Job summary
- Main area
- 317 Pharmacy - FH
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 317-2024-21-031
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Freeman Hospital
- Town
- 317 01 Freeman Hospital
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 07/08/2024
Employer heading
Advanced Clinical Pharmacist
Band 8a
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join the Surgical Pharmacy Team based at Freeman Hospital.
You will lead a team of Pharmacists and Technicians providing clinical services to a range of surgical wards and support to the day treatment centre and institute of transplantation. The Freeman Hospital is a tertiary referral centre for many regional services and you will work with the clinical teams for General Surgery (Colorectal, HPB and vascular), ENT and Urology to further develop services to these clinical areas under the direction of the Senior Lead Clinical Pharmacist for surgical and associated services (mainly Freeman).
- Interview Date Wednesday, 07 August 2024
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy
Main duties of the job
We would expect you to lead the development of new services within the surgical board and also be involved in developing the role of pharmacists as independent prescribers.
All our senior pharmacists are expected to take an active role in our various teaching commitments and there are opportunities to be involved with pharmacy and medical undergraduate teaching. You will also be able to develop your people management and clinical supervision skills as a clinical diploma supervisor or Foundation Trainee Pharmacist mentor.
Within the role you will be involved with service developments to ensure that high risk patients are reviewed promptly to optimise medication therapy and minimise any medicines related harm. This will be achieved by effectively utilising a team of Ward Technicians, and clinical pharmacists.
You will also use prescribing skills to facilitate prompt medicines reconciliation and medicines optimisation.
You will be responsible for supervising the training of Foundation Grade Pharmacists and Trainees rotating through your clinical area by setting objectives and providing supervision and support during the working day.
Your role will include support to the clinical boards, answering medication related queries and overseeing the access to medicines used in the clinical areas (e.g by providing information on supply problems, advising on medicines storage and facilitating formulary requests).
Working for our organisation
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist we would expect you to lead on clinical audit and research within your clinical area and also support education and training of the Pharmacy team and the wider MDT.
All our clinical pharmacists will be expected to participate in our 7 day clinical service (including operational commitments to the inpatient services) and you will be included in our weekend and Bank Holiday rota. You will also support late night and weekend dispensary services on a rota basis.
- To organise and develop clinical pharmacy services within agreed clinical area.
- To undertake an agreed prescribing role within agreed clinical area.
- To participate in the provision of clinical and patient services functions.
- To promote the safe, rational and cost effective use of medicines by working closely with nursing and medical staff and health care managers.
- To perform the professional role of a registered pharmacist, including advice, supervision and co-operation with colleagues, particularly in relation to support/cover for absent colleagues.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- • M Pharm (or equivalent) degree course and pre-registration experience
- • Registered Pharmacist (GPhC)
- • Clinical Diploma
- • Independent Prescriber
Desirable criteria
- • Clinical Masters
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- • Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
- • Well-developed clinical pharmacy knowledge across all aspects of drug use
- • Knowledge of clinical audit and its role in pharmacy and medicine
- • Extensive post registration experience in hospital pharmacy, some at a senior level
- • Demonstrate a developing clinical role
- • Demonstrate they have been involved in the area of clinical audit
Desirable criteria
- • Specialist knowledge of the clinical area(s) or directorates involved
- • Awareness of the role and responsibilities of the pre-registration pharmacist tutor
- • Demonstrate they have undertaken a managerial role
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- • Demonstrate ability to communicate, oral and written, specialist clinical information
- • One to One Communication
- • Influencing and negotiating skills
- • Basic computer skills
Desirable criteria
- • Lecturing skills
- • Microsoft office
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Claire Lovett
- Job title
- Senior Lead Clinical Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2231458
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