Job summary
To deliver, develop and evaluate clinical pharmacy services to paediatric services at the Evelina London Children's Hospital in accordance with the objectives set by the Lead Pharmacists. To act as a role model in the paediatric pharmacy field and provide a consistently high pharmaceutical service for paediatric areas in line with placement site corporate objectives and NHS Plan. There are a number of rotations available, including, cardiology, renal, neurology, respiratory, metabolic, general paediatrics, PICU and surgery. The rotations may be cross site between the Royal Brompton and the Evelina Children's Hospital sites.
Main duties of the job
To deliver, develop and evaluate clinical pharmacy services to different clinical areas within the Royal Brompton and Evelina London Children's Hospital and to act as a role model in the paediatric pharmacy field and provide a consistently high pharmaceutical service for paediatric areas in line with placement site corporate objectives and NHS Plan.
About us
Evelina London Children's Hospital is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
We provide hospital care and treatment at both our purpose-built children's hospital on the St Thomas' Hospital site and at Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital. We care for families in our local areas and provide an extensive range of specialist services for children with rare and complex conditions from across south London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
The Evelina Children's Hospital site
Based in a stunning purpose-built building at St Thomas', our hospital includes:
- 151 inpatient beds, including 30 intensive care beds
- 52-cot neonatal unit
- 5 operating theatres, plus 1 cardiac theatre in East Wing, St Thomas'
- a full children's imaging service with MRI scanner, x-ray and ultrasound
- a kidney dialysis unit
- an outpatients department and a medical day care unit
- a hospital school
- a day surgery unit
This hospital includes its own stand alone dispensary and pharmaceutical services.
Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals sites
Provide specialist children's services for heart and lung conditions at Royal Brompton Hospital and children's heart and lung outpatient services at Harefield Hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Leadership
To assist in the delivery of clinical pharmacy services for patients admitted to Childrens Services in accordance with the priorities set by the Lead Pharmacists in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.
2. Management of Service
To provide clinical pharmacy services for patients admitted to Childrens Services in accordance with the priorities set by the post holder, and Lead Pharmacists in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.
3. Evaluation of Service
To contribute to monitoring of clinical pharmacy services for patients admitted to Childrens Services in accordance with the objectives set by the post holder and Lead Pharmacists in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of drugs in these patients.
4. Clinical Practice
To act as a clinical role model for paediatric pharmacists and demonstrate the ability to provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients
5. Research and Development
To develop clinical pharmacy services for patients admitted in Childrens Services in accordance with the objectives set by the post holder and Lead Pharmacists in order to advance the safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.
6. Education and TrainingTo participate in the clinical training of the ward pharmacistsTo identify own training needsTo actively seek novel opportunities to meet training needsTo maintain a portfolio of practice
7. To maintain a Broad Level of Pharmacy PracticeTo participate in other areas of clinical pharmacy practice in order to ensure a broadbase of pharmaceutical knowledgeTo undertake duties over the weekend and bank holidays and be involved in 7 day a week working .To participate in the paediatric back-up serviceTo liaise with other clinical pharmacists to ensure efficient transfer of drug related care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Leadership
To assist in the delivery of clinical pharmacy services for patients admitted to Childrens Services in accordance with the priorities set by the Lead Pharmacists in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.
2. Management of Service
To provide clinical pharmacy services for patients admitted to Childrens Services in accordance with the priorities set by the post holder, and Lead Pharmacists in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.
3. Evaluation of Service
To contribute to monitoring of clinical pharmacy services for patients admitted to Childrens Services in accordance with the objectives set by the post holder and Lead Pharmacists in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of drugs in these patients.
4. Clinical Practice
To act as a clinical role model for paediatric pharmacists and demonstrate the ability to provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients
5. Research and Development
To develop clinical pharmacy services for patients admitted in Childrens Services in accordance with the objectives set by the post holder and Lead Pharmacists in order to advance the safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.
