Job summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic clinical pharmacist with vision, excellent communication, organisational and leadership skills to join the Pharmacy Infection Team at King's College Hospital, based at the Princess Royal University Hospital, but can be flexible to work across all sites.
The post holder will work to ensure the continued provision and development of high quality, comprehensive clinical pharmacy services to patients, influencing senior managers and clinicians with respect to antimicrobials and stewardship. The successful candidate will lead on delivering initiatives to promote effective antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship. The post holder will work closely with the Principal Infection Pharmacist, Microbiology, Pharmacy team, clinicians and nurses in developing the infection and antimicrobial clinical pharmacy service across the Trust and providing high level patient care to a diverse group of patients.
This post provides flexible and challenging opportunities for personal and professional development, both clinically and managerially. The successful applicant will be expected to be a team player with clinical experience, excellent interpersonal skills and meticulous attention to detail.
Main duties of the job
- To provide expert advice on pharmaceutical matters relating to antimicrobials, antimicrobial stewardship and infectious diseases.
- To develop, evaluate and optimise antimicrobial surveillance systems to provide assurance of Trust antimicrobial prescribing.
- To provide regular reports on anti-infective consumption and expenditure to the Trust
- To actively contribute to the development and monitoring of written policies/guidelines for the use of antimicrobials in general and specialist areas within the Trust
- To implement and promote guidelines for the use of antimicrobials within the Trust
- To provide education to prescribers, pharmacists, nursing staff e.g. at induction and regular intervals, on the prudent use of antimicrobials
- To provide a comprehensive ward pharmacy service to one or more specialties.
- Actively participate in multidisciplinary ward rounds (Infectious diseases, Antimicrobial stewardship, infective endocarditis, bone and joint and Clostridioides difficile), delivering and promoting high quality, cost-effective, patient-focused pharmaceutical care.
- Lead and manage clinical pharmacy services in infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship in conjunction with the Principal Pharmacist.
About us
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.
King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
The trust-wide strategy Strong Roots, Global Reachis our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we can take Team King's to another level.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties & Responsibilities
- Act as a specialist role model and an expert in the medical management within infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship.
- Participate regularly in outpatient clinics to deliver and promote high quality, cost-effective and patient-focused pharmaceutical care.
- Act as a pharmacist independent prescriber to optimise the care of patients within infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship.
- Ensure a high level of clinical pharmacy input to the care of patients within infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship. Providing interface and discharge liaison and support.
- Provide patient and carer education and close liaison across the interface.
- Promote safe drug use within the infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship specialties.
- Development, implementation and audit of local guidelines.
- Supervise and train pharmacy staff at ward level.
- Provide education and training to healthcare professionals within and outside the Trust.
- To participate in Healthcare Associated Infection (HCAI) specific patient reviews and root cause analyses meetings.
- To provide support to the Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) service as required.
i. Clinical Practice
- To act as a clinical role model and demonstrate the ability to provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of antimicrobials and other drugs
- To take part in the duty infection pharmacy service (during working hours)
- To act as a specialist practitioner within the field and as an expert pharmacist in infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship.
- To promote and deliver pharmaceutical care for infectious diseases patients and more generally for all patients.
- To provide highly specialised and complex evidence-based clinical advice and information using expert knowledge and experience to pharmacy, nursing, medical and other healthcare professionals on the care and treatment of patients, inside and outside of the Trust.
- To participate in and contribute to the clinical/ward pharmacy service.
- To actively participate regularly in consultant and/or multidisciplinary ward rounds, antibiotic ward rounds and other multidisciplinary meetings as appropriate, delivering and promoting high quality, cost-effective, patient-focused pharmaceutical care.
- To practice as an independent prescriber, in area of own expertise, as appropriate and provide direct high quality of care to inpatients and outpatients within scope of practice
- To participate in patient education and counselling schemes for all infectious diseases/ antimicrobial stewardship patients/carers.
- To liaise with other Pharmacists, Doctors and GPs to ensure efficient transfer of clinical and medicines management issues.
- Maintain and further develop specialist information on the use of drugs in clinical conditions relevant to infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship, ensuring accurate and up to date clinical information is available to all pharmacists performing out of hours duties in a format relevant to those pharmacists needs.
ii. Policy/Service Development
- To work with Infectious Diseases/Microbiology/ Pharmacy/ Consultants / IPC Teams to develop best practice protocols
- To proactively develop clinical pharmacy services relating to antimicrobials in line with local and national objectives (e.g. ESPAUR, DoH, NHSE, NICE guidance)
- To actively contribute to the development and monitoring of written policies/guidelines
- To lead and comment on policy and service changes and plans within the clinical pharmacy service and to contribute to, and participate in, pharmacy service developments in line with departmental and Trust policy
- To develop, implement, monitor and evaluate evidence-based prescribing guidelines and protocols for use both Trust wide and within infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship.
