Senior Pharmacist/Lead Pharmacy Technician, Research

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Leadership

To develop skills to be able to lead on own area of research to include study design, appropriate methodology, data analysis and dissemination.

To guide and support others in the pharmacy department with their research projects.

Be involved in developing training and guidance to support research in the department.

Leading development and delivery of research initiatives.

Ensuring effective communication of research initiatives.

Research and Development

To regularly lead, participate in and co-ordinate relevant research projects.

To participate in audit and practice research to investigate and where appropriate improve the quality of patient care.

To publish and present the results and outcomes of own research and audits locally, nationally or internationally as appropriate.

To liaise with clinical trial nursing and pharmacy staff with regards to monitoring and continuing supply of trial medicines to patients.

Contribute to the organisation of the monthly Research and Audit Group (RAG) with regards to preparing the agenda, participating in the meeting, supporting presenters prior to the meeting, recording the proposals on the InPhase audit register, following up with staff regarding projects outcomes and supporting with the yearly RAG report.

Monitoring and recording research outputs for the pharmacy department.

Completing and sending out the monthly research newsletter.

Maintaining the pharmacy research webpage.

To participate in the induction of new staff on behalf of the academic research unit.

To integrate research evidence into practice.

To supervise/co-supervise MPharm students with their final year research project.

Become an associate principal investigator for a research study through the NIHR associate PI scheme.

To be part of the Clinical Trials Pharmacy Team in the delivery of research at Kings.

Clinical Responsibilities

To contribute to a specific clinical or operational area.

To contribute and adhere to clinical pharmacy service standards.

Where appropriate and necessary to practice as a prescriber in area of own expertise, as appropriate, and provide direct high quality of care to patients.

To ensure appropriate and timely supply of medication to patients in conjunction with dispensary staff.

To liaise with other pharmacists/healthcare professionals to ensure efficient transfer of clinical and medicines management issues.

To participate in discharge planning.

To participate in patient education and counselling schemes for patients/carers.

To ensure appropriate and timely supply of medication to patients, including participation in the POD scheme.

To liaise with other pharmacists, doctors and GPs to ensure efficient transfer of clinical and medicines management issues.

To participate in Trust adverse incident reporting scheme.

To provide clinical expertise in the development of clinical trials.

Financial Management

To understand and manage costing within the clinical trial setting.

To be able to undertake costing as part of a research grant or project.

To educate other healthcare professionals on the costs associated with drug therapy and promote the use of evidence-based, cost-effective prescribing across the Trust.

To identify areas of potential cost-savings within the Care Group, and to implement systems to realise savings and contain prescribing costs.

People Management and Training

To lead, coach and manage the performance of junior staff in line with good people management practices, ensuring excellence is recognised and underperformance is addressed.

To participate in regular performance appraisal meetings and ensure line reports have a clear set of objectives and development plans.

Ensure direct reports are compliant with all statutory, mandatory training together with any professional training requirements.

Manage absences of direct reports including sickness in line with Trust policy ensuring the appropriate return to work meetings occur, e-roster is updated and productivity is kept to the highest possible level.

Support with the recruitment of the team in line with the Trusts recruitment policy and process.

Identify talent and support the internal talent management process in order attract and retain and succession plan for your people.

Ensure overall wellbeing of the team is maintained. Continuously support in improving the morale of the team and implementing a culture of zero-tolerance for bullying and harassment.

To participate in teaching and supervising students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

To act as postgraduate tutor for Diploma students if appropriate.

To act as a tutor for trainee pharmacists or trainee pharmacy technicians.

To participate in teaching nurses, medical staff, and AHPs.

To participate in the recruitment and selection of pharmacy students, trainee pharmacists, trainee pharmacy technicians, pharmacy technicians and junior pharmacists as needed.

To participate in the in-service clinical pharmacy training of all pharmacy staff.

To undertake CPD to ensure that knowledge is continually updated.

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

Essential

• Professional registration with the GPHC
• NVQ Level 3 plus accredited underpinning knowledge [BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent] or equivalent
• Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
• Further qualification e.g. Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) as part of Pharmacy Technician Training or as a standalone (eg. CPPE or Buttercups)

Desirable

• GCP accreditation
• RPS member

Knowledge and experience

Essential

• Specialist clinical knowledge and skills relevant to area of practice
• Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the clinical governance agenda
• Experience of practice research, audit, quality improvement and/or service evaluation
• Experience of delivering training and education at postgraduate level

Desirable

• Experience in the delivery of clinical trials from a pharmacy perspective

Skills and competencies

Essential

• Be able to provide highly complex information to all levels of healthcare professionals
• Self-motivation, team-working and autonomous working
• Basic knowledge of critical appraisal skills to analyse article quality and its application
• Ability to plan the day to day activities of self and others

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's College Hospital

London

SE5 9RS

Employer's website

https://www.kch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)