Band 8b Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Women's and Childrens Services

Job summary

The UHB pharmacy department in collaboration with Women's and Children's services have an opportunity to apply for an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist role at UHB. We are seeking a pharmacist experienced in Paediatrics and/or Maternity services who will lead our fantastic W&C pharmacy team and develop the clinic service it currently provides. Those wishing to expand their role or wishing to move to a Tertiary hospital setting would be welcome to apply.

This new role will work across the two of our sites supported by two Specialist Pharmacists in Paediatrics and Neonates, two Senior Support Pharmacists, a clinical support rotational pharmacist and a Specialist Clinical Pharmacy Technician to be the strategic lead to the service reporting to the clinical OPS leads.

The Pharmacy Department at UHB is very progressive with a strong focus on supporting the development of our team members. Our people are encouraged to undertake additional development, and we have pharmacists undertaking research internships, leadership programmes and other courses aligned to their role. Preparing our people for career progression is a high priority and this role will be key in supporting that pathway.

The additional benefits of joining our team include:

-Excellent learning and development opportunities to further progress your current knowledge and experience.

-The opportunity to retain a patient facing clinical role.

-Access to Trust health and wellbeing initiatives and a variety of staff networks.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

This role will require strategic leadership and management responsibility for the ongoing development and sustainability of a high quality, innovative clinical service to support the Women's and Children's service provision across the UHB sites.

The role will suit an individual with a proven track record of delivering advanced care service within pharmacy in the healthcare setting. Someone who is an expert in Paediatric and Neonates medicine, keen to adopt novel approaches and be recognised nationally through input beyond the organisation to local (with other Trusts and relevant regional networks) and national strategic levels.

The Advanced Clinical Pharmacist -- Women's and Children's services will have overall responsibility for managing, leading, risk management, medicines optimisation monitoring and clinical audit.

The role's strategic aims will include:

*To identify, prioritise and contribute to the development of innovative services within the Trust and manage the change process required to achieve them.

*To ensure that issues concerning pharmaceutical care are appropriately presented to the speciality and produce business plans to advance the service.

*To drive pharmacy research opportunities as an expert in the speciality.

*To support the delivery of a robust education programme relating to pharmaceutical aspects of Paediatric and Neonatal Medicine for all Trust staff both clinical and non-clinical.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

*BSc, BPharm, MPharm or equivalent in pharmacy

*Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy practice or other post-graduate qualification/experience

*Leader