Job summary
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) has an opportunity for a Critical care & theatres pharmacist.
Southampton Critical Care currently has 50 adult ventilator dependent beds plus 60 high care (Level 2) beds and a further 6 Level 3 beds have been built to open in spring 2021. This trust has also built a further 8 operating rooms and this has released further funding for clinical pharmacy support. The ICU pharmacy team looks after a large variety of critical care and high care patients including general, surgical, neurological/neurosurgical and cardiac/cardiothoracic surgical patients as well as supporting theatre staff.
Main duties of the job
If you are looking to expand your experience in Critical Care, this could be your perfect chance! We are offering an exciting opportunity to work as part of a very experienced and highly regarded team of critical care pharmacists, working with anaesthetists and intensivists, solving pharmaceutical problems for critically ill patients, including those in theatres. This includes review of Metavision prescriptions and attending consultant led ward rounds as well as accessing JAC electronic prescriptions. Also analysing drug usage data, guideline production and compiling drug file data.
About us
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we can offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. We believe you deserve the best possible surroundings in which to do your job and we want to support you in doing your job to the best of your ability.
As a Trust, we support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. Youll have an opportunity to discuss this at interview. Our LiveWell and inspire programme offers opportunities, support and advice, including smoking cessation services, exercise and activity classes, and support for mental health.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and only an hour on the train from central London. The New Forest National Park and the beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Clinical Pharmacy team for Critical Care is led by a Consultant Pharmacist supported by seven advanced level practitioners including prescribers. Pharmacists prescribe all parenteral nutrition within intensive care. Pharmacists are also the expert users of the Metavision (version 6) system, teaching new prescribers, trapping errors, optimising prescriptions and maintaining and updating the drug files. The large clinical pharmacy team at UHS consists of over 80 pharmacists including 45 prescribers.
Please find attached the Job Description and Person Specification for this role.
Advertised date: 10th February 2021
Closing date: 24th February 2021
Interview date: 04th March 2021
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Clinical Pharmacy team for Critical Care is led by a Consultant Pharmacist supported by seven advanced level practitioners including prescribers. Pharmacists prescribe all parenteral nutrition within intensive care. Pharmacists are also the expert users of the Metavision (version 6) system, teaching new prescribers, trapping errors, optimising prescriptions and maintaining and updating the drug files. The large clinical pharmacy team at UHS consists of over 80 pharmacists including 45 prescribers.
Please find attached the Job Description and Person Specification for this role.
Advertised date: 10th February 2021
Closing date: 24th February 2021
Interview date: 04th March 2021
Person Specification
Special requirements of the post
Essential
- Commitment to CPD and lifelong learning
- Able to work flexibly to meet the demands of the job
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
- GPhC registration.
- Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent qualification/experience.
Desirable
- Independent prescriber
- Project management
- Management experience
- Able to demonstrate advanced practitioner level 2 in renal or cardiology or transferable skills from other specialities
Experience
Essential
- Experience in critical care
- Experience working with theatres
- Solving problems in critically ill patients
- Evidence of practice at RPS Faculty Advanced Level 1 and working towards level 2
- Influencing prescribing and/or patient pathways. Leading change and improvement.
- Working with Microsoft Office software, especially Word and Excel
- Experience of supervising others
- Experience of working with medical consultants
- Lecturing and teaching
- Audit and evaluative work.
- Preparation of prescribing guidelines.
Desirable
- 5 years experience in CC
- Working with consultant medics
- Use of JAC prescribing systems
- Use of MetaVision prescribing system
- Use of other critical care prescribing systems
- Experience managing patients receiving parenteral nutrition
- Experience as prescriber
- Experience prescribing parenteral nutrition
- RPS Faculty portfolio assessment at advanced stage 1 or higher
- Published work or poster
- Antimicrobial guidelines & audit
- Audit, survey & Research experience
Living the Trust values
Essential
- Patients First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
Aptitudes and skills required
Essential
- Negotiating and influencing
- Planning and organising.
- Effective time management
- Application of knowledge and evidence-based decision making
- Able to recommend, substantiate and communicate appropriate therapeutic options for all levels of critical critically ill patients.
- Teaching, tutoring and mentoring.
- Good organisational and problem solving skills.
Desirable
- Experience of clinical practice wide portfolio of skills experience at regional/national level
- Motivated to learn
- Able to adapt to new situations
- Able to incorporate new data into knowledge base
- Ability to resource investigate
- Experience of working in different but relevant environments
Personal qualities
Essential
- Able to communicate effectively with senior decision makers.
- Self-motivated and directed
Person Specification
Special requirements of the post
Essential
- Commitment to CPD and lifelong learning
- Able to work flexibly to meet the demands of the job
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
- GPhC registration.
- Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent qualification/experience.
Desirable
- Independent prescriber
- Project management
- Management experience
- Able to demonstrate advanced practitioner level 2 in renal or cardiology or transferable skills from other specialities
Experience
Essential
- Experience in critical care
- Experience working with theatres
- Solving problems in critically ill patients
- Evidence of practice at RPS Faculty Advanced Level 1 and working towards level 2
- Influencing prescribing and/or patient pathways. Leading change and improvement.
- Working with Microsoft Office software, especially Word and Excel
- Experience of supervising others
- Experience of working with medical consultants
- Lecturing and teaching
- Audit and evaluative work.
- Preparation of prescribing guidelines.
Desirable
- 5 years experience in CC
- Working with consultant medics
- Use of JAC prescribing systems
- Use of MetaVision prescribing system
- Use of other critical care prescribing systems
- Experience managing patients receiving parenteral nutrition
- Experience as prescriber
- Experience prescribing parenteral nutrition
- RPS Faculty portfolio assessment at advanced stage 1 or higher
- Published work or poster
- Antimicrobial guidelines & audit
- Audit, survey & Research experience
Living the Trust values
Essential
- Patients First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
Aptitudes and skills required
Essential
- Negotiating and influencing
- Planning and organising.
- Effective time management
- Application of knowledge and evidence-based decision making
- Able to recommend, substantiate and communicate appropriate therapeutic options for all levels of critical critically ill patients.
- Teaching, tutoring and mentoring.
- Good organisational and problem solving skills.
Desirable
- Experience of clinical practice wide portfolio of skills experience at regional/national level
- Motivated to learn
- Able to adapt to new situations
- Able to incorporate new data into knowledge base
- Ability to resource investigate
- Experience of working in different but relevant environments
Personal qualities
Essential
- Able to communicate effectively with senior decision makers.
- Self-motivated and directed
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).
Additional information
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).
