Job summary
The post holder will act as the trust lead for antimicrobial stewardship. The post holder will also act as the clinical pharmacist lead for infection management and Intravenous therapy.The post holder will work closely with the infection prevention & control team and Regional AMR leads to co-ordinate and deliver a high quality AMS programme across the Trust.The post holder will also support ICB colleagues to positively impact antimicrobial prescribing practices in primary care, in line with national and local prioritiesThe post holder will be the flu and vaccination programme lead within the medicines management team and will participate in emergency planning in an advisory capacity.The post holder will be responsible for leading, delivering and developing a comprehensive clinical pharmacy and medicines supply service, providing specialist information and advice to all members of the multi-disciplinary team to maximise patient pharmaceutical care.
Shortlisting planned for: 5 December 2024
Interviews planned for: 13 December 2024
Main duties of the job
To be actively involved in providing a seven-day pharmacy medicines management service to Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will act as the trust lead for antimicrobial stewardship. The post holder will also act as the clinical pharmacist lead for infection management and Intravenous therapy. The post holder will be the flu and vaccination programme within the medicines management team and will participate in emergency planning in an advisory capacity. The post holder will be responsible for leading, delivering and developing a comprehensive clinical pharmacy and medicines supply service, providing specialist information and advice to all members of the multi-disciplinary team, to maximise patient pharmaceutical care. The post holder will also participate in the dispensary rota to ensure that medicines are supplied in an accurate and timely manner and to maintain competency indoing so. The post holder will be responsible for training and supervising other pharmacy and trust staff members in issues relating to antimicrobial resistance and stewardship. The post holder will be expected to work flexibly in line with the hours of operation and requirement to provide an on-call service.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To participate in the delivery of highly specialist clinical pharmaceutical and medical supply services, ensuring that services meet the standards set by the General Pharmaceutical Council and relevant legislation.
- To act as the lead specialist for antimicrobial stewardship within the trust.
- To develop and implement a strategy for antimicrobial stewardship, ensuring that it covers all areas of the trust and that it is regularly audited.
- To ensure the safe, appropriate and effective use of antimicrobials across the trust.
- To develop and implement effective, evidence-based and economic antimicrobial prescribing policies, patient group directions and training.
- To develop, implement and audit an antimicrobial prescribing review programme across the organisation to ensure appropriate review and prescribing for relevant indications for all antimicrobials, in line with the relevant formularies and clinical guidelines.
- To support the trust in ensuring antimicrobial prescriptions are reviewed in line with the start smart then focus approach/campaign.
- To actively initiate and take part in practice research relating to antimicrobial stewardship, which may lead to publication or to the presentation of papers or posters at conferences and workshops.
- To provide assurance on antimicrobial stewardship to the Director of Infection Prevention and Control and the Chief Pharmacist.
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for full details on the requirements of this post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To participate in the delivery of highly specialist clinical pharmaceutical and medical supply services, ensuring that services meet the standards set by the General Pharmaceutical Council and relevant legislation.
- To act as the lead specialist for antimicrobial stewardship within the trust.
- To develop and implement a strategy for antimicrobial stewardship, ensuring that it covers all areas of the trust and that it is regularly audited.
- To ensure the safe, appropriate and effective use of antimicrobials across the trust.
- To develop and implement effective, evidence-based and economic antimicrobial prescribing policies, patient group directions and training.
- To develop, implement and audit an antimicrobial prescribing review programme across the organisation to ensure appropriate review and prescribing for relevant indications for all antimicrobials, in line with the relevant formularies and clinical guidelines.
- To support the trust in ensuring antimicrobial prescriptions are reviewed in line with the start smart then focus approach/campaign.
- To actively initiate and take part in practice research relating to antimicrobial stewardship, which may lead to publication or to the presentation of papers or posters at conferences and workshops.
- To provide assurance on antimicrobial stewardship to the Director of Infection Prevention and Control and the Chief Pharmacist.
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for full details on the requirements of this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master of Pharmacy degree, or equivalent qualification
- Postgraduate diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, or equivalent experience
- Independent prescriber qualification, or willingness to work towards
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification in antimicrobial resistance
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
- Leadership or management qualification/training
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within pharmaceutical services
- Experience of working within an NHS organisation
- Experience of working in hospital pharmacy
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Experience of undertaking audit within pharmaceutical services
- Knowledge of the evidence base relating to antimicrobial prescribing, stewardship and resistance
- Experience of providing supervision
- Experience of working across departmental and organisational boundaries to deliver specific targets and improve services for patients
- Experience of providing education regarding medicines
- Understanding of how medicines optimisation contributes to high quality patient care
- Clear understanding of relevant legislation and guidance
- Awareness of local area prescribing committee processes
- Demonstrable evidence of commitment to self development and CPD
Desirable
- Experience of provision of medicines information services
- Experience of line management of staff
- Knowledge of recent and upcoming initiatives within pharmaceutical services
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and Honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Skills
Essential
- Excellent organisational skills
- Good IT skills
- Excellent communication skills: - written - verbal - listening
- Ability to work both independently and as a team player
- Ability to work flexibly
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to prioritise workload and manage time effectively to meet specified deadlines
- Self-motivated and able to use initiative
- Problem-solving skills
- Report-writing skills
- Ability to analyse data
- Negotiating and influencing skills
- Ability to adapt to changing environments, needs and demands
- Recognition of own limitations and ability to ask for support when necessary
- Professional manner
- Ability to travel between different sites
Desirable
- Project management skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master of Pharmacy degree, or equivalent qualification
- Postgraduate diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, or equivalent experience
- Independent prescriber qualification, or willingness to work towards
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification in antimicrobial resistance
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
- Leadership or management qualification/training
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within pharmaceutical services
- Experience of working within an NHS organisation
- Experience of working in hospital pharmacy
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Experience of undertaking audit within pharmaceutical services
- Knowledge of the evidence base relating to antimicrobial prescribing, stewardship and resistance
- Experience of providing supervision
- Experience of working across departmental and organisational boundaries to deliver specific targets and improve services for patients
- Experience of providing education regarding medicines
- Understanding of how medicines optimisation contributes to high quality patient care
- Clear understanding of relevant legislation and guidance
- Awareness of local area prescribing committee processes
- Demonstrable evidence of commitment to self development and CPD
Desirable
- Experience of provision of medicines information services
- Experience of line management of staff
- Knowledge of recent and upcoming initiatives within pharmaceutical services
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and Honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Skills
Essential
- Excellent organisational skills
- Good IT skills
- Excellent communication skills: - written - verbal - listening
- Ability to work both independently and as a team player
- Ability to work flexibly
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to prioritise workload and manage time effectively to meet specified deadlines
- Self-motivated and able to use initiative
- Problem-solving skills
- Report-writing skills
- Ability to analyse data
- Negotiating and influencing skills
- Ability to adapt to changing environments, needs and demands
- Recognition of own limitations and ability to ask for support when necessary
- Professional manner
- Ability to travel between different sites
Desirable
- Project management skills
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
