Job summary
Highly Specialist Cardiac Pharmacist - St Bartholomew's Hospital
Band 8a
(37.5 hours a week including back-up on call and weekend commitments)
This is a 1 year fixed term contract, secondment
Do you want to join an award-winning department that puts clinical pharmacists at the forefront of medicines optimisation and patient care?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the cardiac team at Barts Heart Centre within Barts Health NHS Trust as our prevention service expands. The post provides several opportunities for professional and personal development, contributing to quality improvement projects, supervising a variety of staff and supporting the delivery of world-class and innovative cardiovascular services.
You will also be expected to contribute to the research agenda working with staff across the Pharmacy departments and student placements. You should have experience in services within cardiac and/or cardiometabolic care and have a clear vision of how you see the future of clinical pharmacy services within the specialty
Main duties of the job
The post holder will carry out the full range of duties as a specialist clinical pharmacist to deliver patient focused, quality care across NEL. The principle objective of this role is to provide patient focused pharmaceutical care, defined as the responsible provision of medication to achieve definite outcomes that improve patient's quality of life for patients in the community.
The post holder communicates effectively with patients to help optimise their pharmaceutical management and through liaising with other health care professionals to design, implement and monitor therapeutic plans to optimise health outcomes.
To assist lead pharmacists for the relevant clinical area, in promoting high quality, cost effective and safe prescribing. The post holder will provide pharmaceutical services to the clinical areas relevant to the specialist area of the rotation and to the hospital site involved.
The post holder will participate in education and training to primary care clinicians across NEL and will assist in the provision and development of clinical pharmacy within the service.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working as a registered clinical pharmacy practitioner at a minimum of Band 7 level or equivalent
- Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care
- Ability to undertake and facilitate quality improvement, reflective practice, teaching and CPD
- Experience of leading and supervising research, quality improvement or audit projects
Desirable
- Operational management experience in a complex environment
- Experience of providing hospital -based clinical services to cardiovascular services at Band 7 level or equivalent
- Experience of managing a budget
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self, and others
- Effective problem-solving skills
- Excellent clinical and managerial critical appraisal skills
- IT literate; able to use Microsoft office with intermediate IT skills including, accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programmes
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of audiences, including chairing of meetings.
Desirable
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate with and influence senior medical staff and senior management
- Management of risk in the clinical use of medicines
- Demonstrates strong leadership skills
- Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training
Knowledge
Essential
- Sound knowledge of drugs and therapeutics in cardiovascular at Diploma level or equivalent
- Thorough understanding of clinical governance, patient safety initiatives, and clinical risk management
- Knowledge and awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to cardiovascular
Desirable
- Knowledge of the medication issues at the interface of primary and secondary care. Awareness of wider NHS policies, e.g. NHS 10yr Plan
- Knowledge of rationing decisions in the NHS, Payment by Results (PbR) and commissioning
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent
- Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
- Postgraduate Pharmacy Qualification or equivalent experience (minimum postgraduate diploma level)
Desirable
- Independent prescribing qualification,
- MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Management qualification or equivalent experience
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Faculty
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working as a registered clinical pharmacy practitioner at a minimum of Band 7 level or equivalent
- Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care
- Ability to undertake and facilitate quality improvement, reflective practice, teaching and CPD
- Experience of leading and supervising research, quality improvement or audit projects
Desirable
- Operational management experience in a complex environment
- Experience of providing hospital -based clinical services to cardiovascular services at Band 7 level or equivalent
- Experience of managing a budget
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self, and others
- Effective problem-solving skills
- Excellent clinical and managerial critical appraisal skills
- IT literate; able to use Microsoft office with intermediate IT skills including, accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programmes
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of audiences, including chairing of meetings.
Desirable
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate with and influence senior medical staff and senior management
- Management of risk in the clinical use of medicines
- Demonstrates strong leadership skills
- Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training
Knowledge
Essential
- Sound knowledge of drugs and therapeutics in cardiovascular at Diploma level or equivalent
- Thorough understanding of clinical governance, patient safety initiatives, and clinical risk management
- Knowledge and awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to cardiovascular
Desirable
- Knowledge of the medication issues at the interface of primary and secondary care. Awareness of wider NHS policies, e.g. NHS 10yr Plan
- Knowledge of rationing decisions in the NHS, Payment by Results (PbR) and commissioning
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent
- Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
- Postgraduate Pharmacy Qualification or equivalent experience (minimum postgraduate diploma level)
Desirable
- Independent prescribing qualification,
- MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Management qualification or equivalent experience
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Faculty
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).