- To ensure services provided are in line with local and national policies, guidelines and frameworks
- To contribute and adhere to clinical pharmacy service standards
- To proactively support the development of ward and clinical pharmacy services to infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship in order to advance the safe, clinically effective and cost effective use of drugs to patients
- To attend relevant meetings, including inpatient and outpatient MDTs.
- To attend Care Group meetings attended by senior management and clinical staff, participating, and representing pharmacy views at such meetings
- To manage specific service initiatives and changes affecting the clinical pharmacy service in the department and across the Trust
- To participate in Trust adverse incident reporting scheme.
iii. Education and Training
- To identify training needs of pharmacy staff in order to undertake the roles required in relation to antimicrobials
- To provide education and training of pharmacy and other staff in relation to antimicrobial stewardship, antimicrobial use and Infectious Diseases
- To participate in education and training of other healthcare professionals
- To participate in teaching and supervising students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
- To act as educational supervisor for Diploma students and/ or designated supervisors for trainee pharmacists, according to needs of the department
- To regularly train, supervise and assess pharmacy staff providing a ward/clinical pharmacy service to wards within the Care Group.
- To participate in the in-service clinical pharmacy training of all pharmacy staff.
- To undertake CPD to ensure that knowledge is continually updated.
- To participate regularly in the induction, training and development of medical, nursing and other healthcare staff.
- To delegate tasks to junior staff as and when required.
- To manage, organise and/or support the induction of new pharmacy staff.
iv. Financial/Resource Management
- To support the Principal Pharmacist in monitoring drug expenditure within the Care Group
- To identify areas of potential cost-savings within the speciality
- Using horizon scanning techniques identify future high cost medications.
- To support the development and implementation of policies to control drug expenditure and ensure cost-effective prescribing.
- To educate other healthcare professionals on the costs associated with drug therapy and promote the use of evidence-based, cost-effective prescribing within the care group.
- To attend Care Group or Specialty financial meetings when required.
- To work across traditional boundaries e.g. primary and secondary care.
v. Management and Leadership
- To lead, coach and manage the performance of junior staff in line with good people management practices, ensuring excellence is recognised and underperformance is addressed.
- To participate in regular performance appraisal meetings and ensure line reports have a clear set of objectives and development plans.
- To ensure line reports are compliant with all statutory, mandatory training together with any professional training requirements, ensuring they are up to date and fully compliant.
- To manage absences including sickness in line with Trust policy ensuring the appropriate return to work meetings occur, e-roster is updated and productivity is at the highest possible level.
- To ensure overall wellbeing of the team is maintained. Continuously support in improving the morale of the team and implementing a culture of zero-tolerance for bullying and harassment.
vi. Research & Development
- To participate in active antimicrobial and infectious diseases research
- To lead, participate in and co-ordinate relevant research or audit projects.
- To participate in audit and practice research to investigate and where appropriate improve the quality of service.
- To publish and present the results and outcomes of own research and audits locally, nationally or internationally as appropriate.
- To supervise junior doctors/pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and trainee pharmacists undertaking audit projects.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties & Responsibilities
- Act as a specialist role model and an expert in the medical management within infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship.
- Participate regularly in outpatient clinics to deliver and promote high quality, cost-effective and patient-focused pharmaceutical care.
- Act as a pharmacist independent prescriber to optimise the care of patients within infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship.
- Ensure a high level of clinical pharmacy input to the care of patients within infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship. Providing interface and discharge liaison and support.
- Provide patient and carer education and close liaison across the interface.
- Promote safe drug use within the infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship specialties.
- Development, implementation and audit of local guidelines.
- Supervise and train pharmacy staff at ward level.
- Provide education and training to healthcare professionals within and outside the Trust.
- To participate in Healthcare Associated Infection (HCAI) specific patient reviews and root cause analyses meetings.
- To provide support to the Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) service as required.
i. Clinical Practice
- To act as a clinical role model and demonstrate the ability to provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of antimicrobials and other drugs
- To take part in the duty infection pharmacy service (during working hours)
- To act as a specialist practitioner within the field and as an expert pharmacist in infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship.
- To promote and deliver pharmaceutical care for infectious diseases patients and more generally for all patients.
- To provide highly specialised and complex evidence-based clinical advice and information using expert knowledge and experience to pharmacy, nursing, medical and other healthcare professionals on the care and treatment of patients, inside and outside of the Trust.
- To participate in and contribute to the clinical/ward pharmacy service.
- To actively participate regularly in consultant and/or multidisciplinary ward rounds, antibiotic ward rounds and other multidisciplinary meetings as appropriate, delivering and promoting high quality, cost-effective, patient-focused pharmaceutical care.
