Senior Pharmacist - Women's and Neonatal Services

Employer information

Flexible working

Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.

Job overview

Are you ready to make a difference?

This post does not require on-call, out of hours, weekend or bank holiday working but you may be required to provide advice to support the on-call pharmacist or pharmacy team outside your normal working hours.

If you want to be a part of an ambitious team that continually strives to deliver outstanding clinical care to women, babies and their families then we need you!

We are seeking two part-time highly skilled, motivated, and enthusiastic senior pharmacists to join our pharmacy team based at our Birmingham Women's Hospital pharmacy site. You will be responsible for leading, supporting and developing the clinical pharmacy service to ensure all our patients receive exceptional pharmaceutical care. You will oversee the delivery of high quality, proactive and patient focused clinical pharmacy services in a range of specialties across the maternity, gynaecology and neonatal directorates to include neonatal intensive care and will deputise for the principal pharmacist when required. Your contribution and dedication really will make a difference to our patients every day you come to work.

We are proud to say we have a dynamic and supportive pharmacy team that aspires to provide safe, effective, and efficient care to every individual who comes through our doors. We strive to promote a happy, collaborative, and empowering work environment so each and every member of our team can thrive and make a meaningful impact.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

To lead, develop and deliver the clinical pharmacy service to ensure all patients receive outstanding pharmaceutical care

To co- ordinate the day-to-day duties, overseeing any additional duties required, identifying any gaps and devising a plan to manage them.

To supervise, motivate and support the team to ensure smooth and efficient flow of work

To deputise for the Principal Pharmacist as required

To work with the Pharmacy and wider multidisciplinary teams to deliver service improvement projects to enhance patient care, efficiency, quality and safety across a number of clinical areas.

To attend multidisciplinary team and finance meetings to better patient care, safety and cost efficient use of medicines.

To write directorate reports, reporting on the finance, medicines safety and governance agenda

To support clinical governance processes across the divisions, investigating incidents where required and support medicines optimisation.

To take a lead in audit and education and training.

To take a lead in guideline/policy development to ensure safe and effective use of medicines compliant with relevant legislation

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MPharm or equivalent degree
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist
• Post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experience

Desirable criteria

• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Pharmacist Independent Prescriber

Knowledge & Nature of Experience

Essential criteria

• Minimum of three years post-qualification experience including substantial hospital experience.
• Experience within women's health and neonatal pharmacy.
• Experience of financial management and reporting.
• Experience of report writing.
• Experience of undertaking drug usage reviews and audit.
• Experience of preparing drug evaluations.
• Experience of formally interacting with senior clinicians and management.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Appreciation of the relationship of the Department of Health, Public Health England and individual providers and commissioning organisations.
• Sound knowledge of current national standards and guidelines relevant to the safe prescribing of high risk medicines.
• Good oral and written communication skills for a variety of audiences including patients, parents/carers and healthcare professionals
• Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large groups
• Ability to persuade senior staff of the respective merits of different options, innovation and new opportunities.
• Negotiate on difficult, complex and detailed issues.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of developing business cases.
• Experience of project management.
• Experience of working across organisational boundaries.
• Understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications on engagement.

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to analyse data on medication use and make recommendations on prescribing practice
• Application of skills to optimise individual patient's medication
• Problem solving skills and the ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
• Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
• Able to make decisions on difficult issues where there may be a number of courses of action
• Ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise

Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Input to strategic plans of internal and external teams
• Work with stakeholders to develop performance improvement plans
• Able to work effectively with colleagues as part of a team.
• Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders.
• Computer literacy including the ability to use Office applications such as Word and Excel

Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes

Essential criteria

• Effective organizational skills. Ability to prioritise a complex workload and work accurately under pressure adjusting plans to reflect changing circumstances
• Experience of managing and motivating a team of staff

Additional employer information

Sponsorship

Please note, visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles in line with current UKVI regulations. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for sponsorship before submitting your application. If you would like more information, please visit: UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

We understand that some applicants may choose to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in preparing their application materials. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind candidates that all submissions must be truthful and accurately reflect your own experiences and suitability for this role. Personal integrity and authenticity are central to our recruitment process. We value honesty and appreciate applications that are genuine and representative of the individual behind them.

Applications that rely too heavily on AI tools can appear generic and lack the detail we need to assess your skills and experience. Such applications will unlikely be progressed to interview.

Reasonable Adjustments

BWC is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to fostering an inclusive environment for those with a disability, long term health or mental health condition. The Disability Confident scheme means we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities, long term health or mental health conditions, and we want to ensure our recruitment practices are inclusive and accessible to all. Our aim is to get the best out of every individual and if successful for interview, you will be asked if you require any reasonable adjustments (special requirements). We will strive to support and accommodate these requests where possible.

Safeguarding

As a Trust employee you are required to comply with all legislation and guidance relating to safeguarding children and adults with care and support needs, and promoting their health and welfare. You are required to inform the Head of Safeguarding of any safeguarding concerns about your own children or children you live with. This information will be treated in a confidential manner.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

• Senior Pharmacist JD & PS (PDF, 474.3KB)
• Advert (PDF, 234.1KB)