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Job summary

Main area
Intensive Care & Theatres
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Out of hours commitment (weekends and late on a rota basis))
Job ref
358-6317933-CSI
Employer
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Leicester General Hospital
Town
Leicester
Salary
£50,952 - £57,349 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
28/07/2024 23:59
Interview date
08/08/2024

Employer heading

NHS

Advanced Specialist Pharmacist - EMPCC & AICU

NHS AfC: Band 8a

We are actively promoting flexible working options, helping you to manage a work / life balance

Job overview

The announcement last year of extra investment in the NHS New Hospitals Programme is great news for the people of Leicester, & wider county.

It has facilitated the new East Midlands Planned Care Centre (EMPCC) at the Leicester General, which opens fully in December 2024 and will treat 100,000 per year once fully operational, improving care & reducing waiting lists.

The EMPCC is a stand-alone unit on the site of the Leicester General Hospital. It includes theatres, recovery beds, day wards, outpatient clinics, procedural rooms.

The successful applicant will work across several multi-disciplinary teams, across all the different specialties, liaising with the wider organisation to facilitate a high quality, safe medicines management service.

The successful candidate will need to be dynamic, hardworking & enthusiastic with capacity to work autonomously.

Applications are invited from individuals who consider themselves a strong leader with excellent communication skills, who are visible and accessible.

Evidence of extensive hospital experience including leadership and management skills as well as being able to establish credible working relationships quickly and hold excellent organisational skills are essential.

Main duties of the job

  • you will need to be an expert in clinical practice 
  • Work within & have awareness of local and national standards and policies, ensuring the safe, clinical and cost effective use of medicines within UHL and the wider Health Community
  • Be involved with risk management, financial management and clinical governance responsibilities around the use of medicines.
  • Having a working experience of audits
  • Have experience in dealing with & evaluating drug errors 
  • Experience of training
  • To act as a role model and national pharmacist expert in the Specialty area, networking  with peers in other organizations
  • To support the delivery of a clinical pharmacy service to the AICU beds on the LGH site working as part of the ITU & theatres team.

Working for our organisation

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals: 

  • high-quality care for all, 
  • being a great place to work, 
  • partnerships for impact, and 
  • research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

  • we are compassionate,
  • we are proud, 
  • we are inclusive, and 
  • we are one team 

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Maintain and deliver an expert clinical practice in area of Specialty.
  • To lead and develop the specialist clinical pharmacy service to the specialist area in line with local and national standards and policies, ensuring the safe, clinical and cost effective use of medicines within UHL and the wider Health Community
  • To deliver highly specialised pharmaceutical care to patients and to support other healthcare staff in meeting risk management, financial management and clinical governance responsibilities around the use of medicines.
  • Advise & oversee audits to ensure theatres & ward areas are adhering to Local and National Policy
  • Manage shortages & ensure continuity of supply of critical medications to the specialty.
  • To evaluate errors made with high risk medicines used by Specialty, to communicate these errors with relevant teams and to help reduce future occurrence of such errors throughout the Trust and wider Healthcare Community
  • To undertake clinical supervision and mentoring of junior pharmacists, medicines management technicians and pre-registration pharmacists
  • To be a source of expert specialist advice for other pharmacists, patients and all other healthcare professionals within the specialty, including participation in multidisciplinary and governance meetings.
  • To act as a role model and national pharmacist expert in the Specialty area, networking  with peers in other organizations
  • To support the delivery of a clinical pharmacy service to the AICU beds on the LGH site.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant recent post-registration experience in hospital pharmacy
  • Evidence of involvement in service development
  • Implementation of change affecting pharmacy and other disciplines
  • Experience of leading and working in multidisciplinary teams at a senior level
  • Excellent written & oral communication skills
  • able to work alone and as part of a team
Desirable criteria
  • Experience working within a multidisciplinary team (MDT)
  • Experience of supervision/ supervision/management of staff
  • Registered Independent Prescriber

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Excellent written / oral communication skills
  • Ability to influence and negotiate with relevant senior clinicians and managers
  • Able to work alone and as part of a team
  • Good time management of self and others
  • Advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of audit / data collection/research

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GPhC registration
  • Postgraduate clinical qualification or experience to an equivalent level
  • Specialist knowledge acquired through post-graduate diploma
  • Registered as an Independent Prescriber or ability to complete training upon appointment
Desirable criteria
  • Supervisory/management training/qualification
  • Registered Independent Prescriber

Equality and Diversity

Essential criteria
  • Able to demonstrate a commitment and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria
  • Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s Values and Behaviours

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Sound /current clinical knowledge in area of speciality
  • Awareness of national issues, including NICE guidance
  • Awareness and understanding of pharmacy issues within the NHS
  • Clinical Governance
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of patient’s own drugs (POD) and self-medication schemes
  • Knowledge of use of medicines within infection control and current trends in practice

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Julia Trinder-Oxley
Job title
CMG Lead Pharmacist ITAPS - AICU & Theatres
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07989 220756
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