6. Education and TrainingTo participate in the clinical training of the ward pharmacistsTo identify own training needsTo actively seek novel opportunities to meet training needsTo maintain a portfolio of practice
7. To maintain a Broad Level of Pharmacy PracticeTo participate in other areas of clinical pharmacy practice in order to ensure a broadbase of pharmaceutical knowledgeTo undertake duties over the weekend and bank holidays and be involved in 7 day a week working .To participate in the paediatric back-up serviceTo liaise with other clinical pharmacists to ensure efficient transfer of drug related care.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Clinical experience in paediatric medicine and surgery
- Previous experience in delivering training and education
- Experience of multidisciplinary health services working
- Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice
Desirable
- Clinical experience in obstetrics and neonatology
- Previous experience in delivering training and education at undergraduate or post graduate level
- Demonstration of active participation in multi-disciplinary health care research
- Registered Independent Prescriber
- Previous experience of using electronic prescribing software
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in Pharmacy
- Pre-registration training
- Specialist pharmacy knowledge acquired through post graduate diploma level or equivalent training or experience
Desirable
- Independent Prescribing qualification.
Skills
Essential
- Meets set targets and expected levels of practice as defined by others
- Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management
- The ability to identify and prioritise clinical work
- Understanding of national and local priorities
- The ability to identify and manage risks
- Can work autonomously
- Ability to evaluate quality of own work
- Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and skills
- Demonstrates competent level of clinical reasoning and judgement
- Enhances the quality of patient care
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the Clinical Governance Agenda
- Integrates research evidence into practice
- Ensures ward pharmacists training needs are identified and met and evaluates service provision
- Identifies own training needs and maintains a portfolio of practice
Desirable
- Identifies a vision for the delivery of pharmaceutical services to the Medical/Surgical Specialities
- Identifies and implements best practice and demonstrates innovation
- Demonstrated ability to influence practice at a directorate level
- Ability to identify and prioritise clinical pharmacy services
- Demonstration of the ability to reconcile national priorities with local realities
- Demonstrates ability to implement risk management procedures
- Can delegate authority appropriately
- Manages difficult and ambiguous problems and tolerates uncertainty
- Demonstrates a whole-system patient-focussed approach
- Undertakes own research
- Evaluates the training provided and actively seeks novel opportunities to meet training needs
- Actively seeks to improve the ward and clinical services provided
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Clinical experience in paediatric medicine and surgery
- Previous experience in delivering training and education
- Experience of multidisciplinary health services working
- Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice
Desirable
- Clinical experience in obstetrics and neonatology
- Previous experience in delivering training and education at undergraduate or post graduate level
- Demonstration of active participation in multi-disciplinary health care research
- Registered Independent Prescriber
- Previous experience of using electronic prescribing software
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in Pharmacy
- Pre-registration training
- Specialist pharmacy knowledge acquired through post graduate diploma level or equivalent training or experience
Desirable
- Independent Prescribing qualification.
Skills
Essential
- Meets set targets and expected levels of practice as defined by others
- Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management
- The ability to identify and prioritise clinical work
- Understanding of national and local priorities
- The ability to identify and manage risks
- Can work autonomously
- Ability to evaluate quality of own work
- Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and skills
- Demonstrates competent level of clinical reasoning and judgement
- Enhances the quality of patient care
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the Clinical Governance Agenda
- Integrates research evidence into practice
- Ensures ward pharmacists training needs are identified and met and evaluates service provision
- Identifies own training needs and maintains a portfolio of practice
Desirable
- Identifies a vision for the delivery of pharmaceutical services to the Medical/Surgical Specialities
- Identifies and implements best practice and demonstrates innovation
- Demonstrated ability to influence practice at a directorate level
- Ability to identify and prioritise clinical pharmacy services
- Demonstration of the ability to reconcile national priorities with local realities
- Demonstrates ability to implement risk management procedures
- Can delegate authority appropriately
- Manages difficult and ambiguous problems and tolerates uncertainty
- Demonstrates a whole-system patient-focussed approach
- Undertakes own research
- Evaluates the training provided and actively seeks novel opportunities to meet training needs
- Actively seeks to improve the ward and clinical services provided
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).
