About this role
Job summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic and forward-thinking pharmacist to join The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust as the Senior Pharmacist for Gastroenterology.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead pharmacy services within a large and expanding Gastroenterology Directorate, working closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care.
You will provide expert clinical leadership across:
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- Endoscopy Services
- Bowel Cancer Screening
- High-cost medicines and biologic therapies
- Inpatient services and medicines optimisation
The post offers the opportunity to influence service development, support innovative models of care, and promote the safe, effective and cost-efficient use of medicines.
Reporting to the Principal Pharmacist for Medicine, you will join an experienced and supportive pharmacy team. RWT Pharmacy were proud winners of the Trust's Clinical Team of the Year Award 2024.
We are looking for a pharmacist who:
- Is passionate about delivering excellent patient care
- Maintains high professional and clinical standards
- Is adaptable and resilient in a busy environment
- Is committed to service improvement and innovation
- Builds effective multidisciplinary relationships
- Has the ambition to lead and develop services
Applications are welcomed from experienced Band 7 pharmacists looking to progress, as well as those already working at Band 8a level with the appropriate skills and experience.
Main duties of the job
To provide clinical and directorate support to the Care of Older Adults Directorate and wards. The directorate is located across all 3 sites at RWT.
Support the Principal pharmacists for Division 2 with developing relevant clinical services and the Principal pharmacist for Division 3 in the provision of clinical input to virtual wards.
To provide specialist clinical pharmacy advice to patients and liaise with the consultants and nursing teams to support safe and appropriate prescribing in this patient group.
To ensure that developments in the delivery of the clinical pharmacy service to patients who are treated in line with the strategic direction for the development of clinical pharmacy services within the Trust.
To continuously monitor the drug expenditure against budgets for the Care of Older Adults Directorate. To analyse expenditure information, seeking and investigating changing trends and making recommendations for savings, without compromising patient care, to appropriate consultants and departments. To assist consultants and departments in implementing the agreed changes required to make cost savings.
To manage any medicine-related switch schemes or CIPs that may arise, in conjunction with the wider pharmacy and Care of Older Adults teams ensuring as far as possible a safe, efficient and comprehensive service.
To work under the supervision of the Principal Pharmacist for Division 2 (medicine).
About us
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.
We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for a full detail of role and main responsibilities - subject to AFC matching
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Pharmacist registered with the GPhC
- Post Graduate Clinical Diploma or equivalent
Desirable
- Independent Prescriber qualification or working towards this qualification (score 2 if course ongoingt)
- Additional postgraduate qualifications
Experience and skills
Essential
- Significant post registrational experience
- Able to work in multidisciplinary teams and independently.
- Experience in supervising, training and assessing staff
Desirable
- Experience working in an outpatient clinic
- Ability to demonstrate specialist knowledge of pharmacy in the context of Gastroenterology and IBD medicine.
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Address
Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Ophthalmology Theatre Newcross Hospital
Wolverhampton
WV10 0QP
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)