Specialist clinical pharmacist clinical trials

Job responsibilities

Clinical Services

To provide information, advice and guidance on the safe, effective and economical use of medicines and to challenge poor practice.

To maintain appropriate standards of service and safety; to enforce guidelines, policies and procedures to ensure standards are met.

To optimise medicines management by reconciling drug histories, performing medication reviews and using patients own medicines.

To detect, record and report adverse drug reactions to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and via Datix as per Trust Policy.

To record your clinical activity and to monitor the outcome of your advice.

To monitor interventions in treatment to identify training and information needs.

To fulfil the requirements of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Good Professional Practice.

To participate in CQUINs and QIPPs within medical specialities.

To lead and support on the auditing of medicines.

To implement countywide and local prescribing strategies within the Trust.

Facilitate the expansion of the tools within EPMA.

Support the development and implementations of medicine related guidance, policies and procedures within speciality area.

Support the process for new medicines being integrated into the Trust by Formulary submissions.

To identify new opportunities for the development of pharmacy services and assist in the preparation of business cases to support these developments.

To undertake validation duties in the dispensary.

To supervise, check and, if necessary undertake the supply of medicines. Technical checking is in place; pharmacists make initial validations and have a professional responsibility to decide on the need for their further involvement in the supply process.

Specialist Clinical Pharmacy Role to Medicine

Have a working knowledge of current practice and protocols within the speciality and how these relate to national and other guidance.

To optimise medicines through prescribing role operating within areas of competence (where appropriately qualified and authorised via the Trust NMP register).

Provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service to speciality wards and clinics.

To provide an Enquiry Answering Service for speciality-related enquires from other pharmacists or referred from other wards

Specialist Clinical Pharmacy Role to Clinical Trials

Support the Advanced Clinical Pharmacist for Clinical Trials.

Develop specialist expertise for the Pharmacy aspects of clinical trials.

Ensure that Pharmacy activity in relation to clinical trials complies with Good Clinical Practice (GCP).

Develop and maintain necessary procedures.

Prepare new electronic prescriptions and procedural documentation for Cancer clinical trials, as required.

Assist with the training of Pharmacy staff in this area.

Liaise with Clinical Research Assistants and Clinical Trial Nurses.

To support the Specialist Clinical Pharmacist in the set-up and maintenance of clinical trials.

Support the Pharmacy Technicians in developing trial-specific standard operating procedures.

Education, Training and Supervision

Attend clinical pharmacy meetings and education/training schemes relevant to post.

To take part in formal and informal training of pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals.

To be a supervisor on the Clinical Pharmacy Diploma course.

To supervise aspects of pre-registration training.

To line manage and lead those staff allocated, undertaking appraisals, supervision and identification of training and development of their skills and knowledge.

To assist in the induction of staff into the service; to help identify training and development needs.

To provide information to patients, parents and carers on admission, discharge and in outpatient clinics regarding treatment and medication to optimise patient concordance, particularly if there is a need to overcome language barriers.

To maintain up-to-date clinical knowledge in clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice to ensure a broad base of pharmaceutical knowledge, clinical reasoning and judgement.

To take responsibility for own personal CPD by participating in education and training programmes to improve competence.

Develop specialist expertise in speciality area.

To obtain/maintain prescribing qualification and support speciality clinics and ward rounds as appropriate.

To help provide the training for Technicians enhanced patient counselling skills and Medicines Management Technician training.

Other Duties

To undertake duties elsewhere in the locality, if required.

To undertake on call duties

To provide a pharmacy service at weekends.

Education training and Qualifications

Essential

• MPharm
• Member of GPhC
• Achieved (or working towards) postgraduate clinical qualification (or equivalent knowledge/experience)
• CPD portfolio

Desirable

• Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Practice Certificate in Independent Prescribing
• GCP Certificate

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Post-registration hospital clinical pharmacy experience including at least four of the following specialties: Medicine (or medical specialties), Care of the Older Person Surgery (or surgical specialties), Paediatrics, Medicines Information, Oncology/Haematology, Aseptics (this would normally be achieved over at least a 2-3 year period).
• Good clinical knowledge
• Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Skill mix issues/role of technicians in clinical services
• Awareness of interface issues
• Teaching, supervising and training staff
• Appraisals/personal development
• NHS arrangements, eg CCGs, NICE, CQC, Clinical Governance

Desirable

• Staff supervision
• Experience of prescribing within a speciality to optimise medicines for specific patient groups.
• Pharmaceutical care of the speciality patient

Personal Qualities & Attributes

Essential

• Both full time and part time candidates should have the ability to work shifts that will cover 7 days of the week as the NHS moves towards 7 day service provision.
• Smart appearance
• Enthusiasm
• Confidence
• Influential
• Credible with medical/nursing staff
• Innovative
• Willingness to learn and develop personally

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Excellent communication
• Ability to prioritise
• Ability to delegate
• Ability to work under pressure
• Computer skills, eg databases
• Ability to work alone and as a team member
• Time management

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

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).