Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Respiratory / Education and Training

This is an exciting post to work in education and training whilst also linking your clinical role with the medical speciality respiratory. You will need to be an enthusiastic pharmacist who is keen to educate and train your rotational and trainee pharmacists. LUHFT employs over 120 pharmacists across 3 sites providing clinical pharmacy services to all major specialties. This post is based on the Aintree site of the Trust. We are looking for a dynamic, motivated and forward thinking clinical pharmacist to work as a team and help support our education and training lead pharmacist in delivering the highest care possible. We have a fully integrated electronic prescribing system along with unique in-house systems to help you deliver excellent clinical care to your patients. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing leadership and delivery of a high quality, proactive and patient focused clinical pharmacy service to the directorate of respiratory medicine., Assist the Lead Clinical Pharmacist -Education and Training in the development of our current and future pharmacists and provide medicines management within the directorate of Respiratory Medicine. To provide a safe and effective advanced clinical pharmacy service to the directorate of respiratory medicine. Assist the Lead Clinical Pharmacist -Education and Training in providing clinical training and supervision, relevant to the Pharmacy department Provide non-medical prescribing services to our respiratory patients. Identify the clinical and economic impact of medicines use, develop and implement clinical guidelines, monitor drug expenditure and support the area to meet their clinical and financial targets., Help support the Lead Clinical Pharmacist -Education and Training in delivering the high level training to our pharmacy department supporting where necessary. To provide an advanced clinical service to the directorate of respiratory medicine within the division of medicine n accordance with professional, departmental and Trust policies. Provide highly specialist pharmaceutical information to medical and nursing staff and patients within the Directorate and to General Practitioners and other staff within the Trust where appropriate. To act as an independent prescriber in accordance with the Trust's Non-Medical Prescribers policies and guidelines (once registered as a non-medical prescriber) Participate in Consultant ward rounds and multidisciplinary meetings relevant to the designated wards and or directorate, The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working. The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24. Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced). From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

• Vocational Masters degree in pharmacy.
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent documented experience
Desirable criteria
• MRPharmS, Relevant post diploma clinical experience at specialist clinical pharmacist level
• Demonstrable commitment to continuing professional development / education and training.
• Previous experience of providing education and training within pharmacy
• Experience of coaching/mentoring pharmacy staff, Tutor for postgraduate qualifications or pre-registration pharmacist tutor, Well-developed knowledge of education and training in pharmacy
• Well-developed knowledge of trainee pharmacist development/training
• Good presentation skills
Desirable criteria
• Extensive knowledge of pharmacy audit
• Awareness of the requirements of pre-registration pharmacy technicians and apprentices, Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
• Self-motivating and able to motivate/inspire others
• Enthusiasm for the position
• Able to motivate and inspire others
• Methodical with attention to detail
Desirable criteria
• Ability to affect and manage change, Computer literate, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience. The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.