Job summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Senior Clinical Pharmacist to plan, lead and deliver a lipid management and secondary prevention service here at the QE in Gateshead. This is an innovative post that is pivotal to supporting the national agenda of disease prevention and promoting public health.
We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic and highly skilled clinical pharmacist, with a prescribing qualification and a keen interest in working in endocrinology, specifically lipid management, specifically lipid management and secondary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). The post holder will collaborate and continue to develop the secondary prevention clinics, provide specialist clinical pharmacy input and collate data on patient benefit and outcomes.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will work closely as part of the MDT to review patient referrals into the service. They will then lead on new patient clinics, initiating and monitoring patients on guideline led therapies to achieve the target lipid reductions to reduce risk of future cardiovascular events. They will review and promote medicines optimisation for patients who have associated cardiovascular risk factors including diabetes, thyroid disease and hypertension including titration of secondary prevention medication post myocardial infarction.
As part of the team you will work closely alongside the cardiology, endocrinology, stroke renal and vascular teams to provide patient centered care and ensure optimisation of lipid therapies.
You will share progress of the project with senior pharmacy colleagues, service line manager for medicine and the key stakeholders of cardiology, endocrinology and stroke teams. There is also the opportunity for developing a regional lipid network to share ideas and experiences.
A self-starter with an interest in audit and research will maintain our commitment to the trusts core values and join the team who have had work published and been nominated for national awards.
About us
The Pharmacy team at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital is rapidly evolving to provide an advanced clinical service delivering direct care to patients while ensuring the safe and effective use of medicines within the organisation.
Our patient-facing clinical services are continually adapting to ensure that our staff are optimally utilised to directly deliver high quality safe care to patients. Pharmacist prescribers are embedded within specialities to maximise their medicines knowledge and clinical skills.
We also have strong links with local academic partners via the provision of clinical placements and an excellent learning and development culture.
Learning and development is encouraged with support from both the pharmacy and endocrinology teams, alongside the opportunity to share project outcomes in peer reviewed publications, conferences and within regional networks.
The trust places high importance on the health and wellbeing of its staff and is this is reflected directly within the pharmacy department. Professional and personal development is supported and encouraged.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide specialist clinical pharmacy input into the secondary prevention of ASCVD for Gateshead patients who have undergone the following:
-Myocardial infarction
-Revascularisation for peripheral vascular disease
-Ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack
- To triage referrals for secondary prevention of ASCVD, ensuring relevant tests and information are available in advance of the MDT.
- To work closely as part of the MDT alongside cardiology, endocrinology, stroke renal and vascular teams to discuss referrals, generate treatment plans and escalate patients who require specialist input e.g. familial hypercholesterolemia.
- The MDT aims are:
-Identification of patients who are not achieving secondary prevention lipid targets as specified in national guidelines
-Identification of patients who have previously not tolerated lipid modification therapies and therefore have not reached secondary prevention lipid targets
-Review and medicines optimisation for patients who have associated cardiovascular risk factors including diabetes, thyroid disease and hypertension
-Medicines optimisation post myocardial infarction including titration of secondary prevention medication
-Enabling treatment planning and case based learning
- Continue to develop a series of clinics to assess, treat and monitor patients for secondary prevention of ASCVD. This will include new patient clinics and follow up clinics where you will prescribe guideline based medication, ensure patients receive appropriate counselling and monitoring and communicate treatment plans with primary care.
- You will work collaboratively with the patient, the MDT and primary care to offer a patient centered approach to treatment options.
- You will provide education to patients, pharmacy, nursing and medical colleagues regarding lipid management.
- You will have the opportunity due to the innovative nature of the post to partake in regional and national research. With the possibility of sharing research in peer reviewed publications, via conferences and presentations and networking with other lipid optimisation teams.
- You will develop a network to support regional primary care teams with lipid management.
- You will support the inpatient clinical pharmacy team with clinical sessions on the wards or within the dispensary
- Work to deliver the 7 day clinical Pharmacy service by supporting the late night, on call and weekend rota.
- As a senior member of the team you will support students, trainee pharmacists and pharmacy technicians by providing clinical supervision and education
- You will provide leadership and management within the pharmacy team
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide specialist clinical pharmacy input into the secondary prevention of ASCVD for Gateshead patients who have undergone the following:
-Myocardial infarction
-Revascularisation for peripheral vascular disease
-Ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack
- To triage referrals for secondary prevention of ASCVD, ensuring relevant tests and information are available in advance of the MDT.
- To work closely as part of the MDT alongside cardiology, endocrinology, stroke renal and vascular teams to discuss referrals, generate treatment plans and escalate patients who require specialist input e.g. familial hypercholesterolemia.
- The MDT aims are:
-Identification of patients who are not achieving secondary prevention lipid targets as specified in national guidelines
-Identification of patients who have previously not tolerated lipid modification therapies and therefore have not reached secondary prevention lipid targets
-Review and medicines optimisation for patients who have associated cardiovascular risk factors including diabetes, thyroid disease and hypertension
-Medicines optimisation post myocardial infarction including titration of secondary prevention medication
-Enabling treatment planning and case based learning
- Continue to develop a series of clinics to assess, treat and monitor patients for secondary prevention of ASCVD. This will include new patient clinics and follow up clinics where you will prescribe guideline based medication, ensure patients receive appropriate counselling and monitoring and communicate treatment plans with primary care.
- You will work collaboratively with the patient, the MDT and primary care to offer a patient centered approach to treatment options.
- You will provide education to patients, pharmacy, nursing and medical colleagues regarding lipid management.
- You will have the opportunity due to the innovative nature of the post to partake in regional and national research. With the possibility of sharing research in peer reviewed publications, via conferences and presentations and networking with other lipid optimisation teams.
- You will develop a network to support regional primary care teams with lipid management.
- You will support the inpatient clinical pharmacy team with clinical sessions on the wards or within the dispensary
- Work to deliver the 7 day clinical Pharmacy service by supporting the late night, on call and weekend rota.
- As a senior member of the team you will support students, trainee pharmacists and pharmacy technicians by providing clinical supervision and education
- You will provide leadership and management within the pharmacy team
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in Pharmacy
- Registered as a pharmacist with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience
- Independent Prescriber
Experience
Essential
- Experience of leadership
- Experience with patient consultations
- Involvement in projects/audit and ability to use data collection to demonstrate outcomes
Desirable
- Previous clinical experience with lipid management/endocrinology
- Previous experience of leading project development and management
- Previous hospital experience
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent consultation skills
- Specialist knowledge of Pharmacy systems
- Evidence of self-reflection and continuous professional development
- IT literate
Desirable
- Advanced Clinical Skills or desire to work towards
- Acute Illness Management or similar
- Evidence of innovative practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in Pharmacy
- Registered as a pharmacist with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience
- Independent Prescriber
Experience
Essential
- Experience of leadership
- Experience with patient consultations
- Involvement in projects/audit and ability to use data collection to demonstrate outcomes
Desirable
- Previous clinical experience with lipid management/endocrinology
- Previous experience of leading project development and management
- Previous hospital experience
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent consultation skills
- Specialist knowledge of Pharmacy systems
- Evidence of self-reflection and continuous professional development
- IT literate
Desirable
- Advanced Clinical Skills or desire to work towards
- Acute Illness Management or similar
- Evidence of innovative practice
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
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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).
