Job responsibilities
Leadership
To lead clinical pharmacy services for paediatric palliative care patientsin accordance withthe priorities set by the post holder and the clinical lead pharmacist,in order toensure safe, clinically effective andcost efficientuse of drugs in these patients.
- To ensure the delivery of pharmaceutical services to paediatric palliative care patients
- Toidentifyand promote best practice
- To ensure drug information provided in the paediatric formulary is up to date and evidence based
- To implement agreed clinical governance initiatives
- To motivate and inspire others
- To proactively develop clinical pharmacy services in line with local and national objectives
- To work collaboratively with senior pharmacy, medical and nursing staff, the multidisciplinaryteamand management and toparticipatein the pharmacy services agendain accordance withthe agreed objectives
- To act as a Professional Tutor foridentifiedclinical pharmacy staff
Management of service
To provide clinical pharmacy services for paediatric palliative care patientsin accordance withthe priorities set by the post holder and clinical lead pharmacistin order toensure safe, clinically effective andcost efficientuse of drugs in these patients.
- Toidentifyand prioritise clinical pharmacy services to the paediatric palliative care patients within the directorate
- To ensure national and local agendas are delivered
- To follow and conform to relevant standards of care
- To coordinate and support the development and maintenance of the paediatric formulary
- Toidentifyand manage risks in relation to medicines use according to policy/protocol
- Toestablishprocesses for the setting and implementation of standards of care
- Toidentifyand manage changes that needs to occur to achieve new standards or care and toidentifyand manage the risks involved
- Toidentifyresourcesrequiredto improve clinical pharmacy services
- To delegate authority appropriately to junior staff and to evaluate their performance against identified criteria using Trust tools
- To provide evaluated pharmaceutical and financial information for paediatric palliative care patients
- Toidentifynew prescribing practices that mayimpacton budget (horizon scanning)
- Todemonstrateprofessional accountability to service users,stakeholdersand the profession
Evaluation of Service
Tomonitorclinical pharmacy services for paediatric palliative care patientsin accordance withthe priorities set by the post holder and clinical lead pharmacistin order toensure safe, clinically effective andcost efficientuse of drugs in these patients.
- To evaluate the contributions of the pharmacists to the directorate
- To ensure that the quality of thepaediatric palliative care service isrecognised as a leaderin the national field, in line with the corporate objectives
- To ensure departmental standards are met
- To undertake clinical audit as part of the multi-disciplinary audit process
- To undertake assessments / evaluations asrequired
Clinical Practice
To act as a clinical role model for paediatric pharmacists anddemonstratethe ability to provide safe, clinicallyeffectiveand cost-efficient use of drugs to paediatric palliative care patients.
- Todemonstrateexpert pharmaceutical knowledge within paediatric palliative care
- To manage and makeappropriate referrals
- To follow legal, ethical, professional and employers codes of conduct
- To plan, manage,monitorand review therapeutic programmesforpaediatricpatients
- To enhance the quality of patient care
- To manage difficult and ambiguous problems
- Todemonstratean advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement
- Todemonstratea whole-system patient-focused approach
- Todemonstrateprofessional accountability
- Toidentifytrends in drug errors from Radar reports and pharmaceutical misadventure data and develop strategies to minimise these
- Todemonstrateawareness and commitment to the Trusts Clinical Governance Agenda
Research and Development
To develop clinical pharmacy services for paediatric palliative care patientsin accordance withtheobjectivesset by the post holder and clinical lead pharmacistin order toadvance the safe, clinicallyeffectiveand cost-efficient use of drugs in these patients.
- Todemonstratea critical approach towards pharmacy practice
- To develop, implement,monitorand evaluate protocols and guidelines
- To develop clinical pathways
- To integrate research evidence into practice
- Toidentifygaps in the evidence base
- To activelyseekto improve the ward and clinical services provided
- To develop a research strategy and undertake and publish practice research
- To guide and support others undertaking research
- To liaise with clinical staffin order toassistwith the identification and supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate projects
- Toassistin the development of pharmacy practice research links between KCL and the hospital
- To promote the publication and presentation of research undertaken at both the hospital and university
4.6 Education and Training
Academic Responsibilities
To lead on the design and delivery and assessment of the postgraduate Pharmacist Independent Prescribing (PIP) PG Cert
To carry out administrative duties associated with the PIP PG Cert programme, such as scheduling of teaching and assessments
Act as a Personal Tutor forallocatedKCL undergraduate and/or postgraduate students
To act as a professional role model to undergraduate and postgraduate students
Contribute to the development and progression of pharmacy education and clinical placement links between KCL and GSTT
Contribute to and develop theMPharmprogramme in line with current practice
Design, deliver and assess elements of the PIP PG Cert including the Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs)
Participate in clinical pharmacy teaching and multi-disciplinary teaching as appropriate
Co-ordinate GSTT input into theMPharmand postgraduate programme and manage the relationships with clinical teaching staff tofacilitateteaching and assessment
Work with pharmacy staff hosting placement students to develop their skills in education,identifyingthe training needs of pharmacy stafftoundertake the rolesrequired
To coordinate technicallogisticsfor students undertaking placements at GSTT
Tomaintaindocumentation
To design and supervise undergraduate research projects as appropriate
To contribute to studentselectionfor admission to bothMPharmand postgraduate professional programmes
Assist in KCL academic administrative duties such as examinations, curriculum development,professionalismand fitness to practise investigations, and pastoral care
Maintain a portfolio of practice
Participate in education and training programmes to develop skills as part of a commitment to continuing education and the concept of lifelong learning
Trust based E&T Responsibilities
To support the Trust Education and Training team working for the Evelina team and the across all sites at GSTT.
Toidentifyown training needs
Toparticipatein education and training programmes to develop skills as part of a commitment to continuing education and the concept of lifelong learning
Tomaintaina portfolio of practice
Toparticipatein the clinical training of pharmacy staff, wardpharmacistsand the multi-disciplinary team as appropriate
Other duties
- To undertake clinical duties over the weekend as part of the clinical rotation
- To liaise with other clinical pharmacists to ensure efficient transferof care
- To provide other duties as specified by the Clinical Lead Pharmacist forMedicine& Neonates
- To be aware of, and apply, relevant legislation such as the H&S AWA, COSHH, Medicines Act, GMP etc.
- At all times practicein accordance withthe General Pharmaceutical Councils Standards for Conduct, Ethics and Performance
- At all times, act in line with and deliver projects through the lens of the Trusts values around Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Anti-Racism culture
The precise allocation of time and duties between the two bases will be decided and amended from time to time by discussion between the Trust and College managers. It will be determined partly by seasonal factors, so that although an approximate 60:40 (GSTT:KCL) time allocation will prevail, the time spent in either base will vary according to predictable changes in workload.
