Band 8a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Renal Immunosuppression

Job Summary

Do you get a little thrill from a perfectly timed tacrolimus level? Does "therapeutic range" make your heart skip a beat (but stay within range)? Then we need to talk. University Hospitals Birmingham is home to one of the UK's busiest renal transplant services, and we're about to make a big switch. Literally. For 12 months, you'll lead pharmacist-led clinics delivering the tacrolimus best value switch across Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Real patients, real impact, real savings for the NHS, and a project you'll be proudly talking about at interviews for years to come.

You'll be the go-to pharmacist for Renal Immunosuppression: running patient-facing clinics, untangling complex regimens, interpreting drug levels and giving expert advice to doctors, nurses, patients and carers. You'll bridge hospital and community care so no patient leaves without their meds sorted, represent pharmacy in the specialty and its networks, help shape guidelines and protocols, and support a team of pharmacists, technicians and trainees. You'll also step up as a senior clinical pharmacist across other specialties, so no two days will ever look quite the same, which keeps things interesting. Independent prescriber? Even better. In return: brilliant colleagues, strong senior support, great training and development opportunities and one of the most rewarding years of your career. Kidneys not included.

Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required

What you'll be doing

Leading pharmacist-led, patient-facing clinics to deliver the tacrolimus best value switch, from counselling and prescribing to follow-up

Running the day-to-day clinical pharmacy service to Renal Immunosuppression at QEH and Heartlands, screening prescriptions and optimising complex regimens

Interpreting drug levels through our TDM service and advising prescribers on dose changes

Linking with GPs and community pharmacies so every discharge is seamless

Developing guidelines, protocols and audits that keep medicines use safe, effective and good value

Teaching nurses, doctors, patients and our rotational pharmacists, and supervising pharmacists, technicians and trainees

Representing pharmacy in the specialty and its networks, and joining our clinical and bank holiday rotas

What you'll bring

GPhC registration, a postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification (or equivalent experience) and a non-medical prescribing qualification

Significant hospital pharmacy experience in renal, with solid knowledge of immunosuppression

Confident communication with everyone from consultants to anxious patients and carers

A problem-solving mindset, the ability to work calmly under pressure and to use your initiative

A passion for teaching, mentoring and motivating others

Commitment to your own development, including working towards RPS Faculty membership

Sound like you? For an informal chat, contact Jas Sall at jas.sall@uhb.nhs.uk

About Us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job Description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 4 year vocational Masters degree in pharmacy (or equivalent)
• Post-graduate clinical pharmacy qualification or equivalent experience
  
  

Working towards Level I Faculty Membership with the RPS

• Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Non-medical prescriber
  
  

Experience

Essential

• Significant post-registration hospital pharmacy experience in Renal
• Previous participation in multi-disciplinary team
• Demonstrates commitment and enthusiasm for providing high quality pharmaceutical care
• Experience of teaching/presenting to other healthcare professionals/patients
• Commitment to own Continuing Professional Development
• Possesses relevant clinical knowledge in Renal Immunosuppression
• Knowledge of national initiatives and guidelines, e.g. NICE, NSF
• Possesses knowledge of available resources to answer Medicines Information queries
• Able to work with drug budget information
• Demonstrates good knowledge of Renal Immunosuppression and current issues
• Previous involvement in clinical trials
  
  

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Team worker
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good oral, written communication & presentation skills
• Good computer skills
• Demonstrates problem solving skills
• Demonstrates empathy towards patients and carers
• Able to work under pressure, prioritise work and meet deadlines
• Ability to manage budgets and deliver on cost improvement programmes
• Able to use initiative and work without supervision when necessary
• Demonstrates teaching/mentoring skills & ability to motivate other staff
• Able to interact with clinical and managerial staff
• Demonstrates good critical appraisal skills
• Professional manner
• Well-motivated and reliable
• Able to work with all grades of staff
• Capacity to work calmly under pressure
  
  

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For Help With Your Application, Contact

Jas Sall

Jas.Sall@uhb.nhs.uk

01213715835

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57528.00 to £64750.00 Yearly

Contract

Fixed Term

Duration

12 Month(s)

Working pattern

Full-Time, Flexible Working

Reference number

304-1104559

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Attachments

Job Description

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