Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Specialist Clinical Pharmacist (XR07)

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Job summary

Expected Shortlisting Date

09/01/2024

Planned Interview Date

23/01/2024

We have an exciting opportunity for a full time Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - split between the Anticoagulation Team and the Respiratory Team. The anticoagulant post is well integrated into the multi- disciplinary team and provides care mainly to the patients attending the outpatient clinics.

You will have the opportunity to be involved in the development of our anticoagulant service which we provide to both in and outpatients. You will be part of a team looking at piloting a new in reach service developing the specialist anticoagulation role to provide anticoagulation advice to the clinical teams in certain clinical areas.

The role will require you to work in a clinic setting based at St James Hospital where you will participate in the day-to-day delivery of the anticoagulation service including the management of warfarin.

You will be fully supported by our senior pharmacists and wider clinical team. We work closely with pharmacy technicians, doctors, and nurses. Good communication skills will be essential.It is not essential to be a prescriber for this post, but you must be willing to complete the prescribing qualification once appointed. As part your respiratory job plan you will be working on the inpatient wards and supported by our advanced clinical pharmacists and specialist clinical technician.

Main duties of the job

The anticoagulant post is well integrated into the multi- disciplinary team and provides care mainly to the patients attending the outpatient clinics - warfarin, LMWH and DOACs.

We work closely with pharmacy technicians, doctors, and nurses. Good communication skills will be essential.

As part your respiratory job plan you will be working on the inpatient wards and supported by our advanced clinical pharmacists and specialist clinical technician. There will be an opportunity to work alongside our respiratory consultant pharmacist and be involved in upcoming projects and service development opportunities. We also have clinics within respiratory medicine and there will be opportunities to be trained to deliver these clinics.

About us

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is a fantastic trust to work for with great opportunities to develop. We need people who are passionate about their role and who can uphold the Leeds Way Values to ensure the patients journey is a positive experience.

There will be commitment to providing core professional commitments, late night duties and weekend duties within the Medicines Management and Pharmacy Service. As part of the specialist clinical pharmacist role there will be a need to contribute to on call service.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Date posted

19 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9298-MMP-328

Job locations

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Job description

Job responsibilities

To deliver and develop specialist clinical pharmacy services to a clinical specialty within the Trust.

Provide a specialist clinical pharmacist service to patients and the multidisciplinary team within a given specialty. Ensure medicines are used appropriately, safely, and cost effectively in accordance with Trust policy, standard operating procedures, and medicines legislation.

Monitors drug use within their clinical area. This includes recording of significant clinical interventions, risk management, and some basic financial aspects.

Supervise, along with other members of their multidisciplinary team, the development and implementation of treatment protocols, and guidelines for use of drugs within the clinical area.

Responsible for training pharmacists, and other health care professionals, on aspects of drug use within the clinical area.

Provides minimum of at least one 4 hour session of core professional commitment.

To act as the Responsible Pharmacist in line with local procedures.

THE LEEDS WAY VALUES

Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Patient-centred

Collaborative

Fair

Accountable

Empowered

All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values.

Additionally the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:

Professional attitude.

Deal with patients, colleagues, and other customers in an honest and open manner with integrity.

Strict adherence to patient confidentiality.

Committed to CPD.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Provide specialist clinical service to patients and other members of the multi-disciplinary team within the given specialty. This will include:

o Individual prescription review to optimise therapy.

o Advice on dosage and side effects.

o Advise on safe administration of medicines.

o Participation on consultant ward rounds and multidisciplinary team meetings.

o Responsibility for medicines risk management in clinical area, including investigating clinical incidents, recording significant clinical interventions/near misses, and ensuring compliance with medicines legislation, and local policies.

o Assist in the introduction of new drugs, including unlicensed medicines, into the clinical specialty.

o Keep records of patient related information e.g. pharmaceutical care plans.

Organisation and planning of own workload on an on-going basis e.g. ward cover, training, audit, project work, attendance of meetings etc.

Pharmacists who are registered as prescribers will, with the agreement of the clinical director of the speciality, prescribe within their level of competence, to support patient care.

Supervise, teach, and assess junior pharmacy staff completing training modules within the clinical area. This input varies, mostly based on the experience of the post holder, and increases over time. From the outset, input will typically involve at least one of the following:

o Up to six pre-registration practice modules per year (each lasting 3 days).

o One or more Grade B Clinical Pharmacy Practice Teaching Units (PTU) per year (Lasts 6 weeks).

o Lecturing on clinical issues relevant to the specialty, as part of the pre-registration training program, the clinical diploma, and any other in service training.

o The post holder is also expected to participate in the training of other clinical professionals within their specialist area as requested.

Participate in any medicines related clinical trials in the specialty.

Propose and carry out clinical pharmacy practice research within their clinical area, and participate in any larger pharmacy research and audit.

Work within standard operational procedures, Trust policy, and wider professional guidelines.

Provide a service commitment (typically one 4 hour session) to a specified area within the pharmacy department i.e dispensary, aseptics, or medicines information.

Participate in evening, weekend and bank holiday pharmacy service on a rotational basis, and where contracted, the emergency duty service.