Job Description

Advanced Specialist Pharmacist - Antimicrobial Stewardship and Critical Care.



Band 8a 55,690- 62,682 pa



Average of 37.5 hours/week across a 7 day working rota (with a maximum weekend commitment of 1 in 4)



A fantastic opportunity has arisen to become an Advanced Specialist Pharmacist for Antimicrobials and Critical Care at the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM). We are looking for an experienced clinical pharmacist to deliver and lead a high quality and patient-focused clinical pharmacy service to the infectious diseases and adult critical care specialties. We have a 14 bed specialist infectious diseases unit and a 66 bed adult ITU unit.



To be considered you will need to be able to proactively engage with clinicians and the wider specialty multi-disciplinary teams to deliver high quality medicines optimisation, governance and safety initiatives; supporting patient flow for both in-patient and out-patient areas, while working effectively as a key member of the team in these dynamic clinical specialties.



Working closely with clinicians, nursing staff and the directorate management team, you will ensure the delivery of evidence-based, safe, cost-effective pharmaceutical care to patients treated within the specialty, whether as inpatients or as outpatients. You will work closely with a team of rotational pharmacists and medicines management technicians to lead the clinical pharmacy service to the inpatient ID ward and to the Critical Care unit. You will also work closely with the department of clinical microbiology to support the wider aims of the trust antimicrobial stewardship activities.



In addition, you will contribute to the strategic development of the clinical pharmacy service provided to the relevant divisions by supporting the Advanced Clinical Lead Pharmacists and the Deputy Chief Pharmacist - Clinical services and the Clinical Director of Pharmacy.



The Pharmacy Directorate is a friendly, enthusiastic and committed team and you would be joining us at an exciting time.



University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.



All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.



UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.



At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.



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