Job summary
We are excited to offer a rare opportunity for a pharmacist to join the Pharmacy team at the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust and lead medicines governance across the organisation. This is a unique, cross-cutting role that works with operational, clinical and corporate teams to ensure consistent medicines governance practice across the Trust. The post holder will be expected to work on-site.
We are an inclusive and well respected team. We will support you to develop and grow your pharmacy skills both practically and strategically. We are looking for a GPhC registered pharmacist who is dynamic and willing to learn in a new and developing environment.
Main duties of the job
o Delivery of medication governance across the Trust. They will provide managerial support to the Pharmacy Technician Specialists.
o The post-holder will be involved with work streams of project management, stakeholderengagement, creation and critical review of innovative developments to enable seamlessmedicines management across the LAS.
o The Medicines Governance Pharmacist will require a detailed understanding of medicinesuse, patient safety, a record of experience in pre-hospital medicine, non-medical prescribing and urgent care pathways.
o The post-holder will act as a role model to the LAS, promoting the training and developmentof Trust staff in the field of medicines management and governance, embracing innovativeways of working and provide a consistently high-quality service on behalf of the LAS in linewith corporate objectives and national policy.
o Due to the nature of the role, it may be expected that the post-holder will frequently travelbetween stakeholder organisations and across Trust locations.
About us
Our strategy 2023-2028 outlines how we plan to achieve this, and is centred upon three missions focused on:
- Our care- delivering outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed.
- Our organisation- being an increasingly inclusive, well-led and highly skilled organisation people are proud to work for.
- Our London- using our unique pan-London position to contribute to improving the health of the capital.
To achieve these three missions we have set ourselves 50 commitments to deliver over the next five years. In developing these ambitious commitments, we have engaged extensively both inside our organisation, with our partners and with our patients, and we have analysed population trends and horizon scanned the future.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Leadership
- To apply core and specialist pharmaceutical skills in order to plan, support, monitor and review medicines management initiatives
- To work closely with the Associate Chief Pharmacist and Medication Safety Officer in providing safe, clinically effective and cost-effective use of medicines across a range of relevant clinical areas, promoting the image of LAS by working in accordance with our vision and values.
- Responds to technical medicines information enquiries, and provides complex information in a format that is suitable for healthcare professionals and patients; regarding storage,handling and reconstitution doses of drugs in the ambulance service
Operational Delivery
- To apply core and specialist pharmaceutical skills in order to plan, support, monitor and review medicines management initiatives.
- To support the Chief pharmacist in providing safe, clinically effective and cost-effective use of medicines across a range of relevant clinical areas, promoting the image of LAS byworking in accordance with our vision and values.
Please see attached Job Description to see the full list of the responsibilities for this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Leadership
- To apply core and specialist pharmaceutical skills in order to plan, support, monitor and review medicines management initiatives
- To work closely with the Associate Chief Pharmacist and Medication Safety Officer in providing safe, clinically effective and cost-effective use of medicines across a range of relevant clinical areas, promoting the image of LAS by working in accordance with our vision and values.
- Responds to technical medicines information enquiries, and provides complex information in a format that is suitable for healthcare professionals and patients; regarding storage,handling and reconstitution doses of drugs in the ambulance service
Operational Delivery
- To apply core and specialist pharmaceutical skills in order to plan, support, monitor and review medicines management initiatives.
- To support the Chief pharmacist in providing safe, clinically effective and cost-effective use of medicines across a range of relevant clinical areas, promoting the image of LAS byworking in accordance with our vision and values.
Please see attached Job Description to see the full list of the responsibilities for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional knowledge acquired through vocational master's degree in pharmacy (MPharm) with one year pre-registration training
- Currently registered with the GPhC
- Independent prescriber
- Post graduate degree in Management or equivalent training with applied experience
Desirable
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Experience
Essential
- Significant management experience at the same or similar level
- Significant experience in the pre-hospital setting and urgent care
- Previous work with or within a NHS Trust
- Significant experience in working in complex systems and evidence of contributing to systems' or and service development
- Significant experience of providing clinical care and service delivery
- Significant experience of interprofessional and multi-disciplinary working
- Significant experience in developing, implementing and updating Standard Operational Procedures, specifications and other documents
- Significant experience in analysing and interpreting complex data
- Experience of writing highly complex reports often involving confidential and politically sensitive data
- Significant experience of analysing and interpreting Adastra (or similar) and ePACT systems
- Significant experience of analysing and interpreting medicines usage data
- Experience of writing highly complex reports often involving confidential and politically sensitive data
- Experience of managing a team.
- Experience in leading service delivery for a function
- Experience in leading and managing the introduction of new medicines and services across a large organisation.
Desirable
- Experience in an Ambulance Trust or equivalent experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates diverse clinical knowledge and extensive critical appraisal skills
- Specialist knowledge in undertaking human resource and budget management
- Ability to analyse and critically appraise clinical and operational data
- Demonstrable leadership, methodology design and participation in clinical audit
- Previous experience of delivering educational material to multidisciplinary colleagues and the ability to provide a range of options when opinions may differ
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional knowledge acquired through vocational master's degree in pharmacy (MPharm) with one year pre-registration training
- Currently registered with the GPhC
- Independent prescriber
- Post graduate degree in Management or equivalent training with applied experience
Desirable
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Experience
Essential
- Significant management experience at the same or similar level
- Significant experience in the pre-hospital setting and urgent care
- Previous work with or within a NHS Trust
- Significant experience in working in complex systems and evidence of contributing to systems' or and service development
- Significant experience of providing clinical care and service delivery
- Significant experience of interprofessional and multi-disciplinary working
- Significant experience in developing, implementing and updating Standard Operational Procedures, specifications and other documents
- Significant experience in analysing and interpreting complex data
- Experience of writing highly complex reports often involving confidential and politically sensitive data
- Significant experience of analysing and interpreting Adastra (or similar) and ePACT systems
- Significant experience of analysing and interpreting medicines usage data
- Experience of writing highly complex reports often involving confidential and politically sensitive data
- Experience of managing a team.
- Experience in leading service delivery for a function
- Experience in leading and managing the introduction of new medicines and services across a large organisation.
Desirable
- Experience in an Ambulance Trust or equivalent experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates diverse clinical knowledge and extensive critical appraisal skills
- Specialist knowledge in undertaking human resource and budget management
- Ability to analyse and critically appraise clinical and operational data
- Demonstrable leadership, methodology design and participation in clinical audit
- Previous experience of delivering educational material to multidisciplinary colleagues and the ability to provide a range of options when opinions may differ
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).
