Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a self-motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our advanced rotational programme. With the current & future landscape for pharmacy professionals we have aligned our clinical pharmacy strategy to develop a pharmacy team that can excel in balancing patient care and service demand with their own professional development. You will have rotational opportunities across several specialities along with daily opportunities to work as part of an MDT and develop your interpersonal, professional & clinical skills.
We are a forward-thinking department and are actively embedding pharmacist prescribers into our services, with Pharmacist IPs working in Medicine, Surgery, Heart Failure, Oncology, Community Services & OPAT to-date. We are very supportive of pharmacy professionals putting forward their own ideas for service improvements and are committed to developing a strong Quality Improvement ethos, with a formal Quality, Service Improvement and Redesign accreditation also on offer.
We aim to produce a workforce equipped with strong clinical knowledge, a positive attitude, and a great team ethic. During your rotations you will be supported with protected learning time and mentorship via the pharmacist professional development programme underpinned by RPS standards to develop your skills. This post is ideally suited to those seeking career advancement whereby the post-holder will be supported to progress onto the independent prescribing course.
Main duties of the job
- Participates in the provision of a comprehensive pharmaceutical service to Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and to those organisations with which the Trust has a contract for supply of pharmaceutical services.
- Undertakes clinical pharmacy duties to delegated wards, advising junior & senior medical staff and nurses on effective and safe prescribing and administration of medicines.
- Provides training and support to the undergraduate, pre-registration pharmacists & less experienced pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and, where requested, other ward staff.
- Undertakes risk assessments and implements risk reducing measures, where appropriate reviewing and updating safe systems of work on a regular basis.
- Post holders will be required to undertake weekend, bank holidays and on-call work on a rota basis.
About us
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is a provider of local general hospital and community services to Walsall and its surrounding areas serving a population of 260,000 residents, formed on 1st April 2011, following the integration of Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust and NHS Walsall Community Health. The pharmacy department has benefited with extensive refurbishment with a new robot dispenser in place to improve our ability to provide a patient-facing service and has recently had approval for a new Outpatient Satellite Pharmacy. We are one of only a handful of hospitals regionally to provide specialist care in bariatric surgery. A new integrated critical care unit and extended Neonatal Unit was completed in 2018, and will be opening a brand new, state of the art Emergency Department in Autumn 2022.
The pharmacy department has a very friendly, enthusiastic and energetic team and established a good working relationship with our primary care commissioners. We have strong ties with a number of higher education institutes including University of Wolverhampton. Colleagues from our department won an 'Excellence in Hospital Pharmacy Practice' award at the 2018 Clinical Pharmacy Congress. We have recently developed exciting new posts in Community Services such as Rapid Response and AKI post-discharge review.Finally, we have been recommended by colleagues as a great place to work which is supported by the Trusts values to work as part of a team, being respectful, compassionate and professional.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Participates in the Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust rotational training programme for training grade pharmacists. As part of the rotational training programme, the post holder will provide ward based clinical services, supporting safe prescribing and administration of medicines in the allocated wards/departments of Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, ensuring clinical practice is evidence based, shared, and, wherever possible, patient focused. Will also provide patient counselling and assist in the provision of Medicines Information as part of their role.
Professionally checks prescriptions in the dispensary, including those for cytotoxic drugs, clinical trials and controlled drugs, and assists in dispensing and final checking as required.
Complies with the Clinical Pharmacy Service guidelines and SOPs and is expected to meet the standards set out in the guidelines and SOPs, ensuring that the Director of Pharmacy is made aware of any circumstances that would, or may, militate against safe standards of clinical practice. Reports, and encourages other to report, all Adverse Drug reactions in-line with departmental guidelines.
Promotes awareness of and assists in the implementation of the Trusts Medicines Management Group decisions, including the current contents of the formulary and Trust Pharmacy Policies, and assists medical and prescribing nursing staff to adjust prescribing practices in line with the evidence base and formulary requirements.
Will comply with the requirement of productivity tools and audits assigned by the pharmacy senior management team and maintain full records of clinical activity and interventions using pharmacy electronic systems.
Postholder will be required to undertake late night, weekend, bank holidays and on-call work on a rota basis.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Participates in the Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust rotational training programme for training grade pharmacists. As part of the rotational training programme, the post holder will provide ward based clinical services, supporting safe prescribing and administration of medicines in the allocated wards/departments of Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, ensuring clinical practice is evidence based, shared, and, wherever possible, patient focused. Will also provide patient counselling and assist in the provision of Medicines Information as part of their role.
Professionally checks prescriptions in the dispensary, including those for cytotoxic drugs, clinical trials and controlled drugs, and assists in dispensing and final checking as required.
Complies with the Clinical Pharmacy Service guidelines and SOPs and is expected to meet the standards set out in the guidelines and SOPs, ensuring that the Director of Pharmacy is made aware of any circumstances that would, or may, militate against safe standards of clinical practice. Reports, and encourages other to report, all Adverse Drug reactions in-line with departmental guidelines.
Promotes awareness of and assists in the implementation of the Trusts Medicines Management Group decisions, including the current contents of the formulary and Trust Pharmacy Policies, and assists medical and prescribing nursing staff to adjust prescribing practices in line with the evidence base and formulary requirements.
Will comply with the requirement of productivity tools and audits assigned by the pharmacy senior management team and maintain full records of clinical activity and interventions using pharmacy electronic systems.
