Job summary
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Clinical Pharmacist Special Interest in Cardiology
Applications are invited for
full or part-time experienced Clinical Pharmacist(s) with a Special interest
in Cardiology to join our Cardiology team at Westcliffe Health Innovations
based in West Yorkshire. This is an exciting opportunity to join our long-standing
community-based multi-disciplinary Cardiology team. The successful candidate(s) will be joining
our innovative and reputable clinical team to progress the Cardiology Service
with clinics based at various sites in the community within Bradford and
Airedale.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking to appoint a Clinical Pharmacist who has ideally
attained, or is studying at Advanced Clinical Practitioner level, but at a
minimum can demonstrate additional training and experience relevant to the
scope of the role as summarised below and is an approved prescriber.
- Hypertension
management clinics
- Medication
uptitration clinic for heart failure
- Reporting
ABPM
- Providing
medicines management oversight forthe cardiology team
- Taking part
inaudit/research
- Support in
developingpathways
The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, self-aware,
conscientious, and committed to developing and advancing their practical
expertise and clinical knowledge as well as contributing towards expansion and
development of the role of Clinical Pharmacist in our team.
Continuous professional development is encouraged and supported as we
recognise its importance in facilitating individuals to achieve their full
potential and therefore provide high quality and safe patient care.
About us
Westcliffe Health Innovations is an Independent Sector Provider that holds contracts with the NHS taking routine direct access to investigation as well as Cardiology outpatient referrals from GP practices in the area as well as holding sub-contracts with local Acute Hospitals Trusts.Working in an environment with strong clinical leadership, protocols, governance and support our pathways of care are well established between primary and secondary care with some direct listing to tertiary services.
We offer competitive terms and conditions and working environment some
of which are listed here:
Band
7 - Band 8a (£43k-£57k pa WTE) depending on experience
Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
Non-Acute patients and working environment
No on call with 9-5pm, Mon-Fri working patterns with option for some weekends
and overtime
Additional annual leave in a Well-being day and a Birthday day
Multidisciplinary team working with clear clinical leadership and
support
Small, friendly team empowered to innovate and develop the service
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Leadership and management
- Provides leadership to the designated team
- Investigates and responds to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events
- Ensures the safe use and efficient management of equipment and supplies within the team
- Takes responsibility for setting, monitoring and seeking to continuously improve standards and the quality of care delivered to patients
- Promotes evidence based practice, wherever possible
- Implements policies and proposes change to practice for own specialist area
- Contributes to the development of specialist protocols for specialist area
- Engages users on service delivery and development.
Clinical skills
- Acts in accordance with the Professional Code of Conduct
- Maintains a safe working environment
- Works as a specialist practitioner within established Organisation and departmental policies
- Act as a source of expertise within their designated area
- Undertake clinical procedures where dexterity and accuracy are required and performs a broad range of highly specialist and complex investigations providing accurate factual reports following analysis and interpretation of physiological data
- Routinely undertakes assessment of both direct access and out-patients prior to a range of cardio-respiratory investigations and uses own discretion in order to ensure the patient is suitable for the investigation
- Supervises and assesses the work of others within the designated team
- Works within and towards national guidelines and directives, e.g. NICE, NSF
- Reports clinical incidents and adverse events to the Service Manager and external agencies as required.
- Provides clinical leadership and acts as a role model to the designated clinical physiology team by delivering high quality care as an expert practitioner. Giving lead specialist advice as required
- Apply and use technology consistent with evidence of good practice
- Prepare and maintain specialist equipment, ensuring overall functionality and comparing overall performance with standardisations
- Participate in Clinical Research Trials as directed by lead Physician
Analytical skills
- Interpret and present findings and outcomes of all diagnostic procedures undertaken
- Make recommendations based on valid interpretation of available information
Teaching/Training/Assessing
- Take responsibility for own continuing professional development, identifying own development needs in relation to current practice, and attending relevant courses etc.
- Apply own learning to future development of service
- Contribute to, and support learning and development of others, accessing appropriate learning opportunities, and encouraging professional development
- Actively participate in training of trainees and other staff, with specialist training for clinical staff, to include planning and delivery of training activities
- Objectively assess the work of individuals within areas of specialisation, providing clear and constructive feedback, and agreeing courses of action to address issues, raising issues and related risks with relevant people
Planning & Policy
- Evaluate own and team work, making constructive suggestions as to how services can be improved, seeking appropriate support for recommended/necessary changes, and implementing change
Administrative
- Maintain accurate patient records
- Input data, test results and reports into computerised system
- Ensure others are processing data accurately, with an appropriate level of detail and in the agreed format, making amendments and highlighting problems as necessary
- Investigate and take appropriate action when there are problems with processing data, identifying sources of error and taking appropriate action to implement change
- Develop structure of systems/databases enabling others to input data more effectively
Communication
- Maintains accurate clinical and other records in accordance with Organisation policy
- Ensure appropriate clinical record keeping within the designated team
- Support patients and their families, communicating sensitive information about routine and complex investigations ensuring they receive the required information to enable them to participate in their care delivery
- Communicate effectively with technical, nursing medical and allied health profession colleagues, providing technical advice relating to specific patient care
- Communicate effectively with technical, nursing medical and allied health profession colleagues in a training/educational role
- Communicate effectively with manufacturers and technical specialists
Patient/Carer contact
- Able to treat patients and relatives/carers with respect and consideration, maintaining emotional awareness in distressing circumstances
- Communicate effectively with patients and relatives/carers, using verbal and non verbal communication, ensuring understanding of what is being communicated, and taking into account patient communication problems, difficulty in understanding, stressful situations/aggression, and requirement for persuasion/reassurance
Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
- The postholder has a general responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their daily duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
PLEASE REFERR TO THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
Leadership and management
- Provides leadership to the designated team
- Investigates and responds to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events
- Ensures the safe use and efficient management of equipment and supplies within the team
- Takes responsibility for setting, monitoring and seeking to continuously improve standards and the quality of care delivered to patients
- Promotes evidence based practice, wherever possible
- Implements policies and proposes change to practice for own specialist area
- Contributes to the development of specialist protocols for specialist area
- Engages users on service delivery and development.
