Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a pharmacist with drive and enthusiasm to play a pivotal role as a Specialist Respiratory and Integrated Medicine Pharmacist at The Whittington Health NHS Trust!
Are you up for the challenge in building excellence across an Integrated Care Organisation?
We are looking for an experienced Pharmacist with extensive clinical pharmacy knowledge, excellent communication skills and a strive for quality improvement and transformation. This role requires leadership, management and collaborative MDT working across the interface to provide a high-level, excellent clinical respiratory pharmacy service.
We look forward to taking these next steps of this journey with you!
Apply today!
Main duties of the job
As a Specialist Respiratory and Integrated Medicine Pharmacist you will be required:
To deliver specialised clinical pharmacy input to the respiratory department, ward, home oxygen review teams, and as a member of the integrated community respiratory team.
To act as Lead Pharmacist within the Home Oxygen Service across the interface, continuing to lead and develop an effective, collaborative service, identifying areas for service development, quality and value improvement.
To act as the Lead Pharmacist in the Tobacco Dependence Treatment service across the interface, working with the team lead and as a member of the Trust leadership group, continuing to develop an effective, collaborative service, identifying areas for service development, quality and value improvement.
To support the Lead Pharmacist in Emergency and Integrated Medicines to maintain clinical, governance leadership and strategic oversight for medical specialities within emergency and integrated medicine (EIM) such as cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology and care of older people and frailty.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information relating to the main duties of the role, please refer to the Job Description & Person Specification included in this advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information relating to the main duties of the role, please refer to the Job Description & Person Specification included in this advert.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm (or equivalent)
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Further post graduate qualification Diploma/MSc in Pharmacy Practice or Clinical Pharmacy, or equivalent
Desirable
- Independent Prescriber
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Member of relevant professional clinical groups (e.g. UKCPA)
- Smoking cessation' training e.g. NCSCT
- Leadership or Management qualification
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Good written and oral communication skills and able to communicate with patients and all grades of healthcare staff (verbally and in writing).
- Good negotiation skills and the ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management.
- Experience of supervising and training junior pharmacist and wider pharmacy team members.
- Experience of providing education and training to pharmacy staff, nursing staff and doctors.
- Good interpersonal and leadership skills.
- Ability to work in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment and prioritise appropriately.
- Good problem-solving skills.
- Excellent numeracy skills.
- High-level clinical skills sufficient to engage in appropriate dialogue with senior clinicians around complex clinical cases.
- Can identify a vision for the delivery of pharmaceutical services to Respiratory Integrated Medicine.
- Ability to evaluate and to plan service developments.
- Proven ability to apply Quality Improvement and change management methodologies to design, implement, and sustain service improvements in clinical practice.
Desirable
- Ability to influence and motivate key stakeholders at wider systems level
- Ability to integrate digital systems knowledge (e.g. electronic prescribing, informatics dashboards) into clinical and service improvement work
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience of managing and leading a team.
- Significant experience of working in an acute hospital setting, with some of this experience at a senior level.
- Significant and relevant clinical experience from working in areas linked to Respiratory and Integrated Medicine.
- Understanding of current national standards, guidelines and service developments linked to areas covered by Emergency and Integrated medicine and specifically Respiratory.
- Demonstrates a whole-system patient-focused approach to work and understanding of Integrated Care Organisations.
- Experience of managing and analysing drug expenditure, based on clinical activity and supporting cost improvement plans.
- Supporting patient safety through incident management, learning processes, and promoting a positive safety culture within the wider organisation.
- Involvement in the review and writing of clinical guidelines, policies and procedures.
- Experience of appraising staff and giving feedback as a rotational or line manager.
- Experience in education and training and acting as a clinical pharmacy supervisor.
Desirable
- Awareness and understanding of local and national priorities relating to oxygen safety, prescribing, and the provision of Home Oxygen Services.
- Awareness and understanding of local and national priorities relating to diagnosing and treating tobacco dependence in hospital and across interfaces.
