Job summary
We currently have rotations in Emergency Care, Medical Village,
Surgery, Older Persons Medicines, Haematology / Oncology (We are a Cancer
Centre), MSK and Orthopaedics, Clinical trails, Renal (Wessex Renal Transplant
Centre), Cardiology, Gastro, Respiratory, Women's and Children's, Critical Care
(24 ITU beds).
We are looking for someone who:
- Puts patient care first.
- Will apply good clinical knowledge.
- Has strong team working and communication skills.
- Has good problem solving and prioritisation skills.
- Has a strong commitment to learning and development of themselves and others.
- Is adaptable and resilient.
Main duties of the job
- Develops and
co-ordinates pharmacy and medicines optimisation services to designated ward
areas.
- Responsible for the pharmaceutical patient care and assessment of the
pharmaceutical needs for patients on designated wards under named consultants.
- Undertakes prescription monitoring and provision of pharmaceutical care plans
ensuring the active involvement of patients and carers.
- Ensures the continuity
of pharmaceutical care by provision of drug history, prescription monitoring,
clinical monitoring of drugs and discharge planning.
- Supports patients and carers
to understand their medications using advanced communication skills,
participating in potentially emotional/distressing conversations.
- To provide medicines optimisation and medicines reconciliation
services to achieve department priorities and targets on a designated ward or
group of wards as decided by the Lead Pharmacist Clinical Services.
- To act as a
senior pharmacist within designated division/ directorate, providing specialist
advice and recommendations to other healthcare staff including senior medical
staff, general practitioners and nursing staff on matters related to the use of
medicines.
- To act as a role model for junior clinical pharmacists and support
them with their rotational objectives and further training courses.
About us
The Trust is committed to driving excellence in care for our patients and communities and was rated good by the Care Quality Commission report published 2020 and became a University Hospital. We are ranked as the third in the country for research; embedding education and training across the organisation and we continuously strive to achieve our core values which are at the heart of everything we do. The Trusts main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, starting life as a military hospital over a century ago and now one of the largest hospitals on the south coast and you may have seen us on the TV series Nurses on the Ward. The Trust provides comprehensive secondary care and specialist services to a local population of 675,000 people across South East Hampshire. The Trust employs over 8,000 staff and are #ProudtobePHU; our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because its the right thing to do, but because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for providing outstanding care and support for patients, colleagues and our community you will find a home at PHU. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in
terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender
identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans
status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Participate in the provision and development of
clinical pharmacy services to divisions under the leadership of the Lead
pharmacist for the area currently working in.
-
Provide a patient focused pharmacy service to
the wards and departments, which may include individual patient counselling,
patients own drug schemes and other medicines optimisation initiatives.
-
Independently evaluate the clinical
appropriateness of medicines prescribed for patients, using critical appraisal
skills and professional judgement and support formulary work within specialities.
-
Assisting the clinicians in the preparation of
business case applications for the District Prescribing Formulary to the
Formulary and Medicines Group and/or Area Prescribing Committee, and where
necessary taking cases of need to purchasers to ensure that funding for new
products or approaches to treatment is secured in contracts.
-
Supporting on the production of prescribing
guidelines (e.g. local / shared care / PGDs) to ensure that medicines are used
safely and in such a way as to maximize benefits to patients within available
resources.
-
Advise medical staff in non-formulary requests,
Individual funding requests or equivalent to ensure correct funding income from
relevant commissioner.
-
Providing
training, teaching and support to underpin CPD in the Pharmacy department and
deliver general and specialist pharmaceutical education to other healthcare
professionals.
-
Provide
competency-based assessments of band 6 pharmacists, pre-registration trainees
and pharmacy technicians, using work-based assessment tools.
-
When required contact General Practitioners,
community pharmacists, practice nurses and other healthcare workers in the
community to ensure the seamless pharmaceutical care of patients and to reduce
re-admissions due to pharmaceutical issues.
-
To anticipate, recognise and report Adverse Drug
Reactions appropriately.
Other:-
To support
effectively managing performance related issues with junior / rotational staff.
-
To act
as a tutor and mentor for students enrolled onto various post-graduate diploma
programmes.
-
To act
as a pre-registration tutor if required.
-
Professional
input into Dispensary.
-
To
assist in the training of all grades of pharmacy staff and other professions
within the MDT to nurture both clinical and practical knowledge and expertise
within the Trust.
-
To carry
out pharmaceutical duties associated with the dispensing of in-patient,
discharge and out-patient prescriptions.
-
To
supervise supporting staff including pharmacy technicians and assistants under
the direction of a senior pharmacist.
-
To
participate in the departmental weekend, late night and Bank Holiday services
rotas.
-
To
maintain security of medication at all times in line with departmental and
Trust policy including non-disclosure of appropriate pharmacy security codes
and advising on the safe and secure storage of medicines within clinical areas.
- To undertake other reasonable duties, within the framework of the post, as
directed by the Pharmacy Senior management team.
-
Carry
out professional duties in accordance with GPhC standards for practice,
including the requirement to undertake continuing professional development
(CPD) in line with statutory requirements.
-
To act as a role model in clinical practice for
all other pharmacists.