Clinical skills
- Acts in accordance with the Professional Code of Conduct
- Maintains a safe working environment
- Works as a specialist practitioner within established Organisation and departmental policies
- Act as a source of expertise within their designated area
- Undertake clinical procedures where dexterity and accuracy are required and performs a broad range of highly specialist and complex investigations providing accurate factual reports following analysis and interpretation of physiological data
- Routinely undertakes assessment of both direct access and out-patients prior to a range of cardio-respiratory investigations and uses own discretion in order to ensure the patient is suitable for the investigation
- Supervises and assesses the work of others within the designated team
- Works within and towards national guidelines and directives, e.g. NICE, NSF
- Reports clinical incidents and adverse events to the Service Manager and external agencies as required.
- Provides clinical leadership and acts as a role model to the designated clinical physiology team by delivering high quality care as an expert practitioner. Giving lead specialist advice as required
- Apply and use technology consistent with evidence of good practice
- Prepare and maintain specialist equipment, ensuring overall functionality and comparing overall performance with standardisations
- Participate in Clinical Research Trials as directed by lead Physician
Analytical skills
- Interpret and present findings and outcomes of all diagnostic procedures undertaken
- Make recommendations based on valid interpretation of available information
Teaching/Training/Assessing
- Take responsibility for own continuing professional development, identifying own development needs in relation to current practice, and attending relevant courses etc.
- Apply own learning to future development of service
- Contribute to, and support learning and development of others, accessing appropriate learning opportunities, and encouraging professional development
- Actively participate in training of trainees and other staff, with specialist training for clinical staff, to include planning and delivery of training activities
- Objectively assess the work of individuals within areas of specialisation, providing clear and constructive feedback, and agreeing courses of action to address issues, raising issues and related risks with relevant people
Planning & Policy
- Evaluate own and team work, making constructive suggestions as to how services can be improved, seeking appropriate support for recommended/necessary changes, and implementing change
Administrative
- Maintain accurate patient records
- Input data, test results and reports into computerised system
- Ensure others are processing data accurately, with an appropriate level of detail and in the agreed format, making amendments and highlighting problems as necessary
- Investigate and take appropriate action when there are problems with processing data, identifying sources of error and taking appropriate action to implement change
- Develop structure of systems/databases enabling others to input data more effectively
Communication
- Maintains accurate clinical and other records in accordance with Organisation policy
- Ensure appropriate clinical record keeping within the designated team
- Support patients and their families, communicating sensitive information about routine and complex investigations ensuring they receive the required information to enable them to participate in their care delivery
- Communicate effectively with technical, nursing medical and allied health profession colleagues, providing technical advice relating to specific patient care
- Communicate effectively with technical, nursing medical and allied health profession colleagues in a training/educational role
- Communicate effectively with manufacturers and technical specialists
Patient/Carer contact
- Able to treat patients and relatives/carers with respect and consideration, maintaining emotional awareness in distressing circumstances
- Communicate effectively with patients and relatives/carers, using verbal and non verbal communication, ensuring understanding of what is being communicated, and taking into account patient communication problems, difficulty in understanding, stressful situations/aggression, and requirement for persuasion/reassurance
Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
- The postholder has a general responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their daily duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 4 years post qualification, and current experience with evidence of continuing professional development
- Audit & Standard setting
- Specialist knowledge in field of practice
- Current issues in healthcare
- In-depth experience and knowledge of highly specialist investigations and techniques within echocardiography
- Willing to undergo training as necessary
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
- Current HCPC, RCCP or AHCS registration
- Educated to Degree Level Education or equivalent
- Professional accreditation appropriate to role British Society of Echocardiography
Desirable
- Post Graduate qualification in Echocardiography
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 4 years post qualification, and current experience with evidence of continuing professional development
- Audit & Standard setting
- Specialist knowledge in field of practice
- Current issues in healthcare
- In-depth experience and knowledge of highly specialist investigations and techniques within echocardiography
- Willing to undergo training as necessary
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
- Current HCPC, RCCP or AHCS registration
- Educated to Degree Level Education or equivalent
- Professional accreditation appropriate to role British Society of Echocardiography
Desirable
- Post Graduate qualification in Echocardiography
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).
