Main area Clinical Pharmacy Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
* Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week (including weekend and bank holiday rota) Job ref 320-CDCS-3802
Employer University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Royal Derby Hospital
Town Derby
Salary £55,690 - £62,682 pro rata pa
Salary period Yearly
Closing 16/09/2025 23:59
Interview date 30/09/2025
Advanced Pharmacist Prescriber - Frailty Team (FEAT) & Acute Medicine
Band 8a
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
With over 14,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.
As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.
The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.
Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme
To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.
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Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.
Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for;
Job overview
Come work with us!
This is a great opportunity to join our friendly pharmacy team at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton. The department is progressive, supportive and provides ample opportunities for growth and development.
You will be a key member of the multidisciplinary Frail Elderly Assessment Team (FEAT) and Acute Medicine teams at the Royal Derby Hospital. You will be working alongside other clinicians whilst providing an enhanced clinical pharmacy service and utilising independent prescribing skills to assist the team to ensure high quality, safe and timely management of patients.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a supportive, friendly and approachable team of dedicated advanced clinical pharmacists & technicians. We are a pro-active team; encourage research and personal development and most recently, the team was a 2024 finalist for the HSJ Patient Safety Awards.
You will work collaboratively with the MDT and the well established pharmacy teams working in the admissions areas. We are also actively involved in training and education of pharmacy and non-pharmacy staff. We aim to provide the best care for our patients and fully support our team members personal development to achieve this.
This is a split post with roughly 50% of time spent working within the FEAT team and 50% of time with the acute medicine team.
We look forward to receiving your applications and meeting you.
Main duties of the job
* Ensuring the quality, accuracy and safety of prescribing in a busy clinical area with a high patient turnover.
* Attend ward rounds and support the MDT with on-the-spot clinical advice and implementation of prescribing decisions, promoting use of Trust and national clinical guidelines and optimising patient medication where possible.
* Help support quality, safety and timeliness of prescribing at discharge and to facilitate effective communication of medication changes to GPs and primary care teams.
* Provide pharmacy cover to the admissions areas as necessary.
* To assist the Divisional Lead Pharmacist to recruit, develop and motivate staff to maximise performance and delivery of service objectives.
* Provide line management for Pharmacist or technician staff as required
We see pharmacist independent prescriber status as a critical part of this role but will accept applications from candidates currently working towards this or willing to undergo training to achieve this qualification.
Closing date of applications: 16/09/2025
Interview date: 30/09/2025
Working for our organisation
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
* Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
* On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
* Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
* We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
* We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
* An average of 1115 patients are seen in AEs across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
* Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
* Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
* We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
* We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
* UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and Person Specification. To apply please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB – this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.
* Provides safe, effective and timely services to individual patients
* Regular clinical pharmacy practice within specialist clinical area.
* Ability to identify and manage risk
* Plans and organises performance indicators and audit.
* Ability to effect and manage change
* Experience in service planning and project management in short-medium term.
* Prior experience managing change
Knowledge, training and experience
* Vocational Master’s Degree in Pharmacy plus additional demonstrable pre-registration training, portfolio-based experience and final examination.
* PG Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
* Significant post-registration hospital practice experience including specialist clinical pharmacy practice in a relevant area.
* Wide-ranging clinical pharmacy experience and expert knowledge and ability to use research findings to develop services and patient care.
* Non-medical prescribing qualification within specialist area of practice relevant to acute admissions.
* Statutory regulatory membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council.
* Membership of other organisations (e.g. RPSGB, Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists, etc)
Communication and relationships
* Excellent communication skills, verbal and written to communicate with a broad spectrum of people (from senior Division managers to members of the public). Able to articulate information and present clearly to healthcare staff, patients and members of the public.
* Ability to influence senior & junior healthcare staff (pharmacy, medical, nursing staff and managers) e.g. therapeutic decisions.
* Demonstrable leadership skills – role model for clinical pharmacists.
* Effective computer / IT knowledge and skills.
* Training in influencing and negotiating skills.
* Training in leadership / management skills
Our Trust aims to provide the highest quality care to patients within Derbyshire and South East Staffordshire and we want the very best people to work with us.
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
If we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
At UHDB, we offer different ways to work flexibly to each and every one of our colleagues, many of whom already work flexibly at all sites of the Trust.
For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part-time/ reduced hours/ compressed hours/ flexible start and finish times/ fixed/flexible shifts/annualised hours/ term time hours/ hybrid working – working partly in the trust/partly at home.
Why don’t you talk to us at interview about the flexibility you would like to explore and what it means to you, and we will discuss what’s possible for the job and team, and the opportunities we might be able to create together.
We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to work with you to look at all the available options.
Most of our posts are subject to a DBS check, however having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from obtaining a position. Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
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Name Douglas Johnson Job title Divisional Lead Pharmacist - Acute Medicine Email address douglas.johnson2@nhs.net Telephone number 01332 783 884
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