• Job Description

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  Job summary

  Principal Pharmacist (Bank)

  Department: Pharmacy

  Band 8a, £53,755 - £60,504 Per annum, pro rata

  Hours: 37.5hrs per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working

  The Pharmacy at Milton Keynes University Hospital has seen exceptional growth and investment over recent years, both in staff and facilities. As a result, we are excited to be able to offer a new speciality role.

  We have several Speciality Principal Pharmacist post - Bank, you will work closely with and manage the relevant Pharmacy Teams and the multidisciplinary teams supporting inpatient areas and virtual wards, to provide pharmacy and medicines related advice as part of the multidisciplinary team (MDT).

  We care We communicate We collaborate We contribute'

  Please note that we are not able to offer sponsorship for this role.

  Interview date: 16 June 2025

  Main duties of the job

  Medication Safety Officer:Are you a pharmacist passionate about ensuring medication safety and providing top-tier medicine information? Do you have a keen eye for detail and a commitment to improving patient care? Do you have experience in running high-quality, patient-centred pharmacy services? If so, we want you to join us. We have recently undertaken a change in the manner in which safety incidence are managed, using the PSIRF model. This focuses on learning from errors, and we are looking for a principal pharmacist with experience in hospital pharmacy or Medication Safety experience to join the Medicines Use team. You will bring a passion for health and wellbeing with a desire to support both patients and staff of the hospital to manage their health and improve from incidence. You will have an eye for service development, system wide learning and governance processes. You will need strong clinical skills and a good knowledge of hospital pharmacy practice to be able to liaise with prescribers and nurses to optimise the use of medicines and reduce the risk of medication safety incidence to ensure the best possible patient outcomes

  About us

  '90% reported feeling trusted to do their job and always knowing their responsibilities.' (NHS Staff Survey 2023).

  You can expect a warm welcome at Milton Keynes University Hospital, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At MKUH we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

  Free on-site parking

  Free tea and coffee

  Great flexible workingopportunities

  Discounted gym membership

  Lease car scheme

  Generous annual leave and pension scheme

  On site nursery (chargeable)

  Extensive staff health and well-being programme

  Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital; we conduct research and teaching on site to improve the care of our patients. The hospital is undergoing significant investment, and we are proud to be rated good by the CQC. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.

  Details

  Date posted

  28 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8a

  Salary

  £53,755 to £60,504 a year Per annum, pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Flexible working

  Reference number

  430-BankPharmacist-8A

  Job locations

  Pharmacy

  Milton Keynes Hospital, Eaglestone,

  Milton Keynes

  MK6 5LD

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Medicine Information and Safety Pharmacist:Are you a pharmacist passionate about ensuring medication safety and providing top-tier medicine information? Do you have a keen eye for detail and a commitment to improving patient care? Do you have experience in running high-quality, patient-centred pharmacy services? If so, we want you to join us. We are specifically looking for someone with extensive experience in hospital pharmacy or medicine information, with a strong understanding of medication safety practices and the latest strategies for investigating medicine information enquires. You will be responsible for leading a team focused on managing medication advise and safety delivering accurate, evidence-based medicine information to the multidisciplinary team.

  Principal Pharmacist Respiratory and Gastro:Are you an experienced pharmacist with a passion for the care of patients in respiratory medicine and gastroenterology? Would you like to be part of our multi-disciplinary team who contribute to the care of these patient groups throughout their hospital journey? Are you keen to develop our approach to pharmaceutical care for respiratory medicine and gastroenterology? If this describes you, we invite you to get in touch with us.

  Principal Pharmacist Acute Medicine:Are you an experienced pharmacist with a passion for the care of acute medical patients? Would you like to be part of our multi-disciplinary team who contribute to the care of acutely unwell patients at the very beginning of their hospital journey? Are you keen to develop our approach to pharmaceutical care for acutely unwell patients? If this describes you, we invite you to get in touch with us.

  We are looking for an outstanding Principal pharmacists who are enthusiastic, self-motivated and committed to forging excellent communication between primary and secondary care teams and drive the pharmacy team forward. You will be passionate about helping patients get the best from their medicines, and keen to use your initiative and drive to take opportunities to create an outstanding service and demonstrate leadership around optimal and safe medication use within the MDTs.The successful applicant will also provide leadership and line management to other pharmacy staff within the team.

  Please refer to the Job Description for further details

  We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us.

  MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices.

  We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

  MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.

  By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system. Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

  Upon commencing employment with the Trust, all employees (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions) are subject to a probationary period lasting a period of six months with an option to extend for a further six months to a total of 12 months.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Medicine Information and Safety Pharmacist:Are you a pharmacist passionate about ensuring medication safety and providing top-tier medicine information? Do you have a keen eye for detail and a commitment to improving patient care? Do you have experience in running high-quality, patient-centred pharmacy services? If so, we want you to join us. We are specifically looking for someone with extensive experience in hospital pharmacy or medicine information, with a strong understanding of medication safety practices and the latest strategies for investigating medicine information enquires. You will be responsible for leading a team focused on managing medication advise and safety delivering accurate, evidence-based medicine information to the multidisciplinary team.

