Job summary
Looking for different challenge? This exciting role is just for you! You will be involved in developing a lipid transformation project work across SEL.
You will be a role model in the field of lipid management and provide a consistently high pharmaceutical service for patients in line with GSTT and ICB corporate objectives. Working to ensure equity of access of specialist services in this area of practice across SEL.
In summary, you will support leading, delivering, developing and evaluating clinical pharmacy services to cardiovascular patients requiring lipid optimisation to reduce their cardiovascular risk in accordance with the objectives set between the Specialty Clinical Lead, Directorate General Manager and Specialist Lead Pharmacist.
Main duties of the job
As a key member of the team, hosted and supported by GSTT you will be working across the ICS, to support the delivery of clinical services in optimising lipid management for patient with or at risk of developing cardiovascular disease. See JD and PS for further details.
About us
We are looking for experienced and committed clinical pharmacists to deliver pharmacy services to our directorates and across primary care. Essentially you should be able to demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options for patients with cardiovascular disease to reduce their cardiovascular risk. See JD and PS for further details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will work in a structured environment providing support to the wider team to meet key directorate, national and local targets. This will include delivering a clinical pharmacy service to a range of patients requiring lipid management support and optimisation of therapies to reduce cardiovascular risk.
You will be supporting and training junior pharmacists and the wider MDT, whilst also maintaining and developing the services further both within the primary and secondary care. This post requires cross site working across our partner organisations and acute trusts, and also outreach working across SEL boroughs.
Candidates should have demonstrable competencies in clinical pharmacy practice, excellent communication skills and commitment to pharmaceutical care. Furthermore candidates should be highly organised and have experience in delivering specialist pharmacist led clinics. See JD and PS for further details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will work in a structured environment providing support to the wider team to meet key directorate, national and local targets. This will include delivering a clinical pharmacy service to a range of patients requiring lipid management support and optimisation of therapies to reduce cardiovascular risk.
You will be supporting and training junior pharmacists and the wider MDT, whilst also maintaining and developing the services further both within the primary and secondary care. This post requires cross site working across our partner organisations and acute trusts, and also outreach working across SEL boroughs.
Candidates should have demonstrable competencies in clinical pharmacy practice, excellent communication skills and commitment to pharmaceutical care. Furthermore candidates should be highly organised and have experience in delivering specialist pharmacist led clinics. See JD and PS for further details.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- MPharm degree
- Higher degree / diploma in Clinical Pharmacy
- Registration with GPhC
- Registered Independent Prescriber
Desirable
Clinical Practice
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in acute and/or specialist medicine
- Deliver pharmaceutical services to acute and/or specialist medicine patients - Deliver pharmaceutical services to cardiovascular patients
- Identify and promote best practice
- Ensure delivery of the clinical governance agenda in relation to drug use
- Motivate and inspire others
- Proactively develop clinical pharmacy services in line with local and national objectives
Desirable
- Clinical experience in the community setting
- Deliver pharmaceutical services to patients for lipid management
- Demonstrate innovation
- Extend the boundaries of the profession
- Ensure that issues related to pharmaceutical care are appropriately represented at directorate or equivalent level
- Deliver pharmaceutical services to a medical speciality including the preparation, submission and monitoring of high cost medicines funded via individual funding requests (IFRs)
Management of Service
Essential
- To have managed an area of clinical pharmacy services
- Identify training needs of staff in order to undertake the roles required.
- Ensure national and local agendas are delivered
- Establish processes for the setting of standards of care
- Identify and manage changes that need to occur to achieve these
- Identify and manage the risks involved
- Delegate authority appropriately to junior staff
- To identify changes in prescribing practices that may impact on the drugs budget
Desirable
- Have managed clinical pharmacy services for lipid management
- Reconcile national priorities with local realities
- Work across traditional boundaries
- Evaluate performance of junior staff against identified criteria using Trust IPR tools
- To promote Improvements in Working Lives
- To identify new prescribing practices that may impact budget (horizon scanning)
- To demonstrate professional accountability to service users, stakeholders and the profession
- To provide evaluated pharmaceutical and financial information including high cost medicines funded via individual funding requests
Research and Development
Essential
- Demonstrate a critical approach towards pharmacy practice
- Integrate research evidence into practice
- Identify gaps in the evidence base.
- Develop, implement, monitor and evaluate protocols and guidelines.
- Actively seek to improve clinical services provided
Desirable
- Under take own research
- Guide and support others undertaking research
- Co-ordinate the undergraduate and preregistration student clinical activity
Education and Training
Essential
- Identify training needs of staff in order to undertake the roles required
- Provide education and training to pharmacy and other staff
- Evaluate the training provided
- Participate in the clinical training of healthcare professionals
- Identify own training needs
- Actively seek novel opportunities to meet training needs
- Maintain a portfolio of practice
Desirable
- To demonstrate the ability to educate, train and evaluate pharmacy staff and other health care professionals in a clinical specialty
- Develop strategies to meet the training needs of staff
- Previous experience of delivering teaching or training to undergraduates
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- MPharm degree
- Higher degree / diploma in Clinical Pharmacy
- Registration with GPhC
- Registered Independent Prescriber
Desirable
Clinical Practice
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in acute and/or specialist medicine
- Deliver pharmaceutical services to acute and/or specialist medicine patients - Deliver pharmaceutical services to cardiovascular patients
- Identify and promote best practice
- Ensure delivery of the clinical governance agenda in relation to drug use
- Motivate and inspire others
- Proactively develop clinical pharmacy services in line with local and national objectives
Desirable
- Clinical experience in the community setting
- Deliver pharmaceutical services to patients for lipid management
- Demonstrate innovation
- Extend the boundaries of the profession
- Ensure that issues related to pharmaceutical care are appropriately represented at directorate or equivalent level
- Deliver pharmaceutical services to a medical speciality including the preparation, submission and monitoring of high cost medicines funded via individual funding requests (IFRs)
Management of Service
Essential
- To have managed an area of clinical pharmacy services
- Identify training needs of staff in order to undertake the roles required.
- Ensure national and local agendas are delivered
- Establish processes for the setting of standards of care
- Identify and manage changes that need to occur to achieve these
- Identify and manage the risks involved
- Delegate authority appropriately to junior staff
- To identify changes in prescribing practices that may impact on the drugs budget
Desirable
- Have managed clinical pharmacy services for lipid management
- Reconcile national priorities with local realities
- Work across traditional boundaries
- Evaluate performance of junior staff against identified criteria using Trust IPR tools
- To promote Improvements in Working Lives
- To identify new prescribing practices that may impact budget (horizon scanning)
- To demonstrate professional accountability to service users, stakeholders and the profession
- To provide evaluated pharmaceutical and financial information including high cost medicines funded via individual funding requests
Research and Development
Essential
- Demonstrate a critical approach towards pharmacy practice
- Integrate research evidence into practice
- Identify gaps in the evidence base.
- Develop, implement, monitor and evaluate protocols and guidelines.
- Actively seek to improve clinical services provided
Desirable
- Under take own research
- Guide and support others undertaking research
- Co-ordinate the undergraduate and preregistration student clinical activity
Education and Training
Essential
- Identify training needs of staff in order to undertake the roles required
- Provide education and training to pharmacy and other staff
- Evaluate the training provided
- Participate in the clinical training of healthcare professionals
- Identify own training needs
- Actively seek novel opportunities to meet training needs
- Maintain a portfolio of practice
Desirable
- To demonstrate the ability to educate, train and evaluate pharmacy staff and other health care professionals in a clinical specialty
- Develop strategies to meet the training needs of staff
- Previous experience of delivering teaching or training to undergraduates
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).
