About this role
Job summary
Most pharmacists have to choose: stay clinical or move into academia. This role doesn't make you choose - and it doesn't put your clinical career on the back burner either.
We're recruiting a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist Teacher Practitioner to split their week between Good Hope Hospital and Aston University. On the hospital side, you'll lead clinical pharmacy service delivery, line-manage a team of pharmacists, and help train and develop trainee pharmacists - genuine leadership experience, not just clinical delivery.
On the university side, you'll lecture, run workshops, design learning content, mark assessments and act as personal tutor - real ownership, not occasional teaching cover.
Good Hope and Aston University are both easy to reach from central Birmingham by public transport. If you're ready to be stretched, supported and genuinely valued in both halves of your career, we want to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Split your week 50/50: clinical leadership at Good Hope, teaching leadership at Aston.
On the wards, you'll lead clinical pharmacy service delivery - screening prescriptions, reconciling medicines and monitoring therapeutic drug levels. You'll line-manage a team of pharmacists, participate in the training of trainee pharmacists, and supervise undergraduate pharmacy placements, with real scope to grow your own leadership and people-management skills.
At Aston University, you'll shape how the next generation learns: delivering lectures and workshops, developing teaching materials, marking student work, overseeing hospital placements and acting as personal tutor to MPharm students. You'll also have real scope to pursue clinical and pedagogic research in an area you care about.
You don't need teaching experience to apply - just solid hospital pharmacy experience and enthusiasm for developing others. We'll support you through Fellowship of Advance HE (FHEA) if you don't already hold it.
What you'll get:
*A genuine split career, not a token teaching add-on
*Structured leadership and line management experience within a supportive clinical team
*Protected learning time built into your working week
*Support toward non-medical prescribing (NMP), if not already qualified
*Health, wellbeing and family benefits, including NHS discounts at retailers, restaurants and leisure facilities
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 Job responsibilities *Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
*Vocational Masters degree in pharmacy (or equivalent) *Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) *Has completed a postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification or equivalent advanced practice. *Willing to work towards a non-medical prescribing qualification
Desirable
*Has completed a non-medical prescribing course and registered as an NMP with the GPhC *Working towards Level I Faculty Membership with the RPS
Experience Essential
*Possesses relevant clinical knowledge in complex clinical pharmacy settings *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 (CPD)
Additional Criteria Essential
*Able to demonstrate a professional approach *Well-motivated and reliable *Able to work with all grades and staff roles *Able to work calmly under pressure *Able to travel across all Trust sites as required by job role
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.
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UK Registration
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Employer details Employer name University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address Good Hope Hospital
Rectory Rd
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B75 7RR
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)