- To practice as an independent prescriber, in area of own expertise, as appropriate and provide direct high quality of care to inpatients and outpatients within scope of practice
- To participate in patient education and counselling schemes for all infectious diseases/ antimicrobial stewardship patients/carers.
- To liaise with other Pharmacists, Doctors and GPs to ensure efficient transfer of clinical and medicines management issues.
- Maintain and further develop specialist information on the use of drugs in clinical conditions relevant to infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship, ensuring accurate and up to date clinical information is available to all pharmacists performing out of hours duties in a format relevant to those pharmacists needs.
ii. Policy/Service Development
- To work with Infectious Diseases/Microbiology/ Pharmacy/ Consultants / IPC Teams to develop best practice protocols
- To proactively develop clinical pharmacy services relating to antimicrobials in line with local and national objectives (e.g. ESPAUR, DoH, NHSE, NICE guidance)
- To actively contribute to the development and monitoring of written policies/guidelines
- To lead and comment on policy and service changes and plans within the clinical pharmacy service and to contribute to, and participate in, pharmacy service developments in line with departmental and Trust policy
- To develop, implement, monitor and evaluate evidence-based prescribing guidelines and protocols for use both Trust wide and within infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship.
- To ensure services provided are in line with local and national policies, guidelines and frameworks
- To contribute and adhere to clinical pharmacy service standards
- To proactively support the development of ward and clinical pharmacy services to infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship in order to advance the safe, clinically effective and cost effective use of drugs to patients
- To attend relevant meetings, including inpatient and outpatient MDTs.
- To attend Care Group meetings attended by senior management and clinical staff, participating, and representing pharmacy views at such meetings
- To manage specific service initiatives and changes affecting the clinical pharmacy service in the department and across the Trust
- To participate in Trust adverse incident reporting scheme.
iii. Education and Training
- To identify training needs of pharmacy staff in order to undertake the roles required in relation to antimicrobials
- To provide education and training of pharmacy and other staff in relation to antimicrobial stewardship, antimicrobial use and Infectious Diseases
- To participate in education and training of other healthcare professionals
- To participate in teaching and supervising students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
- To act as educational supervisor for Diploma students and/ or designated supervisors for trainee pharmacists, according to needs of the department
- To regularly train, supervise and assess pharmacy staff providing a ward/clinical pharmacy service to wards within the Care Group.
- To participate in the in-service clinical pharmacy training of all pharmacy staff.
- To undertake CPD to ensure that knowledge is continually updated.
- To participate regularly in the induction, training and development of medical, nursing and other healthcare staff.
- To delegate tasks to junior staff as and when required.
- To manage, organise and/or support the induction of new pharmacy staff.
iv. Financial/Resource Management
- To support the Principal Pharmacist in monitoring drug expenditure within the Care Group
- To identify areas of potential cost-savings within the speciality
- Using horizon scanning techniques identify future high cost medications.
- To support the development and implementation of policies to control drug expenditure and ensure cost-effective prescribing.
- To educate other healthcare professionals on the costs associated with drug therapy and promote the use of evidence-based, cost-effective prescribing within the care group.
- To attend Care Group or Specialty financial meetings when required.
- To work across traditional boundaries e.g. primary and secondary care.
v. Management and Leadership
- To lead, coach and manage the performance of junior staff in line with good people management practices, ensuring excellence is recognised and underperformance is addressed.
- To participate in regular performance appraisal meetings and ensure line reports have a clear set of objectives and development plans.
- To ensure line reports are compliant with all statutory, mandatory training together with any professional training requirements, ensuring they are up to date and fully compliant.
- To manage absences including sickness in line with Trust policy ensuring the appropriate return to work meetings occur, e-roster is updated and productivity is at the highest possible level.
- To ensure overall wellbeing of the team is maintained. Continuously support in improving the morale of the team and implementing a culture of zero-tolerance for bullying and harassment.
vi. Research & Development
- To participate in active antimicrobial and infectious diseases research
- To lead, participate in and co-ordinate relevant research or audit projects.
- To participate in audit and practice research to investigate and where appropriate improve the quality of service.
- To publish and present the results and outcomes of own research and audits locally, nationally or internationally as appropriate.
- To supervise junior doctors/pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and trainee pharmacists undertaking audit projects.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Minimum 18 months experience
- Completed Post-graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy
- Significant knowledge and clinical skills in hospital pharmacy
Desirable
- Registered Independent Prescriber
- Experience in directorate pharmacy
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Minimum 18 months experience
- Completed Post-graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy
- Significant knowledge and clinical skills in hospital pharmacy
Desirable
- Registered Independent Prescriber
- Experience in directorate pharmacy
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).
Employer details
Employer name
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Princess Royal University Hospital (flexibility to work at Denmark Hill on some days (e.g. 3 days PRUH, 2 days Denmark Hill)
London
BR6 8ND
Employer's website
https://www.kch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
