Job summary
Are you an enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic clinical pharmacist with an interest in Gastroenterology and Nutrition?
Are you at the stage of your career where you are looking to develop your clinical skills and work as an integral member of a well-respected and proactive multidisciplinary team, managing the pharmacy service to Gastroenterology alongside working towards credentialing for a consultant post and utilising your skills as a non-medical prescriber?
Do you want to be part of an innovative Department that have had an ambitious 5-year strategy and workforce plan approved by the Trust Board?
If so, we would love to hear from you!
Within the Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) service there is the opportunity to work as part of a dedicated MDT consisting of clinicians, nurse specialists and dietitians to deliver high quality care to a diverse patient population. Roles for an advanced specialist pharmacist would include, developing proactive and reactive therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) services for patients on Biological agents and integrating with colleagues across the Devon ICS to share best practice and driving quality improvement within prescribing in IBD.
There is also scope to become a pharmacist prescriber within the Nutrition Team.
Depending on the stage of your career, further study will be encouraged and supported. Practice research is also encouraged in this role; we currently have Band 7 Academic intern pharmacists.
Main duties of the job
- This post holder will be responsible for the provision and development of pharmaceutical care for patients within the areas of Gastroenterology & Nutrition.
- Act as team leader for the ward-based pharmacy team and as team member of the Clinical Pharmacy Team.
- Undertake teaching and clinical supervision of pharmacy staff and other healthcare employees.
- Provide specialist clinical pharmacy services and advice, demonstrating a high level of clinical effectiveness.
- Work closely with care group lead pharmacist & associate chief pharmacist clinical services on the strategic development of clinical pharmacy services, establishing clearly defined roles for pharmacist non-medical prescribers within Gastroenterology & Nutrition care areas.
- Ensure efficient use of resources and systems including monitoring drug expenditure within the Gastroenterology & Nutrition clinical areas.
- Work with the clinical and governance teams to develop guidelines, protocols and PGDs.
- Undertake audits and engage with Quality Improvement and practice research
- To provide clinical pharmacy support in co-ordinating the care of patients requiring parenteral nutrition across the Trust.
- Ensure Gastroenterology patients are supplied medicines via the most cost clinically appropriate and cost effective route.
- Undertake medication review to ensure that patients treatments are monitored in accordance with agreed best practice pathways
- Deputise for the Lead Pharmacist Medicines Care Group as required
About us
University Hospitals Plymouth (UHP) NHS is the largest hospital on the Southwest Peninsula providing comprehensive secondary and tertiary care to a population of around 2,000,000 people who can access our specialist services including cardiothoracic surgery, kidney transplantation, neurosurgery, and the regional trauma Centre. Our specialist cancer treatments include bone marrow transplant, sarcoma surgery and hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer surgery (not exhaustive). We work closely with our community partners in delivering comprehensive health and social care.
The Gastroenterology Department at UHP provides and comprehensive range of services to investigate and treat disorders of the digestive tract including abdominal pain, diarrhoea, indigestion, difficulties swallowing, Crohn's disease and colitis.
UHP provides a tertiary service for the investigation of oesophageal diseases, oesophageal EMR and RFA of early Barrett's cancer and surgical treatment of oesophageal, gastric, Hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer.The Trust is designated as a type III intestinal failure service and has the capability to offer the type II services for patients across the Peninsula.
The Pharmacy team are considered an integral member of the multidisciplinary team supporting both Gastroenterology and Nutrition service, joining a team of clinicians, nurse specialists, dieticians and other allied healthcare professionals.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Responsible to the Lead Pharmacist Medicines Care Group and Associate Chief Pharmacist Clinical Services for strategic planning and delivery of clinical pharmacy services to patients under the care of the Gastroenterology & Nutrition Service Lines.
- Support the Chief Pharmacist / Deputy Chief Pharmacist / Associate Chief Pharmacist and Care Group Lead Pharmacist in developing, monitoring, and reporting on drug expenditure and medicines budget and the delivery of financial savings as part of the pharmacy CIP.
- Development, implementation and update of clinical pharmacy policy in conjunction with senior pharmacists within Gastroenterology & Nutrition.
- Work as a member of the Clinical Pharmacy Team, Gastroenterology & Nutrition Service Lines and wider UHP pharmacy team.
- Monitor, review and report on medicines related incidents within Gastroenterology & Nutrition Service Lines.
- Provide highly specialist clinical pharmacy care to patients in the Gastroenterology & Nutrition areas and related units.
- Ensure compliance with the National IBD Service Standards
- To manage, lead and co-ordinate the clinical pharmacy team including junior pharmacists and technicians in the provision of a safe, effective and efficient clinical pharmacy service in accordance with local and national standards and strategy and to ensure all members of the pharmacy team are trained and competent for their roles.
- To act as a role model as a clinical pharmacist and team leader, to pharmacists, technicians, ATOs and all other members of the multidisciplinary team.
- To be a lead and role model in the field of Gastroenterology & Nutrition care locally, regionally, and nationally.