-
Ensure clarity in all communication and choose
the most appropriate form of communication for each situation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Participate in the provision and development of
clinical pharmacy services to divisions under the leadership of the Lead
pharmacist for the area currently working in.
-
Provide a patient focused pharmacy service to
the wards and departments, which may include individual patient counselling,
patients own drug schemes and other medicines optimisation initiatives.
-
Independently evaluate the clinical
appropriateness of medicines prescribed for patients, using critical appraisal
skills and professional judgement and support formulary work within specialities.
-
Assisting the clinicians in the preparation of
business case applications for the District Prescribing Formulary to the
Formulary and Medicines Group and/or Area Prescribing Committee, and where
necessary taking cases of need to purchasers to ensure that funding for new
products or approaches to treatment is secured in contracts.
-
Supporting on the production of prescribing
guidelines (e.g. local / shared care / PGDs) to ensure that medicines are used
safely and in such a way as to maximize benefits to patients within available
resources.
-
Advise medical staff in non-formulary requests,
Individual funding requests or equivalent to ensure correct funding income from
relevant commissioner.
-
Providing
training, teaching and support to underpin CPD in the Pharmacy department and
deliver general and specialist pharmaceutical education to other healthcare
professionals.
-
Provide
competency-based assessments of band 6 pharmacists, pre-registration trainees
and pharmacy technicians, using work-based assessment tools.
-
When required contact General Practitioners,
community pharmacists, practice nurses and other healthcare workers in the
community to ensure the seamless pharmaceutical care of patients and to reduce
re-admissions due to pharmaceutical issues.
-
To anticipate, recognise and report Adverse Drug
Reactions appropriately.
Other:-
To support
effectively managing performance related issues with junior / rotational staff.
-
To act
as a tutor and mentor for students enrolled onto various post-graduate diploma
programmes.
-
To act
as a pre-registration tutor if required.
-
Professional
input into Dispensary.
-
To
assist in the training of all grades of pharmacy staff and other professions
within the MDT to nurture both clinical and practical knowledge and expertise
within the Trust.
-
To carry
out pharmaceutical duties associated with the dispensing of in-patient,
discharge and out-patient prescriptions.
-
To
supervise supporting staff including pharmacy technicians and assistants under
the direction of a senior pharmacist.
-
To
participate in the departmental weekend, late night and Bank Holiday services
rotas.
-
To
maintain security of medication at all times in line with departmental and
Trust policy including non-disclosure of appropriate pharmacy security codes
and advising on the safe and secure storage of medicines within clinical areas.
- To undertake other reasonable duties, within the framework of the post, as
directed by the Pharmacy Senior management team.
-
Carry
out professional duties in accordance with GPhC standards for practice,
including the requirement to undertake continuing professional development
(CPD) in line with statutory requirements.
-
To act as a role model in clinical practice for
all other pharmacists.
-
Ensure clarity in all communication and choose
the most appropriate form of communication for each situation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters or Bachelors Degree in Pharmacy.
- Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy.
- Practice Certificate in Non-medical Prescribing.
- Significant hospital pharmacy experience involving clinical pharmacy services.
Desirable
- Member of specialist pharmacist practice group e.g. UKCPA.
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience as a pharmacist in a leading role (team, service or directorate responsibilities).
- Previous experience of Stroke Clinical Pharmacy.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Excellent verbal and written. Communication skills, including the ability to build rapport with colleagues at all levels.
- Ability to cope with constant interruptions and maintain professional approach.
- Ability to present with a high level of personal credibility.
- Demonstrate ability to concentrate, prioritise and manage an unpredictable workload.
- Demonstrate ability to motivate self and others.
- Demonstrate ability to work in a team.
- Demonstrate confidence as a clinical pharmacist.
- Demonstrate ability to use initiative and be proactive.
- Demonstrate ability to maintain quality standards.
- Confidence to deliver training sessions to members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrate strong presentation skills and ability to use standard office software applications.
- Advanced knowledge of all medicines related to prevention, management and treatment of Stroke.
- Experience of writing guidelines, policies and procedures and putting them into practice.
Desirable
- Experience of leading service development.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters or Bachelors Degree in Pharmacy.
- Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy.
- Practice Certificate in Non-medical Prescribing.
- Significant hospital pharmacy experience involving clinical pharmacy services.
Desirable
- Member of specialist pharmacist practice group e.g. UKCPA.
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience as a pharmacist in a leading role (team, service or directorate responsibilities).
- Previous experience of Stroke Clinical Pharmacy.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Excellent verbal and written. Communication skills, including the ability to build rapport with colleagues at all levels.
- Ability to cope with constant interruptions and maintain professional approach.
- Ability to present with a high level of personal credibility.
- Demonstrate ability to concentrate, prioritise and manage an unpredictable workload.
- Demonstrate ability to motivate self and others.
- Demonstrate ability to work in a team.
- Demonstrate confidence as a clinical pharmacist.
- Demonstrate ability to use initiative and be proactive.
- Demonstrate ability to maintain quality standards.
- Confidence to deliver training sessions to members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrate strong presentation skills and ability to use standard office software applications.
- Advanced knowledge of all medicines related to prevention, management and treatment of Stroke.
- Experience of writing guidelines, policies and procedures and putting them into practice.
Desirable
- Experience of leading service development.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
