About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a Deputy Divisional Lead Pharmacist for Surgery and Critical Care.
This post provides a developmental pathway for an experienced clinical pharmacist to build advanced clinical and leadership capability within high-acuity surgical and critical care environments. The post holder will work closely with the Divisional Lead Pharmacist to support delivery of a high-quality, safe, and effective pharmacy service across surgery and critical care.
A key element of the role is structured training to provide clinical cover to Critical Care, with appropriate senior support. The post holder will be trained to participate in daily multidisciplinary ward rounds (Monday to Friday) and micro-rounds, contributing to medicines optimisation for critically ill patients.
The role also includes leadership, governance, education, and service-development responsibilities, supporting progression within the RPS Professional Standards and Advanced Pharmacy Framework.
Apply now to join our team!
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Job description Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Essential
Clinical Pharmacy knowledge associated with a Pharmacy degree course. Experience gained through preregistration training Experience gained through vocational practice
Qualifications Essential
BSc, BPharm or MSc in Pharmacy Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council Diploma or MSc in hospital clinical pharmacy gained through post-graduate study OR Certificate or diploma in community pharmacy plus successful 6 months band 6 probation
Desirable
Post-graduate studies. Independent Prescriber
Further Training Desirable
Relevant training courses e.g. CPPE
Experience Essential
Clinical knowledge from aspects of career to date. Significant recent experience of hospital or community pharmacy Strong interpersonal skills Good written and verbal communication skills Good IT skills Audit experience Time management skills Good organisational skills Prioritisation skills Evidence of commitment to CPD
Desirable
Evidence-based practice Teaching experience. Experience of extended roles Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams Experience of providing a specialist pharmacy service of some description Project work. Practice research.
Contractual Essential
Flexibility in working hours. Able to work extended hours and on call as needed.
Desirable
Car driver.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-In-Ashfield
NG17 4JL
Employer's website https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)