Rotational Clinical Pharmacist (Specialist Acute)

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are looking for enthusiastic pharmacists with demonstrable competencies in hospital pharmacy practice, excellent communication skills and a demonstrable commitment to pharmaceutical care to join our team.

The Acute Specialist rotations allow individual pharmacists to gain skills necessary to develop as a highly specialist clinical pharmacist specifically acute hospital and community settings, by working in a structured environment with the support of senior clinical pharmacists.

Main duties of the job

This programme builds on the skills, knowledge and experience gained at Enhanced Clinical band 7 rotation level and encourages the pharmacist to take an active part in their experiential learning.

The Enhanced Clinical band 7 rotation is aimed at pharmacists with 12-18 months hospital experience in clinical pharmacy who are in the final stages of completing their clinical Diploma.

This post, in the Acute Specialist rotational programme is aimed at pharmacists who have completed their Diploma and are looking to develop their clinical skills is specialist areas. This programme offers the following rotations: ICU, GI surgery, Adult nutrition, Cardiology, Cardiac surgery, Oncology, Renal, Paediatrics, Women's Services and Vascular/Infectious diseases.

The current vacancy is within Adult nutrition service.

About us

As well as delivering ward-based clinical services, the candidates will have the opportunity to undertake Trust-based management courses, team management and organisational responsibilities (i.e. staff planning, rostering and business planning), taking on a leadership role (i.e. project supervision, training, mentoring and appraisal of junior staff members) and generating reports and leading investigations in line with Directorate priorities(i.e. root cause analysis and finance reporting)

Date posted

16 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£51,488 to £57,802 a year p.a inc. HCA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

196-LIS7952

Job locations

Clinical Residency

London

SE1 7EH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Practice

To provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in the patients as allocated.

To demonstrate and apply general pharmaceutical knowledge in core areas in order to plan, manage, monitor and review therapeutic programmes for patients allocated.
To demonstrate and apply specialist clinical pharmacy knowledge in core areas in order to plan, manage, monitor and review therapeutic programmes for patients allocated.
To manage patients pharmaceutical needs appropriately and make appropriate referrals.
To follow legal, ethical, professional and employers codes of conduct.
To ensure the quality of patient care.
To demonstrate appropriate clinical reasoning and judgement.
To ensure the clear and effective communication of patients pharmaceutical needs to other pharmacists and health care professionals both within the trust and in other health care environments.
To demonstrate professional accountability to patients.
To demonstrate awareness and commitment to the Trusts Clinical Governance Agenda.

Leadership

To act as a role model for junior pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and students in the rotation.

To promote best practice.
To implement agreed clinical governance initiatives.
To develop clinical pharmacy services in line with local and national objectives.
To work collaboratively with pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management and to participate in the natural agenda for pharmacy services in accordance with the agreed objectives.

Management of service

To provide a clinical pharmacy service in accordance with the priorities set by the clinical team leader for each rotation in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.

To ensure national and local agendas are delivered.
To follow and conform to relevant standards of care.
To identify and manage risks in relation to medicines use according to policy/protocol.
To delegate duties / responsibilities appropriately to junior staff.
To evaluate junior staff performance against identified criteria using departmental/Trust PDR tools and General Level Competence Framework.
To promote Improvements in Working Lives.
To provide evaluated pharmaceutical and financial information in accordance with the needs of the directorate.
To identify changes in prescribing practices that may impact on the drugs budget.
To demonstrate professional accountability.
To be aware of and adhere to SFIs and the Trusts Corporate Governance commitments.

Evaluation of Service

To monitor clinical pharmacy in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.

To document the workload of pharmacy services in line with departmental and corporate objectives.
To document the quality of pharmacy services in line with departmental and corporate objectives.
To undertake clinical audit as part of the multi-disciplinary audit process.
To undertake assessments / evaluations as required and be able to apply the key principles of giving feedback.

Research and Service Development

To demonstrate a critical approach towards pharmacy practice in each rotation.

To integrate research evidence into practice.

To develop clinical pathways.
To actively seek to improve the ward and clinical services provided.
To undertake practice research in accordance with the pharmacy research agenda.
To assist with the supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate projects.

Please see the attached job description which provides information on our organisation and the progamme.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Practice

To provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in the patients as allocated.

