University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Band 8a Specialist Pharmacist TP (GHH)
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Job Summary
Most pharmacists have to choose: stay clinical or move into academia. This role doesn't make you choose - and it doesn't put your clinical career on the back burner either.
We're recruiting a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist Teacher Practitioner to split their week between Good Hope Hospital and Aston University. On the hospital side, you'll lead clinical pharmacy service delivery, line-manage a team of pharmacists, and help train and develop trainee pharmacists - genuine leadership experience, not just clinical delivery.
On the university side, you'll lecture, run workshops, design learning content, mark assessments and act as personal tutor - real ownership, not occasional teaching cover.
Good Hope and Aston University are both easy to reach from central Birmingham by public transport. If you're ready to be stretched, supported and genuinely valued in both halves of your career, we want to hear from you.
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
Split your week 50/50: clinical leadership at Good Hope, teaching leadership at Aston.
On the wards, you'll lead clinical pharmacy service delivery - screening prescriptions, reconciling medicines and monitoring therapeutic drug levels. You'll line-manage a team of pharmacists, participate in the training of trainee pharmacists, and supervise undergraduate pharmacy placements, with real scope to grow your own leadership and people-management skills.
At Aston University, you'll shape how the next generation learns: delivering lectures and workshops, developing teaching materials, marking student work, overseeing hospital placements and acting as personal tutor to MPharm students. You'll also have real scope to pursue clinical and pedagogic research in an area you care about.
You don't need teaching experience to apply - just solid hospital pharmacy experience and enthusiasm for developing others. We'll support you through Fellowship of Advance HE (FHEA) if you don't already hold it.
What You'll Get
- A genuine split career, not a token teaching add-on
- Structured leadership and line management experience within a supportive clinical team
- Protected learning time built into your working week
- Support toward non-medical prescribing (NMP), if not already qualified
- Health, wellbeing and family benefits, including NHS discounts at retailers, restaurants and leisure facilities
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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
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational Masters degree in pharmacy (or equivalent)
- Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Has completed a postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification or equivalent advanced practice.
- Willing to work towards a non-medical prescribing qualification
Desirable
- Has completed a non-medical prescribing course and registered as an NMP with the GPhC
- Working towards Level I Faculty Membership with the RPS
Experience
Essential
- Possesses relevant clinical knowledge in complex clinical pharmacy settings
- 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 (CPD)
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Additional Criteria
Essential
- Able to demonstrate a professional approach
- Well-motivated and reliable
- Able to work with all grades and staff roles
- Able to work calmly under pressure
- Able to travel across all Trust sites as required by job role
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.
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01214249299
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£57528.00 to £64750.00 Yearly
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-9017661
Job locations
Good Hope Hospital
Rectory Rd
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B75 7RR
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Job Description
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