Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 214-CSTO-7683978
- Employer
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- King's Mill Hospital
- Town
- Sutton-In-Ashfield
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Pharmacist Deputy Team Manager- Education & Training
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.
Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
At Sherwood Forest Hospitals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As such, we particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, or Disabled. We believe that a diverse team better represents the communities we serve and brings a wealth of perspectives and experiences to our work.
Job overview
Are you a dynamic and motivated pharmacist looking to make a significant impact in both education and clinical practice? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a pharmacist to join the Pharmacy Education and Training team. We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced clinical pharmacist with excellent communication skills.
Key responsibilities:
- To deputise for the Lead Education and Training pharmacist
- Planning and delivery of the Trainee Pharmacist Foundation year programme
- Developing newly qualified pharmacist
- Effectively contributing to the training of staff
- Acting as a professional role model and mentor in clinical pharmacy practice
- Acting as Designated Supervisor and Designated Prescribing Practitioner to Trainee Pharmacists at SFHT
- To provide efficient, high quality, accurate and cost-effective clinical pharmacy service to the Trust.
We actively encourage opportunities for research, service improvement, and pursuing postgraduate qualifications. Career progression and regional leadership are key priorities within the Sherwood Forest Hospitals Pharmacy department.
If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a real difference, apply now and become a vital part of our team!
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK
Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc, BPharm or MSc in Pharmacy
- Member of the GPhC
- Diploma or MSc in clinical pharmacy gained through 2 years of post-graduate study
- Independent Pharmacist prescribing qualification
Desirable criteria
- Qualification in teaching
- Leadership and Management course/qualification
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Member of other relevant Pharmacy-related professional associations
Contractual Requirements
Essential criteria
- Flexibility in working hours
- Able to work extended hours and On Call
- Car driver
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial previous hospital experience (post registration)
- Significant experience of working as a clinical teacher
- Significant knowledge of the MPharm undergraduate course, Foundation Year Trainee Pharmacist training and postgraduate courses
- Clinical knowledge from aspects of career to date
- Experience of staff management
- Experience of change management
- Strategic Planning
- Experience of ensuring competence through continuing professional development
- Mentoring of pharmacists and pharmacy staff/ students.
- Experience of delivering education and training to multidisciplinary groups
- Good interpersonal, negotiating and presentation skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to work alone and make decisions, good communicator
- Record of working effectively in a team
- Positive thinker, problem solver
- Medicines information skills
- Able to adapt to differing student needs
- Highly organised and able to prioritise
- Self motivated, excellent organisational skills, able to motivate others, to manage time effectively and work to deadline, even when under pressure
- Competent ICT skills – especially presentation software and Word
- Confident, accurate, assertive
- Empathetic and approachable
- Patient and diplomatic
Desirable criteria
- Experience and understanding of Education and Training processes
- Previous experiences of working with other educational institutes
- Experience in management roles
- Evidence-based practice
- Experience of extended roles
- Experience of specialist work within an area of pharmacy
Further Training
Essential criteria
- Experience of drug usage evaluation and financial reporting
- Audit experience
Desirable criteria
- Project work.
- Practice research
- Management training/qualification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Clinical Pharmacy knowledge associated with completion of the Pharmacy degree course
- Experience gained through pre-registration training
- Broad clinical knowledge from aspects of career to date.
- Training and Assessment methodology
- CPD process
- Mandatory training requirements of all relevant professional bodies
Desirable criteria
- Designated Supervisor and / or Designated Prescribing Practitioner experience
- Clinical Governance
- Awareness of current and future education and training issues within NHS at national level
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sandra Harris
- Job title
- Assistant Chief Pharmacist-Education and Training
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01623622515
- Additional information
01623 622515 ext. 3799
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