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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term)
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref
186-203-26-GH
Employer
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Park House Health & Social Care Centre
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£55,690 - £62,682 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/03/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust logo

Specialist Pharmacist - Heart Failure Rapid Titration

NHS AfC: Band 8a

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Job overview

Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust has been successful in achieving funding to provide a Rapid Titration Service Evaluation across the county. This pioneering treatment has been successfully implemented in a number of locations across the country and this service evaluation places Nottinghamshire Healthcare in the enviable position of being one of the first community locations to complete Rapid Titration. The Service Evaluation will evidence the cost effectiveness of providing this treatment and the inevitable reduction it will have on waiting lists.

To support leading, delivering, developing and evaluating clinical pharmacy services to patients with cardiovascular diseases in accordance with the objectives set between the Speciality Clinical Lead, Directorate General Manager and Head of Service for Specialist Therapies. To be a role model in the field of cardiovascular diseases across the Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System.

Main duties of the job

To provide the prescribing pharmacy role in the Rapid Titration Heart Failure offering from the Nottinghamshire Healthcare Community Heart Failure Teams.

To act as a clinical role model for pharmacists and other members of the MDT involved in the care of patients with cardiovascular conditions.

Please refer to the attached job description for a more detailed summary of role expectation.

Working for our organisation

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire,Leicestershire,Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Demonstrable ability to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs. This should include evidence of being able to:

Deliver pharmaceutical services to acute and/or specialist medicine patients

Deliver pharmaceutical services to cardiovascular patients

Identify and promote best practice

Ensure delivery of the clinical governance agenda in relation to drug use

Motivate and inspire others 

Proactively develop clinical pharmacy services in line with local and national objectives 

Autonomous practitioner and experienced prescriber

Experience of working with patients who have Heart Failure

A full current UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment. 

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MSc in Pharmacy
  • Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Non-Medical Prescriber
  • UK driving license and access to a vehicle for work purposes
Desirable criteria
  • Current membership of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
  • Evidence of Leadership Development

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Clinical knowledge from degree and aspects of career to date
  • Experience of new ways of working and extended pharmacy roles
  • Extensive experience and clinical knowledge of HF prescribing
Desirable criteria
  • Project work
  • Audit experience
  • Evidence based medicine practice
  • Teaching experience
  • Project management

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Clinical Pharmacy knowledge associated with a Pharmacy degree course and vocational experience
  • Knowledge and experience of national HF prescribing and NICE guidance
Desirable criteria
  • Risk assessment
  • Personal safety e.g., lone working procedures

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Organisational / time management skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Tested problem solving, and decision-making skills
  • IT literate
  • Ability work as a team player
  • Adaptable and flexible
  • Work well under pressure and prioritise effectively
  • Self-motivated and conscientious
  • Strong professional demeanour
  • Accuracy and attention to detail
  • Negotiation and influencing skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sarah McCartney
Job title
Head of Service - Specialist Teams
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07928333630

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Duncan Macmillan House
Porchester Road
Mapperley
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG3 6AA
Telephone
0115 671 4610 - Bank Team
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