Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 151-SL0405
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wexham Park Hospital
- Town
- Slough
- Salary
- £64,337 - £74,415 Per Annum Including HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Principal Pharmacist Acute Medicine
Band 8b
Job overview
We are looking for an experienced hospital pharmacist looking to develop their career.
Providing Pharmacy leadership to Acute Medicine across Frimley Health (both Wexham & Frimley), as well as the day to day at the Wexham Park site. You will be expected to provide clinical services to a directorate (depending on your previous experience and expertise).
You will be expected to contribute to the strategic development of the department, both within the Trust and within the wider ICS.
Main duties of the job
- To develop the clinical pharmacy service to Acute Medicine across the Trust.
- To run the day-to-day pharmacy clinical service to the medical wards at Wexham Park Hospital.
- To act as a role model in the field of clinical pharmacy practice and provide a consistently high standard of clinical service in line with the pharmacy objectives.
- To recruit, manage and develop staff under the postholder.
Working for our organisation
The Pharmacy department is a forward-thinking department that has introduced the Epic EPR system. Clinical pharmacists have the opportunity to work as prescribers at the top of their licence- we provide a number of clinics, from Heart Failure and Hyperthyroidism to Rheumatology and CF across our sites.
The team also provide services to community wards, two adult and one paediatric hospice.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To support the Clinical Pharmacy Manager with the day to day running of the pharmacy services to the medical teams at the Wexham Park site.
To support the management, planning and delivery of Pharmacy services to Acute Medicine at all sites, including Wexham Park. This will include at least one day a week at each site.
To work closely with the Clinical Pharmacist Manager, clinicians and senior managers to develop pharmaceutical services to acute care medicine across the Trust at all sites.
To promote and develop the use of Independent Prescribing by pharmacists in the delivery of care to acute care medicine across the Trust
To promote and develop the compiling of pharmacy financial reports and horizon scanning in acute care medicine across the Trust
Provide a clinical pharmacy service to a clinical area and a clinical pharmacy service to cover other areas when ward cover is needed.
To provide strategic clinical pharmacy input into medication error reduction processes within the Trust.
To liaise closely with the Clinical Pharmacy Manager to ensure appropriate actions are taken to comply with Patient Safety Alerts, National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE), or successor organisations, guidance and Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessments.
To work with clinicians and nurses to develop, implement and monitor the use of protocols and guidelines within the specialist area.
To ensure that drugs utilised within the specialist areas reflect the recommendations, the policies and formulary of Frimley Health NHSFT. To increase economic awareness within the specialist areas through monthly directorate financial reports and to advise on cost effective prescribing.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered with GPhC
- Postgraduate clinical diploma or equivalent
- Registered Independent Prescriber
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
Desirable criteria
- Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Member of UKCPA
- Leadership course or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Broad experience in hospital clinical pharmacy
- Experience in the provision of clinical pharmacy to acute care patients.
- Protocol development.
- Practical experience of audit
- Experience of training others
- Ability to recognise areas for development of current practice.
- Ability to change systems while considering the needs of others (change management).
- Management of staff including recruitment, appraisal.
Desirable criteria
- Service development.
- Previous experience of clinical pharmacy to general medical/ medical specialties
- Critical evaluation skills
- Management Training
- Research skills.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability and confidence to communicate with a wide range of customers, from patient to hospital consultant, including presentation skills
- Influencing skills
- Ability to work on own and as part of a team.
- Ability to compile reports /cases where data is presented effectively based on evidence-based information.
- Organisational skills
- Ability to prioritise workload and work to deadlines.
- Analytical skills
- Ability to work under pressure and cope with stressful situations.
- Able to work on several issues simultaneously; able to reprioritise work in a rapidly changing environment.
- Reliable
- Motivated
- Smart, professional appearance
- Ability to demonstrate willingness to learn and develop new skills.
Desirable criteria
- Innovative
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Stuart Dark
- Job title
- Clinical Pharmacy Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07880 102186
- Additional information
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