Postholder will be required to undertake late night, weekend, bank holidays and on-call work on a rota basis.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent academic qualification.
- Completed Pre-Registration year leading to Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Current membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent) or currently studying for it.
Desirable
- Independent Prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Appropriate experience of clinical pharmacy or equivalent hospital experience.
- Experience in carrying out audits and projects.
- Experience of successfully supervising and contributing to the training of pharmacists and pharmacy technical staff.
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
Desirable
- Participation in training as an Independent prescriber. Participate in Independent and/or supplementary prescribing and prescribe within legal requirements and own competency in the area of practice.
- Broad range of experience of working as a clinical pharmacist, including provision of 'Out of hours' Pharmaceutical Services, medicines information and drug utilisation review.
Skills
Essential
- Skilled at identify and manage risk associated with the use of medicines to best meet patient needs within the multidisciplinary team.
- Able to interpret national guidelines within specialist area(s), and Trust policies, procedures and guidelines related to specialist area(s).
- Skilled at using reference sources, journals, the internet and on-line information sources to prepare evaluated medicines information for consultants and other health-care professionals.
- Skills for providing relevant specialist pharmacy services
- Skills in clinical audits and projects
- Witten and communication skills appropriate to the level required for this role
- Skills for setting priorities, meeting deadlines and manage time effectively
- Skills for problem identification and solving
- Skills for utilising resources cost-effectively and highlighting any savings
- Competent to clinically check prescriptions
- Competent to dispense medicines accurately without making errors.
- Competent to check medicines dispensed by others and to detect any errors that have been made
- Skills to minimise any risk to patients, the public and other staff from Healthcare Associated Infection
- Compliance to the Health Act 2006 is essential
Desirable
- People management, team work and interpersonal skills appropriate to this role
- Skills for teaching and supervising junior pharmacists and technical staff
- Skills for using Microsoft Office to produce word-processed documents e.g. SOPs for specialist areas, patient care plans (MS Word), record research and audit data (MS Excel) and prepare and deliver training (MS Powerpoint
- Standard key-board skills for using the Pharmacy Computer System, and other software, to prepare reports, analyses, label medicines
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of specialist field and general knowledge of other medicines actions and usage
- Up to date knowledge and understanding of Safe Systems of Working in hospital pharmacy services
- Up to date knowledge of Medicines Legislation including the Medicines Act, and Misuse of Drugs Act as they apply to pharmacy service SOPs and the legal requirements for dispensing and supplying medicines
Desirable
- Understanding of both the current and longer term issues facing pharmacy services within the NHS
- Knowledge and understanding of medicines management in clinical pharmacy services
- Up to date knowledge of Health and Safety at Work including COSHH, Manual Handling, Information Governance as well as Safeguarding Children and Adult
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent academic qualification.
- Completed Pre-Registration year leading to Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Current membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent) or currently studying for it.
Desirable
- Independent Prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Appropriate experience of clinical pharmacy or equivalent hospital experience.
- Experience in carrying out audits and projects.
- Experience of successfully supervising and contributing to the training of pharmacists and pharmacy technical staff.
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
Desirable
- Participation in training as an Independent prescriber. Participate in Independent and/or supplementary prescribing and prescribe within legal requirements and own competency in the area of practice.
- Broad range of experience of working as a clinical pharmacist, including provision of 'Out of hours' Pharmaceutical Services, medicines information and drug utilisation review.
Skills
Essential
- Skilled at identify and manage risk associated with the use of medicines to best meet patient needs within the multidisciplinary team.
- Able to interpret national guidelines within specialist area(s), and Trust policies, procedures and guidelines related to specialist area(s).
- Skilled at using reference sources, journals, the internet and on-line information sources to prepare evaluated medicines information for consultants and other health-care professionals.
- Skills for providing relevant specialist pharmacy services
- Skills in clinical audits and projects
- Witten and communication skills appropriate to the level required for this role
- Skills for setting priorities, meeting deadlines and manage time effectively
- Skills for problem identification and solving
- Skills for utilising resources cost-effectively and highlighting any savings
- Competent to clinically check prescriptions
- Competent to dispense medicines accurately without making errors.
- Competent to check medicines dispensed by others and to detect any errors that have been made
- Skills to minimise any risk to patients, the public and other staff from Healthcare Associated Infection
- Compliance to the Health Act 2006 is essential
Desirable
- People management, team work and interpersonal skills appropriate to this role
- Skills for teaching and supervising junior pharmacists and technical staff
- Skills for using Microsoft Office to produce word-processed documents e.g. SOPs for specialist areas, patient care plans (MS Word), record research and audit data (MS Excel) and prepare and deliver training (MS Powerpoint
- Standard key-board skills for using the Pharmacy Computer System, and other software, to prepare reports, analyses, label medicines
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of specialist field and general knowledge of other medicines actions and usage
- Up to date knowledge and understanding of Safe Systems of Working in hospital pharmacy services
- Up to date knowledge of Medicines Legislation including the Medicines Act, and Misuse of Drugs Act as they apply to pharmacy service SOPs and the legal requirements for dispensing and supplying medicines
Desirable
- Understanding of both the current and longer term issues facing pharmacy services within the NHS
- Knowledge and understanding of medicines management in clinical pharmacy services
- Up to date knowledge of Health and Safety at Work including COSHH, Manual Handling, Information Governance as well as Safeguarding Children and Adult
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).
