Band 8a Specialist Pharmacist - Surgery and Theatres

Do you have the vision, drive and enthusiasm to help us deliver an exciting modern pharmacy service?

Would you like the opportunity to develop in a specialist clinical role? We are seeking talented and motivated pharmacist to join us working in Surgery and Theatres.

You will provide a clinically focused and innovative pharmacy service to surgery and theatres based at Heartlands Hospital. You will be responsible for providing excellent pharmaceutical care for patients undergoing surgery at UHB. In addition, you will be involved in reviewing and writing guidelines, risk management and education and training. You will join a growing team of surgical specialist pharmacists across UHB and work together to drive change in the surgical speciality.

If you are a hospital pharmacist and you want to utilise your clinical skills, then this is the job for you! UHB Pharmacy is a great place to work where everyone can thrive and grow.

Some of the benefits of joining our team:

Excellent learning and development opportunities completing a structured development program to develop from a Senior Support Pharmacist (band 7) into a Specialist Clinical role (band 8a).

Dedicated protected learning during work hours

Post-graduate training in pharmacy and support to undertake non-medical prescribing (NMP) course and other post graduate learning.

Access to trust health and wellbeing initiatives and a variety of staff networks.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will have a specialist interest in vascular surgery. You will also work with the Specialist Pharmacist for Critical Care and Surgery to ensure a safe and effective pharmacy service is provided to all surgical areas at Heartlands Hospital.

Further duties include:

To work as an independent prescriber. You will be supported to undertake your NMP or if already achieved, develop your knowledge in this field.

To deliver audits, Quality Improvement Projects, and Cost Improvement Programs to support the speciality and department.

To deliver education and training on mediations involved in surgery and theatres to different healthcare professionals.

You will join a large specialist pharmacy team covering multiple specialties, working with colleagues on your base site and across other sites at UHB. You will be supported by a team of experienced pharmacists to develop, and transition to providing leadership, management and operational support.

Depending on experience and qualifications, there is an opportunity to develop from a senior support pharmacist (band 7) into a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist (band 8a) or start at this level. Through a structured development program, set criteria is used to ensure you are supported and achieve key skills and knowledge before moving into the specialist role.

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

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