Pharmaceutical Medicine ST3

You must hold a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS, MBBS) degree or other equivalent medical qualification.

You must:

• Be eligible to work in the UK
• Hold full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) at the time of application, and hold a current licence to practise on the date your post commences
• Meet the standards set out in Good Medical Practice, and not be subject to fitness to practise conditions which would prevent you taking up the post or performing fully within it

You must not

• Hold, nor be eligible to hold, a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), nor
• Already be eligible for the specialist register for this specialty, including through the Portfolio Pathway.

You must be able to provide complete details of your employment history, including any gaps.

• You must complete all sections of the application form fully and truthfully, in accordance with written guidelines
• You must disclose in your application if you are subject to any ongoing fitness to practise proceedings or are subject to any fitness to practise conditions
• If you are currently in specialty training and applying to continue training in the same specialty in another region, you must obtain a Support for Application to another region form signed by the Training Programme Director/Head of School of your current Specialty Training Programme. This must confirm satisfactory progress and be submitted with your application
• If you have previously resigned, or been removed from a training programme in any specialty, you must obtain a Support for Reapplication to Specialty Training form signed by the Training Programme Director/Head of School and Postgraduate Dean from the region you previously undertook training in. This must be submitted with your application

You must have achieved clinical and professional competences in managing patients, which may include clinical trial participants, over a period of four years.

You must:

• Be employed in a UK-based position in Pharmaceutical Medicine in a UK organisation approved for Pharmaceutical Medicine Specialty Training.
• Hold Associate membership of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine.

Eligibility

• You meet all criteria specified in the Eligibility to Apply section above

Clinical knowledge

• Interest in, and understanding of, the training programme

Workplace skills

• Ability to work in multi-professional teams and supervise colleagues
• Ability to lead, make decisions, organise and motivate other team members
• Ability to manage/prioritise own and others’ time effectively, including administrative tasks.
• Ability to work safely under pressure and deliver good clinical care in the face of uncertainty
• Ability to monitor developing situations and anticipate issues
• Good basic IT skills, including Microsoft 365, email, and ability to learn new systems

Academic knowledge

• Understanding of research, including awareness of ethical issues
• Understanding of the basic principles of audit, clinical risk management, evidence-based practice, patient safety, and clinical quality improvement initiatives
• Knowledge of evidence-informed practice

Personal skills

• Commitment to personal and professional development
• Ability to work on own initiative, demonstrating professional curiosity
• Strong attention to detail, preparation and planning
• Ability to communicate messages effectively to a range of audiences
• Ability to negotiate and build positive professional relationships
• Strong problem-solving skills, with a scientific approach to problem solving
• Ability to reflect on personal and professional skills and behaviours

Values

• Understands, respects, and demonstrates the values of the NHS

Knowledge and Experience

• Understanding of NHS management and resources
• Experience of management and leadership
• Experience of research
• Experience of audit and quality improvement
• Experience of teaching

Career progression

• Evidence that present achievement and performance is commensurate with totality of training.

Clinical experience

• Evidence of experience of managing patients in a range of acute and long-term illness or close involvement on a regular basis with the management of such patients through multi-disciplinary team meetings.
• Evidence of wide experience of prescribing and monitoring the effects of medicines.

Clinical skills – clinical knowledge and expertise

• Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems.
• Evidence of competence in management of patients through workplace-based assessments, portfolio evidence, including logbook documentation, if applicable, satisfactory review (for example, ARCP outcome 1), reports, outcomes (for example, CT1 competences in medicine) or equivalent record of satisfactory attainment of competences.
• Evidence of competence to work without direct supervision, where appropriate.
• Awareness of the skills required for pharmaceutical medicine (see below)

Problem solving and decision making

• Capacity to use logical and lateral thinking to solve problems and make decisions, indicating an analytical and scientific approach.

Empathy and sensitivity

• Capacity to take in others’ perspectives and treat others with understanding; sees patients as people.
• Demonstrates respect for all.

Organisation and planning

• Capacity to manage and prioritise time and information effectively.
• Evidence of thoroughness (is well prepared, shows self-discipline and commitment, is punctual and meets deadlines).

Vigilance and situational awareness

• Capacity to monitor developing situations and anticipate issues.

Coping with pressure and managing uncertainty

• Capacity to operate under pressure.
• Demonstrates initiative and resilience to cope with changing circumstances.
• Is able to deliver good clinical care in the face of uncertainty.

Commitment to specialty

• Shows initiative, drive and enthusiasm (self-starter, motivated, shows curiosity, initiative).
• Demonstrable interest in, and understanding of, the specialty.
• Commitment to personal and professional development.
• Evidence of self-reflective practice.

Qualifications

• Specialty exam relating to training path (for example, MRCP (UK), MRCGP or equivalent) at the time of application.
• Higher degrees including MSc, PhD or MD (not including intercalated BSc or ‘Honorary’ MA).

Academic skills

• Demonstrates understanding of the importance and basic principles of scientific research, clinical research, evidence-based medical practice.
• Demonstrates understanding of basic research methodology. Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements, e.g. degrees, prizes, awards, distinctions, publications, presentations, other achievements.
• Evidence of interest and experience in teaching.

Communication skills

• Demonstrates clarity in written and spoken communication, and capacity to adapt language to the situation, as appropriate.
• Able to build rapport, listen, persuade and negotiate.

Management and leadership skills

• Evidence of involvement in management commensurate with experience.
• Evidence of effective multi-disciplinary team working and leadership, supported by multi-source feedback or other workplace-based assessments.
• Evidence of effective leadership in and outside medicine.

Managing others and team involvement

• Able to work in multi-professional teams and supervise junior medical staff.
• Ability to show leadership, make decisions, organise and motivate other team members for the benefit of patients through, for example, audit and quality improvement projects.
• Capacity to work effectively with others.