Highly Specialist Pharmacist Respiratory COPD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Providing clinical pharmacy expertise in use of medicines for patients within the Respiratory Directorate during an inpatient hospital stay or on an outpatient, Homecare or day case basis.

Participating in multidisciplinary meetings as required for the service.

Providing support to the regional TB service

To undertake the role of pharmacy Independent prescriber, with the appropriate qualifications where appropriate and according to the needs of the service.

Identifying potential and clinical development to the Respiratory directorate and planning the implementation to ensure that services continue to meet customers requirements and income is sufficient to fund development.

Interpreting budgetary information for Respiratory directorate staff at agreed intervals to ensure that significant variances are highlighted together with proposals for appropriate action.

Assisting the Pharmacist Team Leader for Medicine in evaluating the costs and benefits of new drug developments and presenting evaluated information to division and directorate lead clinicians and managers to aid them in deciding if new products or approaches to treatment should be used in the division.

Assisting the clinicians in the preparation of business case applications to the Formulary and Medicines Group and/or Area Prescribing Committee, and where necessary taking cases of need to purchasers to ensure that funding for new products or approaches to treatment is secured in contracts.

Contributing to the production of prescribing guidelines and PGDs/PSDs to ensure that antimicrobials and respiratory medicines are used safely and in such a way as to maximize benefits to patients within available resources.

Participating in monthly respiratory governance meetings as the lead for clinical governance of medicines management issues, ensuring issues are communicated with the respiratory service.

Tutor a trainee pharmacist or postgraduate pharmacist student.

Providing training, teaching and support to underpin CPD and postgraduate qualifications in the Pharmacy department and deliver general and specialist pharmaceutical education to other healthcare professionals.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Completed or studying for Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy
• Hospital pharmacy experience involving clinical pharmacy services
• Participation in weekly dispensary cover, Bank Holiday and weekend working (to demonstrate maintenance of basic pharmacy services and personal competency)

Desirable

• Previous experience of respiratory medicine including COPD, asthma and biological therapy.
• Previous experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team in a clinic setting.
• Previous experience of homecare services
• Previous management experience
• Previous leadership experience
• Previous education and training experience
• Identifying and implementing change to processes and team culture

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Good interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Demonstrable ability to prioritise, organise and manage workload in an environment that has frequent disruptions
• Demonstrable ability to motivate self and others
• Demonstrable ability to work in a team
• Demonstrable confidence as a clinical pharmacist
• Demonstrable ability to use initiative
• Demonstrable ability to maintain quality standards
• Sound knowledge of acute medical therapeutics
• Experience of writing clinical guidelines
• Experience of leading a team

Desirable

• Word and data processing
• Clinical appraisal skills
• Experience of writing shared care protocols and Patient Group Directions
• Experience of providing education to multi-disciplinary teams
• Experience of leading service development

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters or Bachelors Degree in Pharmacy
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy
• Completed or studying for Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy
• NMP qualification or working towards and eligible for training

Desirable

• Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Member of specialist pharmacist practice group e.g. UKCPA

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Address

Queen Alexandra Hosp, Southwick Hill Road

Cosham

Portsmouth

PO6 3LY

Employer's website

https://www.porthosp.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)