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Advanced Specialist Pharmacist - Clinical Education
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Home Office register entry: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Blackpool
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Role description
Job summary
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals is a large acute trust with specialities including Tertiary services for Haematology, Cardiology and Adult CF. We are a progressive department of over 150 staff providing a comprehensive and well-developed pharmacy service.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an individual to work within our Education and Training team to provide a comprehensive and high-quality clinical medicine and therapeutics education and training programme. Although the emphasis will be on medical education there will be scope to be involved with all clinical education in conjunction with the Lead pharmacist.
This key post within the department requires an enthusiastic pharmacist with excellent interpersonal and communication skills and a sound clinical knowledge.
This post is attractive to the candidate with a keen interest in developing services and shaping future healthcare professionals whilst maintaining their clinical skills.
This role has 2 main components incorporating an extensive involvement in the medical education team and a strong clinical ward commitment.
About us
The medical education role needs an individual with experience in developing and delivering training to healthcare professionals in a variety of formats and settings. They need to be motivated and enthusiastic about the benefits of clinical pharmacist involvement in medical education, understand the drivers but also the external pressures of this role. It will involve working with the lead pharmacist, Trust Clinical Education team, the wider regional groups and HEIs to develop and deliver the highest quality teaching and training to our medical staff both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. The candidate will be able to design and develop teaching in areas such as safe prescribing, medicines optimisation, therapeutics and calculations. There is also an additional benefit of helping medical trainees to develop multidisciplinary working.
There are exciting opportunities to work with the lead pharmacist to develop the pharmacist role within interprofessional education in the Trust.
Details
Date posted
28 August 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£57,528 to £64,750 a year per annum plus £2400 per annum emergency duty committment
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
382-NBC107-26
Job locations
Blackpool Victoria Hospital
Whinney Heys Rd
Blackpool
FY3 8NR
United Kingdom
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