Practice Development Pharmacist

Job overview

Are you an experienced Clinical Pharmacist with a passion for Pharmacy who is looking for a role where you can continue to grow and use your clinical expertise alongside developing your passion for supporting the education and training of Pharmacy staff?

Are you ready for transformation, change and improvement, as we look to redesign what the Pharmacy roles will look like in the future in line with the changes to Pharmacy education and training, alongside the current workforce challenges in secondary care?

We are looking for someone with significant experience of clinical Pharmacy who wants to pass on their experience by training and developing our team, in particular foundation and early career pharmacists. Being out on the wards with Pharmacists helping them to deliver a Pharmacy service that is high quality, safe, and improve patient outcomes. We are willing to discuss progressional positions (Band 7 to 8a) for those candidates with less experience than desired for the post.

We need someone who will be a role model for Pharmacy, having strong leadership, organisational and training/coaching skills.

A relocation package of up to £8,000 is available for those relocating to the area (please contact us for more details).

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for the delivery of the Pharmacy education and training programme.
• Managing the Training Foundation Pharmacists.
• Acting as a clinical tutor for Early Career Pharmacists.
• Support the training of Pharmacy Technicians.
• Support the education of other healthcare professionals on medication related issues.
• Opportunity to explore teaching opportunities at the University of East Anglia School of Pharmacy.

You will also undertake other duties expected of Senior Pharmacists such as providing clinical, professional and mentoring support to our junior Pharmacists and ward-based Technicians to deliver a smooth service for patients, including a small proportion of your time providing a clinical service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for a full and comprehensive overview for this position.