Job summaryThe Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Senior Pharmacist to join our Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) team , working in a joint role that also includes being a Academic Practitioner with the University of Birmingham.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinical pharmacist who is passionate about delivering high-quality patient care in fast-paced acute setting, while also shaping the next generation of pharmacists through teaching, supervision and academic leadership.
As a key member of the AMS team, you will provide advanced clinical pharmacy services . You will work as an independent prescriber, contribute to multidisciplinary ward rounds, and lead on antibiotic optimisation for complex and acutely unwell patients.
Alongside your clinical responsibilities, you will hold a practitioner role within the School of Pharmacy & Life Sciences. You will contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, support clinical placements, supervise students, and participate in scholarly activity that enhances the academic profile of the School.
This dual role offers an excellent balance of frontline clinical practice, education, research and service development.
Main duties of the job- Provide specialist support and advice to all grades of healthcare professionals, patients and/or their carers on prudent antimicrobial use, including the clinical- and cost-effective choice of antimicrobial agent, prescribing, and administration and monitoring requirements.
- Support the Principal Pharmacist for AMS to deliver highly specialist training regarding AMS and AMR to pharmacy colleagues, nursing staff, medical staff and students within the Trust.
- Support the Principal Pharmacist for AMS to ensure all trust guidelines, policies and procedures and the antimicrobial formulary are regularly reviewed and updated in line with the latest clinical evidence and national guidance
- Provide clinical pharmacy services to wards, departments and Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) clinics
- Attend regular AMS and antifungal stewardship (AFS) ward rounds
- To work as non-medical Independent Prescriber (NMP) (if qualified) within scope of clinical knowledge and competence to support safe prescribing and administration of medicines.
- At the University of Birmingham, you will contribute across the range of teaching and learning activities
- At the University of Birmingham, you will contribute to Departmental /School administration
About usThe Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.
We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
The Trust provides a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
The University of Birmingham School of Pharmacy has a collegial culture, and resides within the College of Medical and Dental Sciences facilitating interdisciplinary working with researchers and practitioners in Medicine, Dentistry, Biomedical Science, Nursing, and Physiotherapy. Our educational environment encourages collaboration with clinical colleagues, enabling inter-professional education and innovative teaching. You will be working with highly experienced academics.
Job responsibilitiesPlease see the full job description and person specification attached to the vacancy for a detailed description.
Applicants must be registered with the GPhC, have comprehensive experience as a clinical pharmacist in a hospital setting, have comprehensive experience of supervising/ training/ assessing students or staff, and have a postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent.
Person SpecificationExperienceEssential- Significant post-registration experience working recently in an Acute Trust setting.
- Experience in supervising, training and assessing staff
- Ability to analyse and resolve highly complex situations, and able to provide expert advice when required.
- Ability to achieve targets and tight deadlines
Desirable- Experience of working as part of the pharmacy team within the AMS Speciality
- Previous experience of supervising, training and assessing staff, or leading an aspect of an education programme
- Excellent leadership skills
- Networking skills, disseminating good practice both regionally and nationally.
- Ability to enthuse and engage multidisciplinary teams to include consultant clinicians, accountants, and finance managers as well as pharmacy staff
QualificationEssential- Registered Pharmacist with the GPhC
- Postgraduate clinical diploma or equivalent qualification/accreditation (e.g. RPS Newly Qualified Pharmacist Pathway)
Desirable- Independent prescribing qualification
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 SponsorshipApplications 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 RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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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.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). 
