Job overview

Looking for a new challenge working within a dynamic and friendly team?  Look no further!

We have an exciting development opportunity for a Band 8a Advanced Clinical Pharmacist to work in the Family Services Care Group at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (part of the Humber Health Partnership).  This may be offered as a Band 7-8a progression role depending on experience.

You will undertake a structured process, receiving additional support from the established team at Hull Royal Infirmary, to achieve Advanced Clinical Pharmacist status and, upon successful completion of your objectives, demonstrate high quality acute clinical pharmacy skills, together with leading a team.  A ward-based role, working flexibly to deliver activities across 3 major acute sites within the Group.  Most of the activities will be at our Grimsby and Scunthorpe hospital sites, and occasional requirements to travel to our Teaching Hospital at Hull Royal Infirmary (depending on service demands) whilst participating in rotas and/or shift working as necessary, including weekend and bank holidays.

Base site will be agreed upon job offer, and travel expenses (or alternative travel arrangements) will be provided for travel between the Group sites.  Please note that there are no public transport links between the Group sites; the ability to drive is essential for this role.

 We are looking forward to meeting you!  Site visits, information and virtual meetings available on request.

Main duties of the job

The post holder would be responsible for providing an advanced clinical pharmacist service within the Family Services Care Group. This role requires excellent organisational and interpersonal skills alongside sound clinical knowledge and relevant experience. We are a successful, innovative and forward-thinking department with patient care at the centre of decision making. We actively use skill mix and role development to enhance job content and quality at all levels of the department. The department is supported by a robust management team, Pharmacy Technician and Pharmacy Support Worker structure that enables our Advanced Clinical Pharmacists to be actively involved in and focus on clinical and professional aspects of patient care. You will be responsible for managing and supervising the duties of Pharmacists, Trainee Pharmacists and ward support technicians within the clinical team.

You will support the Pharmacist Clinical Team Manager in the delivery of the Pharmacy Vision and Values Strategy together with the other Clinical Pharmacy Team Leaders. The Trust has acknowledged the high quality of the services delivered by our clinical teams but we recognise the need for further integration of our pharmacists into clinical specialties to deliver a more strategic perspective of medicines optimisation and improve patient care.

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.