Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced pharmacist to utilise clinical independent prescribing and leadership skills as they develop and lead clinical an operational pharmacy service provided to patients on the virtual wards and the urgent community response service in Tees Community.
Hospital at Home service provides hospital level care for patients in their own home to avoid hospital admission and facilitate discharge. Urgent community response reviews patients within 2 hours of referral to avoid hospital admission.
Hospital at Home offers a hospital standard of community care in peoples own homes for frailty patients who are at highest risk of poor health outcomes such as falls, disability, admission to hospital, or the need for long-term care.
The service helps to reduce avoidable hospital admissions, while ensuring patients get the care they need from the comfort of their own homes.
Patients are monitored daily by a multidisciplinary team and are overseen by a GP or consultant. Visits from the team are arranged as and when required to meet individual needs.
This is an excellent opportunity for a pharmacist to be a crucial member of the MDT for one of the most rapidly expanding clinical services within the Tees Valley Community.
Successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.
Main duties of the job
We are looking to appoint a confident and competent pharmacist who can demonstrate effective clinical skills and service development. You will be responsible for leading and developing the clinical pharmacy service within the Urgent Community Response service (UCR) encompassing the
Hospital at Home Virtual Ward to provide excellent at home and on site patient centered care.
The role will additionally involve leading and implementing service improvements and expansion. The successful candidate will be provided with all the relevant training and support, as well as provided with ample opportunities to allow personal growth, and career progression. You will work
as a crucial part of the multi-disciplinary team working alongside consultant, GP, nursing and pharmacy colleagues to deliver safe and effective patient care.
The pharmacy department at South Tees hosts over 180 staff, and provides a stimulating, friendly, and professionally rewarding environment for staff to develop their clinical expertise and professionalism.
Working for our organisation
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. 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 following training sessions:
Your Leadership Impact
Leading your Team to Success
Leading Into the Future
Service Improvement for Beginners
Developing your Service Improvement Skills
Lean Practitioner
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust values and behaviours
Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
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
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
1. Qualified to a masters degree level (MPharm or equivalent)
2. Registration with the General Pharmaceutical council or Great Britain as a practising pharmacist
3. Non-medical prescriber qualification
4. Post graduate Diploma in clinical pharmacy, or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
5. Teaching, tutoring, or mentoring of pre-registration pharmacists
6. Worked as a clinical pharmacist at a high level
7. Experience and involvement of service development
Desirable criteria
8. Experience of a pharmacist led clinic
9. Experience of quality and/or cost improvement projects
10. Experience of leading service development
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
11. Professional knowledge acquired through vocational masters degree in pharmacy
12. Significant post-qualification experience in a relevant role, practicing as a pharmacist in hospital or primary care
13. Experience of supervising staff and leading a team
Desirable criteria
14. Experience of Community Services
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.