Job summary
Are you a passionate, driven, and skilled clinical pharmacist looking to make a real difference? We want you to join our forward-thinking and dynamic pharmacy team at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust!
In this exciting role, you will be at the forefront of delivering specialized, patient-centred pharmacy services to our medical division. Your expertise will be pivotal in consultant-led ward rounds and ensuring smooth, efficient discharge processes, with the support of our cutting-edge near patient dispensing and discharge transcribing systems.
We've created a bespoke dashboard that streamlines workload prioritization, enabling you to focus on what truly matters: delivering high-quality clinical care to our patients.
What We Offer:
- The chance to be part of an innovative, patient-focused pharmacy team
- Extensive opportunities for professional growth and development
- A stimulating work environment where you will impact patient care across a broad spectrum of specialties
- Full support for your ongoing education, including a potential non-medical prescribing qualification, subject to funding.
If you're ready to take the next step in your career and make a tangible difference, we'd love to hear from you. Get in touch with Vanessa Pratt, PA to the Chief Pharmacist, at vanessa.pratt@nhs.net for more information or to arrange an informal visit.
Main duties of the job
As a Rotational Specialist Pharmacist, your key duties and responsibilities will be:
- Develop, deliver, and evaluate specialist clinical pharmacy services to the Trust, providing comprehensive pharmaceutical care and medicines management
- Ensure the provision of safe, appropriate, and effective clinical pharmacy services in compliance with current medicines legislation.
- Work closely with Advanced Clinical Pharmacists and senior staff to ensure high standards of care are consistently maintained.
- Participate in the on-call/weekend pharmacists' rota and dispensary duties across all Trust hospital sites.
- Provide a ward-based clinical pharmacy service to various areas of the Trust, ensuring accuracy, legality, safety, and efficacy of prescribed medications.
- Undertake medicines management, reconciliation, and dispensing in line with current medicines legislation.
- Educate and counsel patients and carers on the safe and proper use of medicines.
Participate in ward rounds and clinical meetings to provide pharmaceutical advice to doctors and other healthcare professionals.
About us
We are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in our workforce and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, with a special focus on welcoming individuals from disabled, Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, as well as those from our local area.
In line with our dedication to employee support, we offer a variety of benefits. For more information, please see the attached staff benefits leaflet.
We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where employees feel valued and empowered to excel in their roles. Join us and become part of a team dedicated to making a positive difference in our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Participate in the safe dispensing and supply of medicines to in-patients and outpatients.
- Be actively involved in discharge planning and the provision of discharge medicines.
- Be jointly responsible along with other pharmacy staff for the safety and security of pharmaceuticals including controlled drugs.
- Assist Lead Clinical Pharmacists or other senior members of staff to develop Pharmacy services in line with Pharmacy and Trust strategies.
- To ensure the appropriate, safe and cost-effective use of medicines by actively undertaking individual medication review to optimise therapy.
- Participate in clinical audits within clinical areas, ensuring prescribing represents best value for money.
- Deliver and develop evidence-based guidelines and policies in liaison with Lead Clinical Pharmacists and Clinicians.
- Ensure dispensing and prescribing reflects the contents of the Trust Formulary, challenging where appropriate, and ensuring adequate documentation is provided to primary care, if agreed to proceed with supply.
- To act as an Independent prescriber when required and appropriate and if not already an NMP will be prepared to undergo the training.
- Clinical screening and authorising of homecare prescriptions, liaising with clinical teams to resolve problems and queries.
- Work in conjunction with the Pharmacy Technician Homecare Specialist to provide a comprehensive homecare service to Trust patients.
- Provide evidence-based information on medicines for Pharmacy QIPP and Drug and Therapeutics Committee.
- To register as a pre-registration tutor and participate actively in the teaching and training of pre-registration and junior rotational pharmacists, pre-registration graduates and students undertaking NVQ courses, and technical staff whilst allocated to the specialist team tutor assigned students within the department. To provide operational support to the Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Training and Education for the implementation and delivery of a training programme for clinical pharmacists.
- Undertake mentoring responsibilities for clinical pharmacists through their rotational training programme. Provide support for the delivery of medicine related training programmes to members of the multidisciplinary clinical teams.
- Assist in the development of policies and guidelines and input into the training of staff using these documents.