  Principal Pharmacist Respiratory and Gastro:Are you an experienced pharmacist with a passion for the care of patients in respiratory medicine and gastroenterology? Would you like to be part of our multi-disciplinary team who contribute to the care of these patient groups throughout their hospital journey? Are you keen to develop our approach to pharmaceutical care for respiratory medicine and gastroenterology? If this describes you, we invite you to get in touch with us.

  Principal Pharmacist Acute Medicine:Are you an experienced pharmacist with a passion for the care of acute medical patients? Would you like to be part of our multi-disciplinary team who contribute to the care of acutely unwell patients at the very beginning of their hospital journey? Are you keen to develop our approach to pharmaceutical care for acutely unwell patients? If this describes you, we invite you to get in touch with us.

  We are looking for an outstanding Principal pharmacists who are enthusiastic, self-motivated and committed to forging excellent communication between primary and secondary care teams and drive the pharmacy team forward. You will be passionate about helping patients get the best from their medicines, and keen to use your initiative and drive to take opportunities to create an outstanding service and demonstrate leadership around optimal and safe medication use within the MDTs.The successful applicant will also provide leadership and line management to other pharmacy staff within the team.

  Please refer to the Job Description for further details

  We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us.

  MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices.

  We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

  MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.

  By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system. Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

  Upon commencing employment with the Trust, all employees (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions) are subject to a probationary period lasting a period of six months with an option to extend for a further six months to a total of 12 months.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications and Knowledge

  Essential

  • Degree in Pharmacy
  • Registered with the GPhC
  • Postgraduate Clinical Diploma
  • Evidence of ongoing CPD as required by the GPhC.

  Desirable

  • Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
  • MSc in Clinical Pharmacy Practice.
  • Independent Prescriber.
  • Education and Training qualification.

  Experience

  Essential

  • Significant post registration experience with at least 3 years in a hospital clinical post.
  • Proven experience in medical services.
  • Experience of managing drug expenditure for a specialty and understanding budgets.
  • Previous evaluations reviews of medicines used in the specialty's patient group.
  • Experience as a trainer
  • Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care.
  • Experience of audit work.
  • Personnel management
  • Service development
  • An awareness of national standards and service delivery issues relevant to the directorate's patient group.

  Desirable

  • Experience of appraising staff and giving feedback
  • Medicines Information.
  • Management qualification
  • Introduction of a new service
  • Project management
  • Published work
  • Knowledge of the medical management of disease in the specialty's patients.

  Skills

  Essential

  • Ability to manage time effectively and work to deadlines demonstrated in a previous post.
  • Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self and others.
  • Effective verbal and written communication demonstrated in a previous post.
  • I.T. skills such as computer literacy, word processing and spreadsheet skills.
  • Managerial skills.
  • Communication skills.
  • Good presentation skills.
  • Report writing.
  • Problem solving.
  • Good team work and ability to work alone.

  Desirable

  • Leadership skills.
  • Critical appraisal skills.
  • Radical thinking.
  • Innovative.
  • Ability to motivate and act as a role model.
  • Ability to use Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word.

  Personal and people development

  Essential

  • Experience of supervising and developing colleagues.
  • Evidence of Continuous Professional Development

  Communication

  Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence others.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications and Knowledge

  Essential

  • Degree in Pharmacy
  • Registered with the GPhC
  • Postgraduate Clinical Diploma
  • Evidence of ongoing CPD as required by the GPhC.

  Desirable

  • Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
  • MSc in Clinical Pharmacy Practice.
  • Independent Prescriber.
  • Education and Training qualification.

  Experience

  Essential

  • Significant post registration experience with at least 3 years in a hospital clinical post.
  • Proven experience in medical services.
  • Experience of managing drug expenditure for a specialty and understanding budgets.
  • Previous evaluations reviews of medicines used in the specialty's patient group.
  • Experience as a trainer
  • Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care.
  • Experience of audit work.
  • Personnel management
  • Service development
  • An awareness of national standards and service delivery issues relevant to the directorate's patient group.

  Desirable

  • Experience of appraising staff and giving feedback
  • Medicines Information.
  • Management qualification
  • Introduction of a new service
  • Project management
  • Published work
  • Knowledge of the medical management of disease in the specialty's patients.

  Skills

  Essential

  • Ability to manage time effectively and work to deadlines demonstrated in a previous post.
  • Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self and others.
  • Effective verbal and written communication demonstrated in a previous post.
  • I.T. skills such as computer literacy, word processing and spreadsheet skills.
  • Managerial skills.
  • Communication skills.
  • Good presentation skills.
  • Report writing.
  • Problem solving.
  • Good team work and ability to work alone.

  Desirable

  • Leadership skills.
  • Critical appraisal skills.
  • Radical thinking.
  • Innovative.
  • Ability to motivate and act as a role model.
  • Ability to use Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word.

  Personal and people development

  Essential

  • Experience of supervising and developing colleagues.
  • Evidence of Continuous Professional Development

  Communication

  Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence others.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Pharmacy

  Milton Keynes Hospital, Eaglestone,

  Milton Keynes

  MK6 5LD

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.mkuh.nhs.uk/working-at-mkuh (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Pharmacy

  Milton Keynes Hospital, Eaglestone,

  Milton Keynes

  MK6 5LD

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.mkuh.nhs.uk/working-at-mkuh (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

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