care, strong renal immunosuppression knowledge, multidisciplinary and teaching experience, and the communication, problem-solving, organisational, and budget-management skills to work effectively under pressure.
Job Description
Do you get a little thrill from a perfectly timed tacrolimus level? Does "therapeutic range" make your heart skip a beat (but stay within range)? Then we need to talk. University Hospitals Birmingham is home to one of the UK's busiest renal transplant services, and we're about to make a big switch. Literally. For 12 months, you'll lead pharmacist-led clinics delivering the tacrolimus best value switch across Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Real patients, real impact, real savings for the NHS, and a project you'll be proudly talking about at interviews for years to come.
You'll be the go-to pharmacist for Renal Immunosuppression: running patient-facing clinics, untangling complex regimens, interpreting drug levels and giving expert advice to doctors, nurses, patients and carers. You'll bridge hospital and community care so no patient leaves without their meds sorted, represent pharmacy in the specialty and its networks, help shape guidelines and protocols, and support a team of pharmacists, technicians and trainees. You'll also step up as a senior clinical pharmacist across other specialties, so no two days will ever look quite the same, which keeps things interesting. Independent prescriber? Even better. In return: brilliant colleagues, strong senior support, great training and development opportunities and one of the most rewarding years of your career. Kidneys not included.
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
What you'll be doing
Leading pharmacist-led, patient-facing clinics to deliver the tacrolimus best value switch, from counselling and prescribing to follow-up
Running the day-to-day clinical pharmacy service to Renal Immunosuppression at QEH and Heartlands, screening prescriptions and optimising complex regimens
Interpreting drug levels through our TDM service and advising prescribers on dose changes
Linking with GPs and community pharmacies so every discharge is seamless
Developing guidelines, protocols and audits that keep medicines use safe, effective and good value
Teaching nurses, doctors, patients and our rotational pharmacists, and supervising pharmacists, technicians and trainees
Representing pharmacy in the specialty and its networks, and joining our clinical and bank holiday rotas
What you'll bring
GPhC registration, a postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification (or equivalent experience) and a non-medical prescribing qualification
Significant hospital pharmacy experience in renal, with solid knowledge of immunosuppression
Confident communication with everyone from consultants to anxious patients and carers
A problem-solving mindset, the ability to work calmly under pressure and to use your initiative
A passion for teaching, mentoring and motivating others
Commitment to your own development, including working towards RPS Faculty membership
Sound like you? For an informal chat, contact Jas Sall at jas.sall@uhb.nhs.uk
About Us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job Description
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 4 year vocational Masters degree in pharmacy (or equivalent)
- Post-graduate clinical pharmacy qualification or equivalent experience
- Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Non-medical prescriber
Essential
- Significant post-registration hospital pharmacy experience in Renal
- Previous participation in multi-disciplinary team
- Demonstrates commitment and enthusiasm for providing high quality pharmaceutical care
- Experience of teaching/presenting to other healthcare professionals/patients
- Commitment to own Continuing Professional Development
- Possesses relevant clinical knowledge in Renal Immunosuppression
- Knowledge of national initiatives and guidelines, e.g. NICE, NSF
- Possesses knowledge of available resources to answer Medicines Information queries
- Able to work with drug budget information
- Demonstrates good knowledge of Renal Immunosuppression and current issues
- Previous involvement in clinical trials
Essential
- Team worker
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good oral, written communication & presentation skills
- Good computer skills
- Demonstrates problem solving skills
- Demonstrates empathy towards patients and carers
- Able to work under pressure, prioritise work and meet deadlines
- Ability to manage budgets and deliver on cost improvement programmes
- Able to use initiative and work without supervision when necessary
- Demonstrates teaching/mentoring skills & ability to motivate other staff
- Able to interact with clinical and managerial staff
- Demonstrates good critical appraisal skills
- Professional manner
- Well-motivated and reliable
- Able to work with all grades of staff
- Capacity to work calmly under pressure
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.
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.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
For Help With Your Application, Contact
Jas Sall
Jas.Sall@uhb.nhs.uk
01213715835
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£57528.00 to £64750.00 Yearly
Contract
Fixed Term
Duration
12 Month(s)
Working pattern
Full-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-1104559
Job locations
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Attachments
Job Description
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Education
Skills
About University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national and international population. It includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic. We also run a number of smaller satellite units, allowing people to be treated as close to home as possible. We see and treat more than 2.2 million people every year across our sites and our hospitals deliver more babies than anywhere else in Europe. We are a regional centre for cancer, trauma, renal dialysis, burns and plastics, HIV and AIDS, as well as respiratory conditions like cystic fibrosis. We also have expertise in premature baby care, bone marrow transplants and thoracic surgery and have the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe. We provide a series of highly specialist cardiac, liver and neurosurgery services to patients from across the UK. We are world-renowned for our trauma care and have developed pioneering surgical techniques in the management of ballistic and blast injuries, including bespoke surgical solutions for previously unseen injuries. As a result of its clinical expertise in treating trauma patients and military casualties, the QEHB has been designated both a Level 1 Trauma Centre and host of the UK’s only £20m National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC). We have over 24,000 members of staff and we are committed to investing in their development and their health and wellbeing. UHB is a Stonewall Diversity Champion and aims to achieve positive change for LGBTQ+ people by creating an inclusive, inspiring and equal environment for both staff and service users.
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