Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Our services are evolving to provide our pharmacist and pharmacy technicians with more time to work alongside patients while supporting their medical and nursing colleagues. Our commitment is to ensure that every patient receives safe, high-quality care, placing our patients at the heart of our mission. This role is an ideal opportunity for a skilled and dedicated pharmacist looking for experience at a more senior level.

To support the provision of clinical pharmacy services across the Medical Division, we are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated pharmacist to join our team and lead Medicines Optimisation services to our Respiratory Medicine and Gastroenterology wards and departments.

Working alongside the Pharmacist Manager / Clinical Lead for Medicine and other Principal Pharmacists with the Division of Medicine, you will be responsible for the development and delivery of Medicines Optimisation and Clinical Pharmacy services across the medical division and for the management of specialist, Rotational and Foundation Pharmacists working within your area. We are looking for an individual who shows a commitment to delivering excellence and working with us to make pharmacy a great place to be, for all staff in our wider team. A can-do approach and commitment to self and service development is essential. If you are passionate about medicines optimisation and development pharmacy services for the future, this post is an ideal opportunity for you to build upon your clinical experience and further develop your management and leadership skills. 

This role is crucial to the delivery, development and evaluation of pharmaceutical services across the hospital. It plays a key part in helping divisions optimise medicines use within available resources. 

Our standard working hours consist of 4 long days (8am to 6:30pm) per week; in additional you will be required to work Saturdays, Sundays and BH on a rota basis. After a period of induction and training, you will contribute to the two-tier pharmacy out-of-hours service.

Trust responsibilities:

• To be part of the pharmacy team and work with staff within the pharmacy department and across the Trust, to enable the objectives of the Trust to be achieved.

Clinical responsibilities:

• To be responsible for the clinical screening of prescriptions according to locally agreed standards.

Professional responsibilities:

• To assist the Associate Director of Pharmacy (Clinical Services and ET&WD) and the Pharmacist Managers – Medicines Optimisation in all aspects of the development and delivery of clinical service to the division (with a focus on Respiratory Medicine & Gastroenterology).

Operational responsibilities: 

• To act as the clinical team lead for the pharmacy services to the division (with a focus on Respiratory Medicine & Gastroenterology).

Education & training responsibilities: 

• To act as an accredited tutor for relevant post graduate qualifications and meeting local requirements (as required).

Human Resource Management responsibilities: 

• To deputise for the Pharmacist Manager – Medicines Optimisation and represent the Milton Keynes Hospital at relevant departmental, local, regional and national meetings and forums.

Development & planning:

• To develop the pharmacy service in the areas you are responsible for and push the boundaries of what pharmacy can do in support of the medicines optimisation agenda

Please refer to the Job Description for further details.

We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us.

MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices.  

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.

By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system.  Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS.   This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

Upon commencing  employment  with  the  Trust,  all  employees  (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions) are  subject  to  a probationary period lasting  a  period  of  six  months  with  an  option  to extend  for  a  further  six  months  to  a total of  12 months.