- Understanding of the North Central London healthcare systems and priorities aligned with the National agenda e.g. Healthcare Inequalities.
- An understanding of, and how, integrated care can be further developed within Emergency and Integrated Medicine.
- An understanding of how digital tools and electronic functionalities can improve clinical practice in the inpatient setting and be measured.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Reliable, Self-motivated.
- Able to set realistic goals and outcomes and use these to motivate themselves and their team.
- Able to work under pressure whilst maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
- Able to work on own initiative or as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrates initiative, and motivation & enthusiasm for the post.
- Commitment to continuing personal development.
- Ability to articulate their own leadership style.
- Knowledge and understanding of equality, inclusion and diversity issues and how personally can make a positive difference to this agenda.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm (or equivalent)
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Further post graduate qualification Diploma/MSc in Pharmacy Practice or Clinical Pharmacy, or equivalent
Desirable
- Independent Prescriber
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Member of relevant professional clinical groups (e.g. UKCPA)
- Smoking cessation' training e.g. NCSCT
- Leadership or Management qualification
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Good written and oral communication skills and able to communicate with patients and all grades of healthcare staff (verbally and in writing).
- Good negotiation skills and the ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management.
- Experience of supervising and training junior pharmacist and wider pharmacy team members.
- Experience of providing education and training to pharmacy staff, nursing staff and doctors.
- Good interpersonal and leadership skills.
- Ability to work in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment and prioritise appropriately.
- Good problem-solving skills.
- Excellent numeracy skills.
- High-level clinical skills sufficient to engage in appropriate dialogue with senior clinicians around complex clinical cases.
- Can identify a vision for the delivery of pharmaceutical services to Respiratory Integrated Medicine.
- Ability to evaluate and to plan service developments.
- Proven ability to apply Quality Improvement and change management methodologies to design, implement, and sustain service improvements in clinical practice.
Desirable
- Ability to influence and motivate key stakeholders at wider systems level
- Ability to integrate digital systems knowledge (e.g. electronic prescribing, informatics dashboards) into clinical and service improvement work
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience of managing and leading a team.
- Significant experience of working in an acute hospital setting, with some of this experience at a senior level.
- Significant and relevant clinical experience from working in areas linked to Respiratory and Integrated Medicine.
- Understanding of current national standards, guidelines and service developments linked to areas covered by Emergency and Integrated medicine and specifically Respiratory.
- Demonstrates a whole-system patient-focused approach to work and understanding of Integrated Care Organisations.
- Experience of managing and analysing drug expenditure, based on clinical activity and supporting cost improvement plans.
- Supporting patient safety through incident management, learning processes, and promoting a positive safety culture within the wider organisation.
- Involvement in the review and writing of clinical guidelines, policies and procedures.
- Experience of appraising staff and giving feedback as a rotational or line manager.
- Experience in education and training and acting as a clinical pharmacy supervisor.
Desirable
- Awareness and understanding of local and national priorities relating to oxygen safety, prescribing, and the provision of Home Oxygen Services.
- Awareness and understanding of local and national priorities relating to diagnosing and treating tobacco dependence in hospital and across interfaces.
- Understanding of the North Central London healthcare systems and priorities aligned with the National agenda e.g. Healthcare Inequalities.
- An understanding of, and how, integrated care can be further developed within Emergency and Integrated Medicine.
- An understanding of how digital tools and electronic functionalities can improve clinical practice in the inpatient setting and be measured.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Reliable, Self-motivated.
- Able to set realistic goals and outcomes and use these to motivate themselves and their team.
- Able to work under pressure whilst maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
- Able to work on own initiative or as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrates initiative, and motivation & enthusiasm for the post.
- Commitment to continuing personal development.
- Ability to articulate their own leadership style.
- Knowledge and understanding of equality, inclusion and diversity issues and how personally can make a positive difference to this agenda.
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).
