Job overview
An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, focused, and forward thinking individual to lead the pharmacy service provided to the Surgical wards and departments within South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The team consists of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and medicines management support. The team is currently made up of rotational band 6 and band 7 pharmacists alongside regular medicine management support.
As a clinical leader in your speciality, you will be responsible for clinical audit, implementation of medicines optimisation strategies, and service improvements aimed at enhancing the benefits that the pharmacy team bring to our surgical patients.
Main duties of the job
You will lead the clinical pharmacy team to deliver safe, effective and optimum clinical pharmacy services to surgical patients at South Tees Hospitals in addition to providing expert advice, guidance and information on treatment choices, medicines use, clinical pharmacy and financial issues to senior staff and managers within the services.
This post will involve development of clinical pharmacy services in Surgical Services to ensure medicines optimisation. The post holder will actively consult patients in a variety of clinical settings and make clinical interventions to improve patient care and patient safety. The post holder will also continuously complete service evaluation and monitoring of key performance indicators (KPIs) to continuously make improvements to the pharmacy service.
The trust has over 1000 beds across two acute hospital sites, plus beds in the community. We provide a comprehensive range of local, and specialist regional services including, neurosciences, renal medicine, spinal injuries, major trauma, cardiothoracic surgery, vascular surgery, hyper acute stroke services, paediatrics/neonates and cancer services including radiotherapy. The pharmacy department provides a stimulating, friendly, and professionally rewarding environment for staff to develop their clinical expertise. This post provides a varied experience as well as flexible and challenging opportunities for personal and professional development.
Working for our organisation
Leadership and Improvement Training
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to
Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role
After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
1. Ability to apply theoretical knowledge to clinical practice
2. Involvement in development of evidence-based clinical guidelines, polices and protocols
3. Strong knowledge of medicines information resources
Desirable criteria
4. Membership of regional/national/international specialist interest groups relevant to field of practice
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
5. Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
6. Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
7. Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent relevant postgraduate clinical qualification
8. Pharmacist independent prescribing accreditation or actively working towards qualification
9. Evidence of CPD and ongoing education
Desirable criteria
10. Relevant postgraduate clinical qualification or management qualification
11. Membership with Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
12. Working towards RPS advanced clinical practice or consultancy frameworks
Experience
Essential criteria
13. Wealth of experience in clinical pharmacy within a hospital setting
14. Experience of providing directorate level pharmacist services budgetary reports, drug usage reviews
15. Developments of protocols and policies
16. Experience of developing strong professional relationships with other healthcare professionals
17. Experience of leading and contributing to relevant research, audit and service improvement projects
18. Experience of involvement in multidisciplinary service development
Desirable criteria
19. Staff leadership and management experience
20. Experience in mentorship and training for other staff
21. Teaching experience in clinical and classroom setting
Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)
It is now the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. We welcome applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network; LGBT+ Network; Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions Network, Faith Network, Childless not by Choice Network and the Menopause Support Group.
As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.
If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at
Right to Work in the UK
The Trust welcomes applications from all candidates who meet the criteria for the role. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - (.
Please provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Your current immigration status will not be considered as part of the shortlisting or interview process.
Please note that not everyone needs a Skilled Worker visa. If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead.
We are able to offer sponsorship for a Health and Care Worker or Skilled Worker visa, subject to candidate and position eligibility. Please review the job eligibility guidance for skilled workers here: Skilled Worker visa: Your job - ( and for the Health and Care Worker visa here: Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - (
Please note: if the job you are applying for does not meet the eligibility criteria above, we will be unable to offer you sponsorship and you will need to explore whether you may be eligible to apply for an alternative immigration route which will secure your right to work in the UK before you apply. If you are in the UK already on a visa, please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post.
The Trust encourages and supports all applicants to be fully vaccinated against both COVID19 and influenza.
Please be aware, there are occasions where some vacancies may close prior to the closing date advertised. This will only happen where sufficient applications are received AND will be made evident on the job advert.
Please note if you are successfully shortlisted, we will contact you via the email address that you have applied from so please ensure you check your emails regularly.
Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants.