Job summary
Employer heading
Advanced Specialist Pharmacist - MSS
NHS AfC: Band 8a
We are actively promoting flexible working options, helping you to manage a work / life balance
Job overview
Main duties of the job
- Maintain and develop 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.
- 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 trainee pharmacists.
- To be a source of expert specialist advice for other pharmacists, patients and all other healthcare professionals within the speciality, including participation in multidisciplinary and governance meetings.
- To lead and develop clinical pharmacy audit and practice research within the specialist area.
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
- Significant recent post-registration experience in hospital pharmacy
- Clinical ward based experience
- Medical / nursing / pharmacy staff teaching or training
- Demonstrable continuing professional development (CPD)
- Evidence of involvement in service development
- Implementation of change affecting pharmacy and other disciplines
- Able to demonstrate advanced specialist clinical pharmacy knowledge and expertise in area of specialty
- Experience of leading and working in multidisciplinary teams at a senior level
- Experience of working in specialty
- Experience working within a multidisciplinary team (MDT)
- Experience of supervision/ supervision/management of staff
- 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
- Experience of audit / data collection/research
- 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
- Supervisory/management training/qualification
- Registered Independent Prescriber
- Able to demonstrate a commitment and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours
- 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
- Knowledge of patient's own drugs (POD) and self-medication schemes
- Knowledge of use of medicines within infection control and current trends in practice
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Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant recent post-registration experience in hospital pharmacy
- Clinical ward based experience
- Medical / nursing / pharmacy staff teaching or training
- Demonstrable continuing professional development (CPD)
- Evidence of involvement in service development
- Implementation of change affecting pharmacy and other disciplines
- Able to demonstrate advanced specialist clinical pharmacy knowledge and expertise in area of specialty
- Experience of leading and working in multidisciplinary teams at a senior level
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in specialty
- Experience working within a multidisciplinary team (MDT)
- Experience of supervision/ supervision/management of staff
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
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rishi Gupta
- Job title
- CMG Lead Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07773 625246
- Additional information
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