Job summary
Employer heading
Advanced Specialist Pharmacist - Teacher Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
We have a great opportunity for a dynamic, highly motivated clinical pharmacist to undertake an exciting dual role with the School of Pharmacy at Wolverhampton University as a Teacher Practitioner.
With support from the University and the School of Pharmacy, you will develop your pharmacy career as an educator, incorporating completion of the University of Wolverhampton’s Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice in Higher Education – an award which provides recognition as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
50% of your time will see you supporting the development and delivery of the teaching at the University of Wolverhampton and 50% supporting learners and providing a ward based medicines management service at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford
Main duties of the job
Based at the Princess Royal Hospital, you will lead on the day to day of undergraduate pharmacy placements and support other learners (including foundation pharmacists, preregistration trainee technicians and newly qualified pharmacists) within the department supported by cross site education and training leads. You will provide highly specialist professional and clinical information and advice to healthcare teams, patients and carers on medicines management.
At the University of Wolverhampton you will engage in development, teaching and assessment of programmes and topic areas, supervise projects as well as tutor and support students.
Working for our organisation
Do you want to make a difference?
Then our department is right for you.
Here in our department; we are all one team, here for our patients. everybody on this team knows something that somebody else may not and so we are all each other’s safety net. We choose to value and respect each other so that we create the best possible environment for excellence.
We believe in making a difference for our patients.
Due to investment and the development of new roles, there are several new opportunities available within our department.
This is an exciting time that will lead to much improvement for our patient’s care – if you want to make a difference; now is the time to join The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) Pharmacy.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered with GPhC
- Postgraduate education to at least diploma
- Postgraduate education to certificate
Desirable criteria
- Registered Independent Prescriber
- Postgraduate teaching qualification (e.g. CertEd)
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Experience
Essential criteria
- Currently working in Hospital Pharmacy
- Significant experience of hospital pharmacy if not working in that sector currently
- Experience of MDT working with example
- Experience of documenting in notes with example
- Experience of supervising staff with description
- Experience of training pharmacy staff with example
- Audit with example
Desirable criteria
- Project management/report writing example
- Policy/guideline writing with example
- Staff management with description
- Prereg tutor/Foundation pharmacist designated supervisor experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Well presented application form with respect to grammar and spelling
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
- David Millett
- Job title
- Pharmacist Team Lead - Education and Training
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01743 261242
- Additional information
For information regarding the Wolverhampton School of Pharmacy part of the role please contact Alan Hindle, Principle Lecturer on 01902 322125 or [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Shrewsbury Business Park
1 Douglas Court
Anchorage Avenue
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY2 6LG
- Telephone
- 01743 492402
List jobs with The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust in Health Science Services or all sectors