- To practice as an independent prescriber.
- Engage and work alongside the Inpatient Parenteral Nutrition Team.
- To provide clinical pharmacy support in co-ordinating the care of patients requiring parenteral nutrition across the Trust; attending MDT nutrition rounds & or HPN clinics as appropriate, providing advice to on formulations and stabilities.
- To work towards advanced clinical practice.
- To engage with Quality Improvement and practice research.
- To write and review policies and procedures relevant to pharmacy practice in Gastroenterology & Nutrition
- Monitor and evaluate medicines related protocols and guidelines in Gastroenterology & Nutrition.
- Ensure an appropriate level of clinical pharmacy service is provided to the Gastroenterology & Nutrition areas.
- Propose policy or service changes which improve services and may have multidisciplinary and resource implications
- Configure and implement inductions for pharmacists in Gastroenterology & Nutrition and the pharmacy department with support Associate Chief Pharmacist Clinical Services and Care Group Lead Pharmacists.
- Assist in the development and implementation of PGDs and non-medical prescribing initiatives, when appropriate.
- Ensure that expertise within your area is seen as a resource within and outside the Trust and form working partnerships with other health and social care service providers.
- Recommendation of appropriate therapy for individual patients where evidence is not available, controversial evidence exists or other professionals may challenge advice
- Contribute to the organisations wider antimicrobial surveillance programme, implementing local programmes ensuring appropriate antimicrobial prescribing
- Attendance at Consultant/GP white board/MDT meetings/ward rounds to actively facilitate and provide advice on treatment, including highly complex patients.
- Promote compliance by prescribers and other healthcare staff with local/national policies and the South and West Devon Formulary.
- Application of highly complex knowledge of the evidence base behind drug therapies used.
- Manage day to day medicines queries, including face to face consultations with patients identified to have compliance or other problems in medicine administration.
- Refer patients to other community services where appropriate.
- Liaise with all levels of healthcare staff, patients and carers in all areas of work.
- Analysis, interpretation and monitoring of clinical data including but not limited to: drug levels, U&Es, blood counts and microbiological sensitivities to guide diagnosis and drug therapy.
- Assess clinical requirements of patients as a clinical pharmacist and an independent prescriber through interpretation of clinical data and examination. If required request appropriate tests and examinations for patients directly under your care.
- Contribute to pharmaceutical initiatives that help with the seamless transfer of patients between different healthcare settings.
- Provide education and training to all healthcare professionals including medical students.
- Pharmacists are expected to work largely unsupervised and to act on their own professional judgement.
- Clinical supervision from another health professional can be arranged and is to be encouraged.
- Clinical roles are supported by policies and guidelines within which the pharmacist is allowed to exercise professional discretion / interpretation.
- Participate in any wider departmental rotas where needed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Responsible to the Lead Pharmacist Medicines Care Group and Associate Chief Pharmacist Clinical Services for strategic planning and delivery of clinical pharmacy services to patients under the care of the Gastroenterology & Nutrition Service Lines.
- Support the Chief Pharmacist / Deputy Chief Pharmacist / Associate Chief Pharmacist and Care Group Lead Pharmacist in developing, monitoring, and reporting on drug expenditure and medicines budget and the delivery of financial savings as part of the pharmacy CIP.
- Development, implementation and update of clinical pharmacy policy in conjunction with senior pharmacists within Gastroenterology & Nutrition.
- Work as a member of the Clinical Pharmacy Team, Gastroenterology & Nutrition Service Lines and wider UHP pharmacy team.
- Monitor, review and report on medicines related incidents within Gastroenterology & Nutrition Service Lines.
- Provide highly specialist clinical pharmacy care to patients in the Gastroenterology & Nutrition areas and related units.
- Ensure compliance with the National IBD Service Standards
- To manage, lead and co-ordinate the clinical pharmacy team including junior pharmacists and technicians in the provision of a safe, effective and efficient clinical pharmacy service in accordance with local and national standards and strategy and to ensure all members of the pharmacy team are trained and competent for their roles.
- To act as a role model as a clinical pharmacist and team leader, to pharmacists, technicians, ATOs and all other members of the multidisciplinary team.
- To be a lead and role model in the field of Gastroenterology & Nutrition care locally, regionally, and nationally.
- To practice as an independent prescriber.
- Engage and work alongside the Inpatient Parenteral Nutrition Team.
- To provide clinical pharmacy support in co-ordinating the care of patients requiring parenteral nutrition across the Trust; attending MDT nutrition rounds & or HPN clinics as appropriate, providing advice to on formulations and stabilities.
- To work towards advanced clinical practice.
- To engage with Quality Improvement and practice research.
- To write and review policies and procedures relevant to pharmacy practice in Gastroenterology & Nutrition
- Monitor and evaluate medicines related protocols and guidelines in Gastroenterology & Nutrition.
- Ensure an appropriate level of clinical pharmacy service is provided to the Gastroenterology & Nutrition areas.
