Support Pharmacist - Ltd

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The closing date is 24 June 2025

Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary company of University Hospitals Birmingham, which was established in 2011. We provide a pharmacy service for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) and Heartlands Hospital Birmingham (BHH).

We currently service both the out-patients and in-patients due to be discharged from QEHB and BHH and operate in a manner akin to a community pharmacy with the hospital clinical pharmacy team maintaining oversight and responsibility for the clinical accuracy of prescriptions for both discharge and many outpatient clinics.

We are currently recruiting for pharmacists to join our team at the QEHB site. It is essential that the candidates are flexible and have experience in a busy pharmacy environment with high volume dispensing. All pharmacists are expected to lead the team to deliver the best care for our patients so the successful applicant should be able to demonstrate strengths in both excellent customer service and team leading skills. We welcome applicants from either hospital or community settings for this dispensary-based role.

This is a unique opportunity to support the delivery of the care from our automated pharmacies. After a qualifying period we aim to support post-graduate education and the development of staff is ongoing, therefore this is an ideal opportunity for a pharmacist who may wish to gain secondary care experience to further a clinical pharmacy role in the future.

Main duties of the job

To ensure the safe, efficient and effective delivery of all aspects of the pharmacy services delivered by in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Birmingham and/ or Heartlands Hospital Birmingham, in accordance with national and local standards.

To provide leadership to and act as a role model for the support staff of Ltd.

To fulfil the statutory responsibilities as required by the GPhC and DoH.

To contribute to the development of a high quality and timely pharmacy service for patients.

To develop an effective working relationships with prescribers.

To contribute to the development of appropriate additional clinical or patient centred services.

To contribute to the optimisation and development of the overall profitability of the business.

To contribute to the efficient management and administration of the business.

Work collaboratively and supportively with the pharmacy manager/superintendent.

To work collaboratively and co-operatively with the pharmacy manger and other pharmacists in order to avoid or minimise the use of locum pharmacists.

Note that all posts are recruited to under terms and conditions of Ltd.

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 responsibilities

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Person Specification Qualifications

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Experience

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Additional Criteria

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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.

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