Advanced Specialist Pharmacist

4 weeks ago

Sheffield, United Kingdom Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Full time

Job overview

The Pharmacy Education Specialist is responsible for developing, managing, and delivering high-quality undergraduate pharmacy education and training programs within the Trust. This role involves collaborating with academic institutions, the NHS, and other stakeholders to ensure the training programs meet the required standards and the needs of the students. The Specialist will lead the coordination delivery and evaluation of placement programs, provide induction and training support and contribute to the development of inter-professional learning opportunities. Additionally, they will be responsible for delivering a comprehensive program of practice-based clinical teaching for undergraduate pharmacy and medical students, including the design of assessment tools and the provision of training and support for supervising staff. 

Main duties of the job

Collaboratively develop with regional tutors a hospital training program and develop/manage/deliver the pharmacy education curricula.  Coordinate pharmacy student placements and ensure quality standards are met.  Provide induction training and act as a tutor for pharmacy trainees and students.  Collaborate with education providers and stakeholders to optimize training programs.  Develop and implement quality assurance systems for undergraduate pharmacy training Deliver practice-based clinical teaching for pharmacy and medical students.  Support the undergraduate Medical Education pharmacy program. Design assessment tools and provide training for staff overseeing student assessments.

Working for our organisation

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet a range of healthcare professionals & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Determine the requirements for undergraduate pharmacy training programs within the Trust in conjunction with the Pharmacy Education & Training, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences (University of Central Lancashire) Education & Training team, the NHSE and with reference to the GPHC standards.

Work with the Medical Education Specialist pharmacist to develop, manage, deliver and evaluate of prescribing and therapeutics for undergraduate and postgraduate students from UCLAN and medical students from University of Manchester.

Develop the placement training programme/syllabus to ensure the identified needs of the students are met and the requirements of the education providers and other stakeholders are fulfilled.

Lead and co-ordinate the delivery of the UCLAN placement programme, engaging other appropriate pharmacists and health professionals as required.

Work in partnership with the HEI's and the NHSE to ensure the undergraduate placement programmes are delivered to the required standard.

Develop quality assurance (QA) systems to evaluate the effectiveness of all pharmacy aspects of undergraduate training.

Provide induction training on safe prescribing and medicines optimisation for all new staff to the Trust as required by the Education & Training team.

Act as a tutor for Foundation pharmacists or Pharmacists studying for a post graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or clinical pharmacy practice, ensuring the students' needs are met and the requirements of the education providers are adhered to.

Work closely with the pharmacy Education and Governance teams to ensure that appropriate training and assessment is provided in relation to medicines management and safe medication use and feed this into all aspects of medical education.

Identify opportunities for, and with the assistance of the Pharmacy Education & Training team, establishing inter-professional learning where appropriate.

To deliver a programme of practice-based clinical teaching for undergraduate student pharmacists on the MPharm degree course at the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences (University of Central Lancashire).

To work with other Clinical Tutors and the Placement Team at the university to continually develop and evaluate the programme of practice-based clinical teaching.

To ensure the skills for providing person-centred care, medicines optimisation / pharmaceutical care, and safe and effective prescribing are taught and assessed within the practice-based clinical teaching programme, including necessary clinical assessment skills.

To develop and use appropriate assessment tools to enable student pharmacists to demonstrate their clinical knowledge and skills.

To provide appropriate training and support for all staff involved with supervising and assessing student pharmacists.

Person specification

Qualifications and Education

Essential criteria

MPharm or equivalent Registration with the GPhC Post graduate clinical qualification

Desirable criteria

MRPharmS Post graduate certificate in education Independent Prescribing Qualification and Registration

Knowledge and Experienec

Essential criteria

Substantial post registration hospital experience with experience in a senior clinical pharmacist and/or prescribing role Knowledge of key principles of safe and effective prescribing and risks associated with poor prescribing Experience of teaching in small and large groups Delivery of clinical pharmacy services to a broad range of specialities Knowledge and evidence of application of national guidance, evidence based medicine ad prescribing legislation Evidence of significant, relevant and on-going CPD Service / personnel management / supervision Experience of training others Experience of audit and research

Desirable criteria

Acute Trust / Tertiary Referral Centre experience Experience of project management Advanced knowledge of medical education agendas and teaching methods Experience in planning and evaluating teaching Experience of teaching undergraduates Experience in planning and evaluating assessments

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