- Assist in the implementation and monitoring of national guidance e.g. NICE, NPSA for the specialist area
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Participate in the safe dispensing and supply of medicines to in-patients and outpatients.
- Be actively involved in discharge planning and the provision of discharge medicines.
- Be jointly responsible along with other pharmacy staff for the safety and security of pharmaceuticals including controlled drugs.
- Assist Lead Clinical Pharmacists or other senior members of staff to develop Pharmacy services in line with Pharmacy and Trust strategies.
- To ensure the appropriate, safe and cost-effective use of medicines by actively undertaking individual medication review to optimise therapy.
- Participate in clinical audits within clinical areas, ensuring prescribing represents best value for money.
- Deliver and develop evidence-based guidelines and policies in liaison with Lead Clinical Pharmacists and Clinicians.
- Ensure dispensing and prescribing reflects the contents of the Trust Formulary, challenging where appropriate, and ensuring adequate documentation is provided to primary care, if agreed to proceed with supply.
- To act as an Independent prescriber when required and appropriate and if not already an NMP will be prepared to undergo the training.
- Clinical screening and authorising of homecare prescriptions, liaising with clinical teams to resolve problems and queries.
- Work in conjunction with the Pharmacy Technician Homecare Specialist to provide a comprehensive homecare service to Trust patients.
- Provide evidence-based information on medicines for Pharmacy QIPP and Drug and Therapeutics Committee.
- To register as a pre-registration tutor and participate actively in the teaching and training of pre-registration and junior rotational pharmacists, pre-registration graduates and students undertaking NVQ courses, and technical staff whilst allocated to the specialist team tutor assigned students within the department. To provide operational support to the Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Training and Education for the implementation and delivery of a training programme for clinical pharmacists.
- Undertake mentoring responsibilities for clinical pharmacists through their rotational training programme. Provide support for the delivery of medicine related training programmes to members of the multidisciplinary clinical teams.
- Assist in the development of policies and guidelines and input into the training of staff using these documents.
- Assist in the implementation and monitoring of national guidance e.g. NICE, NPSA for the specialist area
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Pharmacy degree from recognised university
- Registration (or eligible for registration) with General Pharmaceutical Council with registration maintained during entire period of employment
- Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Commitment to continuing professional development
Desirable
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Non-Medical Prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable evidence of competence in post-registration hospital pharmacy practice
- Proven experience in audit work - data collection and presentation
- Demonstrate understanding of the principals of medicines optimisation
- Experience of clinical pharmacy services in a range of specialties/settings
Desirable
- Demonstrable evidence of competence in chemotherapy/parenteral nutrition, homecare or equivalent community experience
- Experience in mentoring/supervising
- Experience in delivering education and training
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of Clinical audit/Drug Use Review projects
- Computer literate (Microsoft Office - Word, PowerPoint)
Key Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Good customer care skills
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload
- Communicates well with good listening skills
- Good written skills
- Ability to prioritise own workload effectively
Disposition
Essential
- Ability to remain calm and work effectively under pressure and to deadlines
- Ability and willingness to work as part of a team
- Reliable and adaptable
- Caring and Compassionate
- Open/Reflective/Warm/Respectful
- Enthusiastic to improve and develop
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Pharmacy degree from recognised university
- Registration (or eligible for registration) with General Pharmaceutical Council with registration maintained during entire period of employment
- Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Commitment to continuing professional development
Desirable
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Non-Medical Prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable evidence of competence in post-registration hospital pharmacy practice
- Proven experience in audit work - data collection and presentation
- Demonstrate understanding of the principals of medicines optimisation
- Experience of clinical pharmacy services in a range of specialties/settings
Desirable
- Demonstrable evidence of competence in chemotherapy/parenteral nutrition, homecare or equivalent community experience
- Experience in mentoring/supervising
- Experience in delivering education and training
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of Clinical audit/Drug Use Review projects
- Computer literate (Microsoft Office - Word, PowerPoint)
Key Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Good customer care skills
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload
- Communicates well with good listening skills
- Good written skills
- Ability to prioritise own workload effectively
Disposition
Essential
- Ability to remain calm and work effectively under pressure and to deadlines
- Ability and willingness to work as part of a team
- Reliable and adaptable
- Caring and Compassionate
- Open/Reflective/Warm/Respectful
- Enthusiastic to improve and develop
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).