- Propose policy or service changes which improve services and may have multidisciplinary and resource implications
- Configure and implement inductions for pharmacists in Gastroenterology & Nutrition and the pharmacy department with support Associate Chief Pharmacist Clinical Services and Care Group Lead Pharmacists.
- Assist in the development and implementation of PGDs and non-medical prescribing initiatives, when appropriate.
- Ensure that expertise within your area is seen as a resource within and outside the Trust and form working partnerships with other health and social care service providers.
- Recommendation of appropriate therapy for individual patients where evidence is not available, controversial evidence exists or other professionals may challenge advice
- Contribute to the organisations wider antimicrobial surveillance programme, implementing local programmes ensuring appropriate antimicrobial prescribing
- Attendance at Consultant/GP white board/MDT meetings/ward rounds to actively facilitate and provide advice on treatment, including highly complex patients.
- Promote compliance by prescribers and other healthcare staff with local/national policies and the South and West Devon Formulary.
- Application of highly complex knowledge of the evidence base behind drug therapies used.
- Manage day to day medicines queries, including face to face consultations with patients identified to have compliance or other problems in medicine administration.
- Refer patients to other community services where appropriate.
- Liaise with all levels of healthcare staff, patients and carers in all areas of work.
- Analysis, interpretation and monitoring of clinical data including but not limited to: drug levels, U&Es, blood counts and microbiological sensitivities to guide diagnosis and drug therapy.
- Assess clinical requirements of patients as a clinical pharmacist and an independent prescriber through interpretation of clinical data and examination. If required request appropriate tests and examinations for patients directly under your care.
- Contribute to pharmaceutical initiatives that help with the seamless transfer of patients between different healthcare settings.
- Provide education and training to all healthcare professionals including medical students.
- Pharmacists are expected to work largely unsupervised and to act on their own professional judgement.
- Clinical supervision from another health professional can be arranged and is to be encouraged.
- Clinical roles are supported by policies and guidelines within which the pharmacist is allowed to exercise professional discretion / interpretation.
- Participate in any wider departmental rotas where needed.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Excellent proven knowledge of clinical pharmacy and drug use with the area of Gastroenterology & nutrition.
- Demonstrable experience in a range of clinical specialties
- Excellent proven knowledge of general clinical pharmacy and drug use
- Demonstrable senior pharmacy management experience within a recognised area of pharmacy practice
- Proven skills in effective leadership, successful communication, negotiating, persuasion and influencing
- Proven knowledge of strategic care agendas
- Understanding of NHS priorities and how to apply these locally
- Excellent oral and written communication skills to address highly complex issues
- Report writing skills.
- Evidence of CPD
- Demonstrable experience of teaching, training and people development
- Demonstrable experience of providing diploma mentorship and/or pre-registration tutorship
- Demonstrable multidisciplinary working / ward round experience
Desirable
- Proven knowledge of treatment pathways and commissioning of therapies for drug used with the area of Gastroenterology & nutrition.
- Previous demonstrable experience of providing support to the management of a hospital directorate or division
- Demonstrable experience of designing and developing pharmacy services
- Demonstrable experience in presenting research
- Demonstrable experience in budget management and staff management
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's Degree (or equivalent) in Pharmacy.
- Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Certificate.
- Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma
- Non-medical prescriber (or must be willing to undertake this when requested)
Desirable
- Current registration with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Member of the United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association (UKCPA)
- Active member of Member of the British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition or equivalent pharmacist specialist interest group
- Postgraduate leadership qualification
- Postgraduate qualification in speciality
Person Specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Excellent proven knowledge of clinical pharmacy and drug use with the area of Gastroenterology & nutrition.
- Demonstrable experience in a range of clinical specialties
- Excellent proven knowledge of general clinical pharmacy and drug use
- Demonstrable senior pharmacy management experience within a recognised area of pharmacy practice
- Proven skills in effective leadership, successful communication, negotiating, persuasion and influencing
- Proven knowledge of strategic care agendas
- Understanding of NHS priorities and how to apply these locally
- Excellent oral and written communication skills to address highly complex issues
- Report writing skills.
- Evidence of CPD
- Demonstrable experience of teaching, training and people development
- Demonstrable experience of providing diploma mentorship and/or pre-registration tutorship
- Demonstrable multidisciplinary working / ward round experience
Desirable
- Proven knowledge of treatment pathways and commissioning of therapies for drug used with the area of Gastroenterology & nutrition.
- Previous demonstrable experience of providing support to the management of a hospital directorate or division
- Demonstrable experience of designing and developing pharmacy services
- Demonstrable experience in presenting research
- Demonstrable experience in budget management and staff management
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's Degree (or equivalent) in Pharmacy.
- Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Certificate.
- Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma
- Non-medical prescriber (or must be willing to undertake this when requested)
Desirable
- Current registration with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Member of the United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association (UKCPA)
- Active member of Member of the British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition or equivalent pharmacist specialist interest group
- Postgraduate leadership qualification
- Postgraduate qualification in speciality
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.
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).
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.
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).
