Job summary
- Main area
- Medicines Information
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 164-7290094
- Employer
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen's Medical Centre campus, Nottingham University Hospitals
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Pharmacist Medicines Information
Band 8a
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic pharmacist to join our friendly and supportive Medicines Information (MI) team within the Pharmacy Department at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH).
You will be responsible for co-ordinating and supervising the day-to-day provision of a high quality Medicines Information service to healthcare professionals within the Trust and to patients via our established medicines helpline, while supporting the long-term planning, organisation and delivery of the service.
You will also support the Clinical Pharmacy team by delivering direct patient care at ward level and acting as a clinical role model for other staff.
Main duties of the job
In addition to providing a high quality clinical enquiry answering service, you will be actively involved in training and supporting our junior rotational staff and will have the opportunity to participate in service improvement projects.
You will be an experienced pharmacist with excellent communication and organisational skills and the desire to provide a high quality, safe, effective and efficient service to our healthcare professionals and patients.
Working for our organisation
Our friendly and supportive Medicines Information team also comprises lead pharmacists, rotational band 6 pharmacists and a specialist pharmacy technician.
The pharmacy department is forward thinking and constantly implementing innovative ways of working to deliver the best possible patient care.
We continue to extend the ideal model of delivering medicines optimisation and pharmaceutical care where pharmacists are fully integrated into the medical teams, supported by a team of medicines management technicians and assistants.
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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a Medicines information
n Analyse and interpret highly complex information from a variety of sources to provide expert evaluated medicines information and advice in response to enquiries from pharmacy, medical and nursing staff, allied healthcare professionals and members of the public (via the medicines helpline).
· Co-ordinate the planning and organisation of the day-to-day activity of the Medicines Information Service.
In conjunction with the Lead pharmacists, Medicines Information, promote, evaluate and further develop the medicines helpline for patients.
· Manage and assist in the production of proactive medicines information.
Manage the information resources for NUH pharmacy staff and ensure that all resources are up to date.
In conjunction with the Lead pharmacists, Medicines Information, ensure that all standard operating procedures are in place and current and develop new procedures where appropriate.
· Oversee the training and development of junior medicines information staff.
· Line manage a member of medicines information staff as instructed by the Lead pharmacists, Medicines Information.
Lead on the internal peer review system and assist with the audit of enquiries.
· Advise the lead pharmacists, Medicines Information on matters relating to Medicines Information for the improvement or development of the service.
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Assist the Lead pharmacists, Medicines Information in undertaking risk assessments within medicines information.
As part of the Medicines Information team, ensure that medicines recalls and notifications received into the Trust are dealt with in a timely manner.
Collaborate with local and national specialists and groups to enable best practice to be identified and incorporated into NUH practice.
· To support strategy development and review of planning processes in Medicines Information by keeping abreast of national developments and strategy documents and attending regional and national meetings as appropriate.
· Lead in the provision and update of national monographs for the NHS Injectable Medicines guide and assist in the maintenance and update of any local monographs
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· Work closely and effectively with members of the Pharmacy Procurement team in solving problems relating to medication shortages and discontinuations.
Clinical Pharmacy
· Ensure safe, rational and effective prescribing by undertaking medication reconciliation, assessing suitability of prescribed medication, enabling use of patient’s own medicines and patient self-administration, counselling (to optimise medicines use), and ensuring continuity of patient care into the community.
· Providing medicines for individual patients during their stay in hospital, at discharge and also for out-patient visits.
· Interpreting and requesting clinical tests to monitor and make recommendations to improve effectiveness of drug therapy.
· Pro-actively liaising with other members of the multidisciplinary team (medical staff, nurses, microbiologists, physiotherapists, dieticians) in order to ensure safe use of medicines.
· Making recommendations about medicines to improve patient outcomes, promote formulary adherence and align with national guidelines.
· Providing advice and guidance in relation to unlicensed medicines use and clinical trial medicines under the direction of the senior pharmacist for clinical trials.
Person specification
Training and qualifications
Essential criteria
- B.Pharm / BSc (Pharmacy) or MPharm or equivalent GPhC registered. Diploma/MSc in clinical pharmacy or other appropriate post graduate qualification. Demonstrates continued professional development
Desirable criteria
- Related post-graduate qualifications. Completed the National Medicines Information training course.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Wide significant previous experience (post registration) in hospital pharmacy. Previous experience in Medicines Information including knowledge of Medicines Information resources and systems. Broad knowledge base of clinical areas in a hospital setting. Experience of day-to-day supervision and assistance in training of trainee pharmacists and/or technicians
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of project work completed. Experience in undertaking, and reporting/presenting audit / research work at local (Trust) level Line management and/or team leadership experience. Experience in managing and supporting Medicines Information staff.
Communication and Relationship Skills
Essential criteria
- Good interpersonal, negotiating and presentation skills, both written and verbal skills. Good communication skills with multidisciplinary team members and own profession. Able to defend opinions in a constructive manner when challenged. Demonstrated ability to empathise with patients, relatives and pharmacy customers.
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent literature searching skills and use of appropriate search strategies for medicines information enquiries. Able to interpret highly complex scientific and medical literature accurately and apply this appropriately to clinical scenarios to support drug therapy decisions. Highly developed critical appraisal, analytical and literature evaluation skills. Able to assess and minimise risk in medication process.
Planning and Organisation Skills
Essential criteria
- Organised, able to prioritise own work and assist others to prioritise. Positive thinker, problem solver
Physical Skills
Essential criteria
- Competent ICT skills, word processing, presentations, spreadsheets, databases, retrieval of information from internet
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Catherine Stephenson
- Job title
- Lead pharmacist, Medicines Information
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01159709200
- Additional information
If you are interested in this post and would like more information, please contact Catherine Stephenson or Debbie Storer, Lead pharmacists, Medicines Information on 0115 9709200 or email [email protected] or [email protected].
We would be delighted to speak to you about any elements of the post or to arrange an informal visit.
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