Band 7 Senior Support Pharmacist - Critical Care and TraumainBirminghaminBirminghamPUBLISHED WED 19 MAR 2025
No prior experience in critical care? No problem! We provide in-house training and mentoring from our expert critical care team, along with regular learning sessions and support for advanced qualifications. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills further, contribute to innovative pharmacy practices, and support junior staff while enjoying flexible working conditions. If you're motivated to thrive in a dynamic healthcare setting and are ready to take the next step in your career, we’d love to hear from you!
We are seeking a proactive and enthusiastic pharmacist to join our critical care team (including a sub-speciality in trauma) with the opportunity to develop both clinical and leadership skills. This is a unique opportunity developed to provide you with a higher level of professional development.
You will deliver both high-quality clinical patient care and support the operational delivery of the pharmacy services to critically ill patients. Your role will involve close collaboration with medical, nursing, and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure exceptional patient care is delivered through medicines optimisation. Additionally you will have the opportunity to develop your skillset in education provision, governance, medicines expenditure, and guideline development.
While previous experience in critical care is desirable, it is not essential, as we offer in-house teaching and training, as well you will be supported with teaching sessions led by the critical care team. As a Department we provide:
*Regular learning sessions in work time
*Clinical supervision
*Support for independent prescribing
*Support Royal Pharmaceutical Society credentialing
To partake in specialised clinical pharmacy duties on the critical care units, trauma wards at QEHB, ensuring core clinical pharmacy activities are undertaken.
To develop effective working relationships, to challenge and to prioritise your own work as well of the work of the team.
To assist in providing a specialist pharmaceutical service to tertiary services including the provision of education and training, procedures, protocols and medicines usage information.
To ensure that through the provision of pharmacy services and advice to patients, carers and other healthcare professionals, there is safe and effective use of medicines.
To provide leadership and directorate/service support roles to the trauma services, and within critical care.
To support junior staff in the department
To take full part in clinical/dispensary rota, weekend rota and bank holiday duties
Cross site critical care cover may be required with prior notice.
To take part in the support of pharmacy out-of-hours service (first on-call duties)
If you are a motivated and proactive pharmacist looking to advance your career in a dynamic and supportive environment, we encourage you to apply for this opportunity. This role will equip you with a strong foundation for advanced level practice and support you in progressing to specialist pharmacist roles. Hospital pharmacists with 12 or more months experience are encouraged to apply.
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