Job summary
Our Clinical Pharmacy services are recruiting for a Lead (Highly Specialist) Pharmacist specifically within the Acute Admissions and Emergency Care service. The purpose of this role is to lead, develop and ensure the delivery of high quality, specialised clinical pharmacy services for Acute Admissions and Emergency Care in Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust (TSDFT).
You will work closely with colleagues at all levels to ensure that the service provided is patient focussed, safe, effective and responsive to the needs of staff and patients.
Main duties of the job
- In liaison with the Clinical Pharmacy Manager, be responsible for the strategic planning and development of the acute admissions and emergency care pharmacy service in TSDFT
- Co-ordinate and participate in the delivery of the acute admissions and emergency care pharmacy service to ensure that advice is provided to clinicians to enable these medicines to be used safely and effectively, in line with their commissioned indications and approved pathways.
- Develop and ensure adherence to processes and guidelines to ensure that medicines in acute admissions and emergency care areas of the Trust are used safely and effectively and that information about patients' regular medicines is obtained quickly and provided to prescribers.
- Provide highly specialist clinical pharmacy advice and medicines related training and education to the TSDFT acute admissions and emergency care teams
- Provide operational direction, leadership, development and training for the pharmacy acute admissions and emergency care team
- Liaise effectively with and between medical, nursing, pharmacy and other staff in the provision of the above duties
About us
Why work with us - The TSDFT clinical pharmacy team culture is team based, patient focussed, innovative and supportive. Continuing professional development is expected from all team members and the support for the training and development of pharmacists and technicians through a well established foundation programme is a key component the team's work.
The team is well integrated with the multidisciplinary teams across the Trust and all team members are expected to represent the pharmacy department and their profession in a visible, approachable and competent manner, demonstrating flexibility, positivity and problem solving ability as appropriate to their role and competency.
The ward facing clinical pharmacy teams (each consisting of highly specialist, mid grade and foundation pharmacist(s), specialist and foundation technicians and ATO (s)) are supported by and provide clinical support for medicines information, medicines governance, aseptic services, homecare, high cost drugs, dispensary and dispatch teams.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Liaise with and influence all levels of medical, nursing, pharmacy and other staff in the provision of the above objectives.
- Liaise with patient flow and discharge teams and ensure appropriate pharmacy input for acute care board rounds, with particular focus on facilitating discharge and patient flow.
- Establish and maintain links with other admissions/urgent care pharmacists both locally and nationally to share good practice and continuously develop the role.
- Liaise with the clinical pharmacy manager and pharmacy management team to ensure appropriate strategic support for and development of clinical pharmacy services to acute admissions and emergency wards and departments.
- Liaise with the lead clinical technician to ensure the development and maintenance of appropriate medicines management services for acute admissions and emergency wards and departments.
- Work closely with the appropriate medical, nursing and management team to ensure the development of a specialised clinical pharmacy service for the emergency department that is in line with local and national aims and objectives
To see a video from our team about what it is like to work with us, please copy and paste the link below into your internet browser:
https://vimeopro.com/healthandcarevideos/pharmacy-recruitment-clip-library/video/278476221
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Liaise with and influence all levels of medical, nursing, pharmacy and other staff in the provision of the above objectives.
- Liaise with patient flow and discharge teams and ensure appropriate pharmacy input for acute care board rounds, with particular focus on facilitating discharge and patient flow.
- Establish and maintain links with other admissions/urgent care pharmacists both locally and nationally to share good practice and continuously develop the role.
- Liaise with the clinical pharmacy manager and pharmacy management team to ensure appropriate strategic support for and development of clinical pharmacy services to acute admissions and emergency wards and departments.
- Liaise with the lead clinical technician to ensure the development and maintenance of appropriate medicines management services for acute admissions and emergency wards and departments.
- Work closely with the appropriate medical, nursing and management team to ensure the development of a specialised clinical pharmacy service for the emergency department that is in line with local and national aims and objectives
To see a video from our team about what it is like to work with us, please copy and paste the link below into your internet browser:
https://vimeopro.com/healthandcarevideos/pharmacy-recruitment-clip-library/video/278476221
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Post Graduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or equivalent clinical pharmacy experience
- Non medical prescriber or willingness to complete NMP qualification
- Proven evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Excellent specialist theoretical and practical clinical pharmacy knowledge
- Proven multidisciplinary working skills, ability to influence at all levels of staff
- Well developed time management and prioritisation skills
- Knowledge and evidence of commitment to personal development and reflective practice
- Experience of the application of clinical governance skills relevant to clinical pharmacy
- Well-developed teaching and presentation skills
- Understanding of, and respect for, the roles and responsibilities of other healthcare professionals
- Substantial proven relevant experience as a clinical pharmacist at band 7 or above in a range of medical specialties
- Demonstrable experience of education, training and mentoring for pharmacists, trainee pharmacists, other pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals
- Experience of developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating protocols, guidelines & policy
- Experience of undertaking quality improvement, audit and/or research in order to effectively make and manage change.
Desirable
- Proven leadership skills
- Specialist clinical knowledge or experience in medicines optimisation relating to acute/emergency care
- Previous experience of providing expert clinical pharmacy support to a directorate, specialist area or equivalent in the NHS
- Good understanding of medicines optimisation issues and systems across the primary secondary care interface
- Well developed critical appraisal skills
- Experience of supervising and/or managing staff
- Understanding of and proven experience in the use of quality improvement methodology Experience of collection, analysis and presentation of financial, workload and audit data
- Experience of developing a pharmacy service
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Post Graduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or equivalent clinical pharmacy experience
- Non medical prescriber or willingness to complete NMP qualification
- Proven evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Excellent specialist theoretical and practical clinical pharmacy knowledge
- Proven multidisciplinary working skills, ability to influence at all levels of staff
- Well developed time management and prioritisation skills
- Knowledge and evidence of commitment to personal development and reflective practice
- Experience of the application of clinical governance skills relevant to clinical pharmacy
- Well-developed teaching and presentation skills
- Understanding of, and respect for, the roles and responsibilities of other healthcare professionals
- Substantial proven relevant experience as a clinical pharmacist at band 7 or above in a range of medical specialties
- Demonstrable experience of education, training and mentoring for pharmacists, trainee pharmacists, other pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals
- Experience of developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating protocols, guidelines & policy
- Experience of undertaking quality improvement, audit and/or research in order to effectively make and manage change.
Desirable
- Proven leadership skills
- Specialist clinical knowledge or experience in medicines optimisation relating to acute/emergency care
- Previous experience of providing expert clinical pharmacy support to a directorate, specialist area or equivalent in the NHS
- Good understanding of medicines optimisation issues and systems across the primary secondary care interface
- Well developed critical appraisal skills
- Experience of supervising and/or managing staff
- Understanding of and proven experience in the use of quality improvement methodology Experience of collection, analysis and presentation of financial, workload and audit data
- Experience of developing a pharmacy service
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).