To demonstrate and apply general pharmaceutical knowledge in core areas in order to plan, manage, monitor and review therapeutic programmes for patients allocated.
To demonstrate and apply specialist clinical pharmacy knowledge in core areas in order to plan, manage, monitor and review therapeutic programmes for patients allocated.
To manage patients pharmaceutical needs appropriately and make appropriate referrals.
To follow legal, ethical, professional and employers codes of conduct.
To ensure the quality of patient care.
To demonstrate appropriate clinical reasoning and judgement.
To ensure the clear and effective communication of patients pharmaceutical needs to other pharmacists and health care professionals both within the trust and in other health care environments.
To demonstrate professional accountability to patients.
To demonstrate awareness and commitment to the Trusts Clinical Governance Agenda.

Leadership

To act as a role model for junior pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and students in the rotation.

To promote best practice.
To implement agreed clinical governance initiatives.
To develop clinical pharmacy services in line with local and national objectives.
To work collaboratively with pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management and to participate in the natural agenda for pharmacy services in accordance with the agreed objectives.

Management of service

To ensure national and local agendas are delivered.
To follow and conform to relevant standards of care.
To identify and manage risks in relation to medicines use according to policy/protocol.
To delegate duties / responsibilities appropriately to junior staff.
To evaluate junior staff performance against identified criteria using departmental/Trust PDR tools and General Level Competence Framework.
To promote Improvements in Working Lives.
To provide evaluated pharmaceutical and financial information in accordance with the needs of the directorate.
To identify changes in prescribing practices that may impact on the drugs budget.
To demonstrate professional accountability.
To be aware of and adhere to SFIs and the Trusts Corporate Governance commitments.

Evaluation of Service

To monitor clinical pharmacy in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.

To document the workload of pharmacy services in line with departmental and corporate objectives.
To document the quality of pharmacy services in line with departmental and corporate objectives.
To undertake clinical audit as part of the multi-disciplinary audit process.
To undertake assessments / evaluations as required and be able to apply the key principles of giving feedback.

Research and Service Development

To demonstrate a critical approach towards pharmacy practice in each rotation.

To integrate research evidence into practice.

To develop clinical pathways.
To actively seek to improve the ward and clinical services provided.
To undertake practice research in accordance with the pharmacy research agenda.
To assist with the supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate projects.

Please see the attached job description which provides information on our organisation and the progamme.

Person Specification

Knowledge/qualifications

Essential

Vocational masters degree (MPharm).
Successful completion of short courses to the equivalent of a Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice, or equivalent experience.
Professional registration with GPhC

Desirable

Registered independent prescriber.

Experience

Essential

Post registration experience relevant to Hospital Pharmacy Practice with assessed competencies in dispensary services, medicines information and technical services.

Skills

Essential

Successful completion of a competence based dispensary rotation, including in patients and out patient services.
Demonstrable knowledge, skills and ability to undertake clinical screening of prescriptions.
Successful completion of a competence based technical services rotation, including TPN services.
Successful completion of a competence based medicines information rotation, including obtaining UKMI level 1 competencies.
Demonstrable experience of clinically influencing at senior level e.g. ward rounds.
Recent evidence of demonstrated ability of undertaking clinical audit or service evaluation and improving clinical outcome.
Demonstrated ability to undertake a service improvement project to address a pharmacy service issue.
Demonstrable ability to meet set targets.

Person Specification

Knowledge/qualifications

Essential

Vocational masters degree (MPharm).
Successful completion of short courses to the equivalent of a Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice, or equivalent experience.
Professional registration with GPhC

Desirable

Registered independent prescriber.

Experience

Essential

Post registration experience relevant to Hospital Pharmacy Practice with assessed competencies in dispensary services, medicines information and technical services.

Skills

Essential

Successful completion of a competence based dispensary rotation, including in patients and out patient services.
Demonstrable knowledge, skills and ability to undertake clinical screening of prescriptions.
Successful completion of a competence based technical services rotation, including TPN services.
Successful completion of a competence based medicines information rotation, including obtaining UKMI level 1 competencies.
Demonstrable experience of clinically influencing at senior level e.g. ward rounds.
Recent evidence of demonstrated ability of undertaking clinical audit or service evaluation and improving clinical outcome.
Demonstrated ability to undertake a service improvement project to address a pharmacy service issue.
Demonstrable ability to meet set targets.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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