Job summary
An exciting new opportunity
has arisen within our clinical pharmacy team to further develop specialist patient care.
We are looking for an
innovative, experienced lead pharmacist (8a) to come and deliver best practice, patient centred care to our surgical
patients.
The post offers the
opportunity to deliver and further develop pharmacy services at a senior level
in line with the aspirations of the Trust and the pharmacy department delivering direct clinical care. The Trust is expanding the
Nutrition Support Team to develop the service to our patients with complex
nutritional needs. Working with consultants, nursing and dietetic staff you
will support the enhanced service for patients requiring intravenous feeding.
Training can be provided to support delivery of this extended service. In
addition, we can offer the opportunity to develop your clinical, leadership and
managerial skills to suit the role.
For candidates who are keen to develop their skills and knowledge
in nutrition support, we can provide clear goals and objectives in a development plan, to help you reach your full potential.
We are committed to achieving
a balance between high quality service delivery and professional development.
We can offer you a supportive and training-focused environment, within a
friendly team.
Main duties of the job
Improving
Diversity and Inclusive Recruitment:
As
part of the Trust's aim to improve diversity across the Trust, positive action
is being taken and all applications for this post from BAME, Disabled and LGBT+
candidates can request to be considered under an expanded Guaranteed Interview
Scheme if they meet the minimum criteria as specified in the person
specification for this role.
Applicants
will be prompted in the application form to declare if they wish to be
considered under this expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme, and their response
would be visible to the Shortlisting Panel.
If
you have any queries about expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please contact
Rob Saunders (HR Manager - Recruitment) in confidence via email
robert.saunders1@nhs.net.
Provide direct highly specialised patient care utilising your prescribing skills to our surgical wards at Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
Working as part of the MDT, assess, plan and deliver parenteral nutrition for patients with complex nutritional needs
Assess and identify key areas for service development and expansion in conjunction with the team lead
Become the expert on medications in this field both within the directorate, the wider pharmacy team and across the trust and ICB.
Act as a mentor and role model for pharmacists and technicians
Provide education and training to pharmacy staff and the wider MDT on specialist medications and pharmacy services
About us
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large
acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute
services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a
larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from
three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our
caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred
care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to
work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our
everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone
We are proud to have achieved Timewise
accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working
within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a
DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check
(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting
Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job
Purpose:
As part of a multiprofessional team,
the post holder will practice autonomously as an independent prescribing
pharmacist, directly delivering high quality, patient focused pharmaceutical
care to surgical patients. They will also support the advancement of the
nutrition support team service for the provision of parenteral nutrition.
For full details please refer to the attached job description
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job
Purpose:
As part of a multiprofessional team,
the post holder will practice autonomously as an independent prescribing
pharmacist, directly delivering high quality, patient focused pharmaceutical
care to surgical patients. They will also support the advancement of the
nutrition support team service for the provision of parenteral nutrition.
For full details please refer to the attached job description
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional knowledge acquired through a vocational degree in pharmacy
- Currently Registered as a pharmacist in UK:
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Clinical specialist knowledge acquired through postgraduate level training e.g. Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, RPS advanced level framework or specialist clinical modules relevant to the role.
- Currently meeting the GPhC standard for continuing professional development.
- Accredited independent prescriber
Desirable
- Have undertaken a Health Assessment course
- Working towards RPS Faculty membership
- Holds a leadership or management qualification
- Formal teaching/ training on providing feedback
- Qualified DPP
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Able to provide appropriate level teaching and supervision for pharmacy, medical and nursing staff and able to identify when teaching is required.
Desirable
- Understands medicines budget management and its importance and actively promotes cost effective use of medicines
Personal qualities
Essential
- Demonstrates commitment and enthusiasm for providing high quality pharmaceutical care.
- Capable of analysing highly complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options.
- Able to set priorities, meet deadlines and manage time effectively.
- Able to communicate information about medicines when there are barriers to understanding.
Experience
Essential
- Current experience in delivering specialist clinical services to a surgical speciality or directorate
- Practicing prescriber
- Experience in influencing and persuading senior secondary care clinicians in relation to optimal medicine treatment for patients
- Working autonomously or as part of an MDT, making prescribing decisions related to medications based on evaluation of evidence and risk/ benefit to a patient/ patient cohort.
- Experience of successfully supervising and contributing to the training of trainee pharmacists, pharmacists and pharmacy technical staff.
- Experience of preparing and delivering reports, audits, clinical guidelines at directorate/ divisional level
- Experience in developing and implementing quality improvement
Improving Diversity and Inclusive Recruitment
Essential
- As part of the Trust's aim to improve diversity across the Trust, positive action is being taken and all applications for this post from BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ candidates can request to be considered under an expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum criteria as specified in the person specification for this role. Here you can declare if you wish to be considered under this expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme and this response would be visible to the Shortlisting Panel.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional knowledge acquired through a vocational degree in pharmacy
- Currently Registered as a pharmacist in UK:
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Clinical specialist knowledge acquired through postgraduate level training e.g. Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, RPS advanced level framework or specialist clinical modules relevant to the role.
- Currently meeting the GPhC standard for continuing professional development.
- Accredited independent prescriber
Desirable
- Have undertaken a Health Assessment course
- Working towards RPS Faculty membership
- Holds a leadership or management qualification
- Formal teaching/ training on providing feedback
- Qualified DPP
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Able to provide appropriate level teaching and supervision for pharmacy, medical and nursing staff and able to identify when teaching is required.
Desirable
- Understands medicines budget management and its importance and actively promotes cost effective use of medicines
Personal qualities
Essential
- Demonstrates commitment and enthusiasm for providing high quality pharmaceutical care.
- Capable of analysing highly complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options.
- Able to set priorities, meet deadlines and manage time effectively.
- Able to communicate information about medicines when there are barriers to understanding.
Experience
Essential
- Current experience in delivering specialist clinical services to a surgical speciality or directorate
- Practicing prescriber
- Experience in influencing and persuading senior secondary care clinicians in relation to optimal medicine treatment for patients
- Working autonomously or as part of an MDT, making prescribing decisions related to medications based on evaluation of evidence and risk/ benefit to a patient/ patient cohort.
- Experience of successfully supervising and contributing to the training of trainee pharmacists, pharmacists and pharmacy technical staff.
- Experience of preparing and delivering reports, audits, clinical guidelines at directorate/ divisional level
- Experience in developing and implementing quality improvement
Improving Diversity and Inclusive Recruitment
Essential
- As part of the Trust's aim to improve diversity across the Trust, positive action is being taken and all applications for this post from BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ candidates can request to be considered under an expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum criteria as specified in the person specification for this role. Here you can declare if you wish to be considered under this expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme and this response would be visible to the Shortlisting Panel.
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).
