Acute and Respiratory Specialist Pharmacist

2 weeks ago


Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are looking for

candidates for 12-month contracts. There is a potential to extend this to 24 months on agreement of both parties.

The successful applicant will be a doctor wishing to develop their skills and knowledge of Cardiology and internal medicine (in either Respiratory medicine, Gastro/Hep, Care of the Elderly or AMU). The post will be a combination of service provision, including out of hours and on-call duties.

Clinical: ward based duties to include routine review of patients, progressing care, prescribing, requesting and evaluating relevant tests, liaising with all medical and allied health professionals.

Education: there are educational opportunities throughout the working week including Consultant led teaching sessions, journal club in Cardiology, General Medical grand round and core training.

On-call: the successful applicants will join the existing medical SHO on-call rota throughout the post.

University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, with a workforce of over 13,000 staff and 100+ different clinical services across 10 sites, serving a population of over 500,000 people across Bristol and Weston. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to patients. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust, committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact.

Join us and you can enjoy city living, be in the countryside or by the seaside, with easy access to all the South West offers. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

As an equal opportunities employer, actively working towards a diverse workforce, we aim to create a workforce that represents the diversity of our community and are committed to designing our services around the needs of patients and their loved ones. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

It is important that you are aware that you may need to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, for all patient facing roles and roles within patient facing areas (unless there is a clear medical reason or where there are other exceptional circumstances such as no requirement for occasional patient contact).

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specifications for further details of this position.

This post requires an ASAP start.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

Able to assess, resuscitate and stabilise acutely sick patients Able to participate as a key member of cardiac arrest team Demonstrates good clinical judgement Understands audit and governance processes Designed and/or completed audits

Desirable criteria

Completed specialist skills courses (eg difficult airways, ATLS/APLS, ultrasound course etc)

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

Ability to organise and prioritise workload Good communication skills Honesty and reliability Ability to work effectively within a team Flexibility

Desirable criteria

Ability to take on administrative roles within the department

Aptitudes

Essential criteria

Supportive Respectful Innovative Collaborative

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

Registered with GMC (UK) At least 24 months fulltime hospital service as a trainee in the foundation grade or higher. No unexplained career gaps Advanced life support provider

Desirable criteria

MRCAMA/MRCP/MRCS (part 1) or equivalent Other membership, fellowship or diploma

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

· As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

· The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.

· UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.

· To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.

· If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.

· The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

· By applying for this post, you are agreeing to University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

· Please be aware of scams – unless specified above, we will only communicate with you via or e-mails and we will never ask you for any payments.



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