clinical pharmacist

Would you like to develop your pharmacy career and help others develop the future pharmacy workforce in one of the largest teaching hospitals in the country? We have an opportunity for a clinical pharmacist with a passion for education and training to join our team as an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist and Teacher Practitioner. You will also be providing a clinical pharmacy service at an advanced level to our medical patients providing excellent care in acute medicine. 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 team and established medical team within the Aintree site. 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 medical division and our undergraduate MPHARM programme at Liverpool John Moore's University.Main duties of the job Assist the Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Education and Training to provide high level teaching to our MPharm undergraduates. Main duties of the job The core part of the role is providing and co-ordinating pharmacy undergraduate clinical teaching working across the Trust and at Liverpool John Moores University. As well as the education commitment you will be able to maintain your clinical pharmacy skills and have care group responsibilities. We are committed to developing the pharmacy workforce and this role is a key part in that. You will have opportunities for your own development and will be supported in your role by our Lead Pharmacist for Education. Candidates must have excellent clinical pharmacy knowledge and be confident teaching. To provide a safe and effective advanced clinical pharmacy service to our patients and staff within the division of medicine. Assist the Lead Divisional Pharmacist (Medicine) in providing clinical training and supervision, relevant to the directorate working within medicine. Provide non-medical prescribing services to our medical 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., To provide an advanced clinical service within the division of medicine in 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 where applicable consultant ward rounds and multidisciplinary meetings relevant to the designated wards and or directorate

• 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
• Methodical with attention to detail
• Enthusiasm for the position
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
Desirable criteria
• Ability to affect and manage change, Vocational Masters degree in pharmacy.
• Membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council
• Diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent documented clinical experience, Demonstrable commitment to continuing professional development / education
• Previous experience of providing education and training within pharmacy
• Experience as a non-medical prescriber (NMP)
Desirable criteria
• Relevant post diploma clinical experience at specialist clinical pharmacist level
• Tutor for postgraduate qualifications or pre-registration pharmacist tutor, Well-developed knowledge of education and training in pharmacy
• Good presentation skills
• Competent in the regulation and legislation of pharmaceutical services / medicines
Desirable criteria
• Extensive knowledge of pharmacy audit, Computer literate
• Be a role model for Pharmacists, 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

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months' of their 18^th birthday. 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 £26.50 (standard disclosure) or £54.50 (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. 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. If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post. Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.