Job summary
Are you looking for a work-life balance where you will not have weekend, on-call or bank holiday working commitments but that will still allow you to do something rewarding and challenging? Are you, flexible and agile in your approach to work? If you are, we are looking for you to join our very well-respected medicines management team to lead as well as help shape, the delivery of a high quality and effective medicines management service to our Intermediate Care Units (adult inpatient bedded units) and on supporting the development of our junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. We are using Electronic Prescribing & Medicines Administration (EPMA) within our Intermediate Care Units (training will be provided). You will be expected to line manage pharmacy staff. You will attend multidisciplinary meetings such as the Trust's Medicines Safety and Governance Group and be the medicines management representative on other multidisciplinary groups.
We are committed to ensuring all our pharmacists who wish to gain an independent prescribing qualification are given the opportunity to do so in a fair and equitable way. The full time hours are 37.5 hours per week (generally 'office' hours). We are open to discussing other flexible working a arrangements but will require you to work a minimum 22.5 hours a week over 3 days as well as hybrid working and/or split roles within the Trust. The base is listed as Rustington but we are flexible around base.
Main duties of the job
You will work with other pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and assistants, as well as other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of a high quality and effective medicines management service to all our adult inpatient bedded units. You will be involved in the development of pharmacy staff and service to the bedded units. You will require excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills, together with good clinical skills and knowledge. The ability to travel within the Trust's foot-print is essential.
About us
The Medicines Management team is ambitious for its service and staff. We are supporting foundation pharmacist trainees and pre-registration pharmacy technicians. We have supported some of our pharmacists to gain a prescribing qualification or management qualifications.The Medicines Management Team provides input into a range of medicines optimisation services including to Rheumatology, Children and Young People and Pro-active care, Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes, Virtual Wards and this supports developmental and learning as well as progression opportunities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full-time hours are 37.5 hours per week. We are open to discuss flexible working arrangements but working a minimum 22.5 hours a week over 3 days. We also offer hybrid working. The base is listed as Zachary Merton Hospital, Rustington, Littlehampton, West Sussex BN16 2EA but there some flexibility regarding base.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full-time hours are 37.5 hours per week. We are open to discuss flexible working arrangements but working a minimum 22.5 hours a week over 3 days. We also offer hybrid working. The base is listed as Zachary Merton Hospital, Rustington, Littlehampton, West Sussex BN16 2EA but there some flexibility regarding base.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree MPharm
- Registered pharmacist (1 year competency assessed and examined) professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) UK.
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice in line with GPhC UK requirements
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
Desirable
- MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Practice Supervisor course or similar
- Non-Medical Prescriber
Experience
Essential
- At least 5 years relevant post-registration experience
- Providing clinical pharmacy services within an acute setting or similar setting with direct patient contact.
- Delivering training to healthcare professionals
- Clinical audits. Full audit cycle. Plan, organise the collection of data, analyse data, findings, recommendations and audit report writing. Follow-ups
- Experience of writing policies, procedures and protocols
- Broad specialist clinical pharmacy knowledge
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of working in multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to demonstrate evidence of working in multi-disciplinary teams.
- Experience of implementing clinical governance and continuous improvement.
- Developing and delivering medicines management training to other healthcare professionals.
Desirable
- Experience of working with older people with complex health needs as a clinical pharmacist.
- Working with a community health services setting
- Mentoring or managing pharmacy staff
- Developing and undertaking clinical and non-clinical audits.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced pharmaceutical care knowledge and skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Ability to assimilate, analyse and interpret complex data to assess risks and improve patient safety
- Critical appraisal skills
- Ability to develop effective working relationships at all levels
- Demonstrate ability to identify and implement best practice
- Ability to work independently and within a team
- Ability to challenge
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to prioritise and manage own work
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Teaching and training skills
- Accountable for own professional actions
- Ability to make important decisions in pressured situations
- Good understanding of drug budgets and drug costs and how to monitor these
- Ability to apply sound professional judgement to legal and ethical issues
- Familiarity with the concepts of evidence based medicine
- Leadership skills
- Effective influencing and negotiation skills and ability to persuade others
- Ability to influence and effectively communicate with medical prescribers and non-medical prescribers, where these may be from external organisations.
- The ability to research and analyse complex information, judging the input required to arrive at robust and accurate conclusions and using these conclusions to inform decision-making
- Computer skills including. word-processing , spreadsheets, presentations, or ECDL
Other Requirements
Essential
- Requirement to travel cost effectively across the area covered by Sussex Community NHS Trust
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree MPharm
- Registered pharmacist (1 year competency assessed and examined) professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) UK.
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice in line with GPhC UK requirements
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
Desirable
- MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Practice Supervisor course or similar
- Non-Medical Prescriber
Experience
Essential
- At least 5 years relevant post-registration experience
- Providing clinical pharmacy services within an acute setting or similar setting with direct patient contact.
- Delivering training to healthcare professionals
- Clinical audits. Full audit cycle. Plan, organise the collection of data, analyse data, findings, recommendations and audit report writing. Follow-ups
- Experience of writing policies, procedures and protocols
- Broad specialist clinical pharmacy knowledge
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of working in multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to demonstrate evidence of working in multi-disciplinary teams.
- Experience of implementing clinical governance and continuous improvement.
- Developing and delivering medicines management training to other healthcare professionals.
Desirable
- Experience of working with older people with complex health needs as a clinical pharmacist.
- Working with a community health services setting
- Mentoring or managing pharmacy staff
- Developing and undertaking clinical and non-clinical audits.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced pharmaceutical care knowledge and skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Ability to assimilate, analyse and interpret complex data to assess risks and improve patient safety
- Critical appraisal skills
- Ability to develop effective working relationships at all levels
- Demonstrate ability to identify and implement best practice
- Ability to work independently and within a team
- Ability to challenge
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to prioritise and manage own work
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Teaching and training skills
- Accountable for own professional actions
- Ability to make important decisions in pressured situations
- Good understanding of drug budgets and drug costs and how to monitor these
- Ability to apply sound professional judgement to legal and ethical issues
- Familiarity with the concepts of evidence based medicine
- Leadership skills
- Effective influencing and negotiation skills and ability to persuade others
- Ability to influence and effectively communicate with medical prescribers and non-medical prescribers, where these may be from external organisations.
- The ability to research and analyse complex information, judging the input required to arrive at robust and accurate conclusions and using these conclusions to inform decision-making
- Computer skills including. word-processing , spreadsheets, presentations, or ECDL
Other Requirements
Essential
- Requirement to travel cost effectively across the area covered by Sussex Community NHS Trust
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).
