Job summary

Are you fed up with being fed up at work?

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At The Medicine Chest pharmacy we believe in breaking the mould and doing things differently! We are situated in the heart of the city within the Birmingham Children's Hospital and offer a world-class specialist paediatric service to over 900,000 children annually. Our new branch in the Birmingham Women's' Hospital, Edgbaston, offers outstanding specialist care to Women of all backgrounds and we would like you to challenge your beliefs of what pharmacy teams can achieve!

At the heart of the city, we have excellent transportation links, a caring team with teamwork at the centre of everything we do and provide specialist training and development bespoke to your needs in a world-renowned specialist institution.

TMC are proud to say we have a dynamic pharmacy team that collaborate across the hospital to provide safe, effective, and efficient care to all those who come through our doors. Our brand of pharmacy aims to promote a happy, supportive, and empowering environment to each and every one of our team members to thrive in a fast-paced, highly rewarding environment. We are committed to growth and development and we believe in investing in our staff, so they can invest in our patients!

But don't take our word for it! Please see the full advert attached for what our current staff have to say:

Main duties of the job

• To lead, develop and deliver the clinical pharmacy service to ensure all patients receive outstanding pharmaceutical care
• To supervise, motivate and support the team to ensure smooth and efficient flow of work.
• To work with the Pharmacy and wider multidisciplinary teams to deliver quality improvement projects to enhance patient care, efficiency and safety across a number of clinical areas.
• Provide exceptional customer service, addressing enquiries and concerns of patients, families, and healthcare staff with professionalism and empathy.
• Work in close coordination with pharmacists and healthcare professionals to ensure proper medication management for paediatric patients
• Utilise pharmacy software systems to process prescriptions and maintain accurate documentation

About us
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.

Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• B/M.Pharm
• On the register of the GPhC
• Good spoken and written English, and numeracy.

Desirable

• Post-graduate qualification
• Member of the Faculty of the RPS

Skills

• Able to act as a role model for patient care
• Able to use my leadership skills to engage staff in my vision involving them, using great communication and recognising their contributions.
• Able to understand the complex clinical and social needs of patients and families and to meet those needs whenever possible
• Able to understand complex clinical situations and to discuss and make recommendations to resolve issues arising from them with medical, nursing and other staff
• Able to use a variety of computer software to organise and present information
• Able to work independently, prioritise, set goals and meet deadlines.
• Able to identify issues and use own initiative to address them.
• Able to maintain standards and accuracy whilst working under pressure.

Desirable

• Previous pharmacy management experience.
• Previous experience of delivering clinical pharmacy services to neonatal/ paediatric patients and staff specialising in neonatology/ paediatrics
• Previous experience of delivering clinical pharmacy services to a Women's directorate.
• Previous experience of providing medicines information in a clinical context.
• Previous experience and knowledge of audit
• Awareness of requirements towards CQC and NHSLA standards for medicines management

Disposition

• Good team player.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients and their families, and colleagues.
• Trustworthy and respectful of confidential information about both patients and colleagues
• Adaptable to change in working practices and flexible in terms of working hours on an occasional basis.
• Able to remain professional in busy circumstances

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Birmingham Women's Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, B4 6NH, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

We are an equal opportunities employer.