Job summary
- Are you a newly qualified or experienced pharmacist looking for a role that provides operational & service development opportunities?
- Do youenjoy working with a friendly, supportive and driven multidisciplinary team?
- Are you passionate about tackling vaccine inequity and disease prevention?
The Whittington Health Infection Pharmacy team has rapidly grown over the past 2 years. The vaccination pharmacy team consists of a Band 8a and 7 (this post). They will work alongside a Band 8a Infection & OPAT pharmacist and a rotational Band 7. The Lead Pharmacist-Antimicrobials provides the overarching support to the team. We are an innovative team, always looking to push the boundaries of clinical pharmacy, advanced practice and antimicrobial stewardship.
This post will help deliver the COVID-19 and Flu vaccination programmes within the secondary care and community services. You will support the Senior Pharmacist - Vaccination with strategic, clinical, and operational input into the staff and patient vaccination programme and work collaboratively with the North Central London team in optimising vaccination uptake.This is an exciting opportunity to grow leadership skills, work autonomously and develop your clinical skills within a supportive and encouraging environment. The role will provide great operational insight into the inner workings of developing NHS services in response to disease outbreaks or to manage seasonal infection transmission risk.
Main duties of the job
Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role. If you are unable to access the PDF, the details of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To support the development and delivery of the pharmacy related aspects of the Whittington Health NHS Trust COVID and influenza vaccination programmes.
- To provide a clinical pharmacy service to the Whittington Health NHS Trust COVID and influenza vaccination programme.
- To deputise for the Senior Pharmacist Vaccination and contribute at relevant local and regional COVID and influenza vaccine meetings, when appropriate.
- To support the interpretation and implementation of any national or regional requirements for the safe delivery of the vaccination programmes and handling of any associated COVID and influenza vaccines. This will include but is not limited to supporting the development/implementation of:
- Legal or clinical documentation related to the provision of the COVID and influenza vaccination programme (for example, Patient Consent Forms, Written Instructions, Patient Specific Directions, Patient Group Direction, National Protocols)
- Additional documentation that is required by NHS England / Improvement
- Patient information leaflets / supporting documents for healthcare professionals relating to any vaccine specific requirements (i.e. management of allergies)
- Alerts issued by national bodies, such as the MHRA or DoH.
- To work closely with the wider team to ensure appropriate use, supply and storage of the COVID and influenza vaccine, and support operational and logistical aspects of the programme when necessary. This will apply to both clinics being held on site and in the community vaccination hubs, working closely with members of the public.
- To manage and mitigate any risks associated with the delivery of the vaccination programme.
- To undertake intramuscular administration of COVID and influenza vaccines.
- To support and train staff to be confident in handling COVID and influenza vaccines.
- To appropriately assess the competency requirements for staff involved in the delivery of the COVID and influenza vaccination programme and to provide any ongoing education and training around these aspects, when required.
- To work closely with the Pharmacy Procurement Lead to maintain adequate stock of vaccines for the COVID and influenza vaccination programme.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To support the development and delivery of the pharmacy related aspects of the Whittington Health NHS Trust COVID and influenza vaccination programmes.
- To provide a clinical pharmacy service to the Whittington Health NHS Trust COVID and influenza vaccination programme.
- To deputise for the Senior Pharmacist Vaccination and contribute at relevant local and regional COVID and influenza vaccine meetings, when appropriate.
- To support the interpretation and implementation of any national or regional requirements for the safe delivery of the vaccination programmes and handling of any associated COVID and influenza vaccines. This will include but is not limited to supporting the development/implementation of:
- Legal or clinical documentation related to the provision of the COVID and influenza vaccination programme (for example, Patient Consent Forms, Written Instructions, Patient Specific Directions, Patient Group Direction, National Protocols)
- Additional documentation that is required by NHS England / Improvement
- Patient information leaflets / supporting documents for healthcare professionals relating to any vaccine specific requirements (i.e. management of allergies)
- Alerts issued by national bodies, such as the MHRA or DoH.
- To work closely with the wider team to ensure appropriate use, supply and storage of the COVID and influenza vaccine, and support operational and logistical aspects of the programme when necessary. This will apply to both clinics being held on site and in the community vaccination hubs, working closely with members of the public.
- To manage and mitigate any risks associated with the delivery of the vaccination programme.
- To undertake intramuscular administration of COVID and influenza vaccines.
- To support and train staff to be confident in handling COVID and influenza vaccines.
- To appropriately assess the competency requirements for staff involved in the delivery of the COVID and influenza vaccination programme and to provide any ongoing education and training around these aspects, when required.
- To work closely with the Pharmacy Procurement Lead to maintain adequate stock of vaccines for the COVID and influenza vaccination programme.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm (or equivalent)
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Member of relevant professional clinical groups (e.g. UKCPA)
- Leadership or Management qualification
- Further post graduate qualification Diploma/MSc in Pharmacy Practice or Clinical Pharmacy, or equivalent
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Good written and oral communication skills and able to communicate with patients and all grades of healthcare staff (verbally and in writing).
- Good negotiation skills and the ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management.
- Good interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- Good problem solving skills.
- Excellent numeracy skills.
- Clinical skills sufficient to engage in appropriate dialogue with clinicians around the COVID pandemic and associated vaccination programme
Desirable
- Experience of providing education and training to pharmacy staff, nursing staff and other registered / non-registered healthcare workers
- Ability to evaluate and to plan service developments
- Understand, articulate and apply the principles of change management to the healthcare setting
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Demonstrates a whole-system patient-focused approach to work.
- Understanding of the role of clinical governance within the acute setting and how this supports patient care
- Knowledge of national bodies responsible for supporting clinical governance and medicine safety in the acute hospital setting
- Knowledge of medicines management issues
- Suitable experience of working in the healthcare environment, either within hospital or primary care with an understanding of other settings, as appropriate.
Desirable
- Experience of undertake intramuscular (IM) vaccine administrations
- Experience of contributing to, or leading quality improvement projects
- Experience of coordinating drug recalls and clinical alerts
- Experience of conducting medication error investigations and producing action plans linked to service improvement
- Involvement in the writing of clinical guidelines, policies and procedures
- Good working knowledge of COVID-19 and influenza vaccines, cold chain and
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Reliable, Self-motivated
- Able to set realistic goals and outcomes and use these to motivate themselves and their team
- Able to work under pressure whilst maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
- Able to work on own initiative or as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrates initiative, and motivation & enthusiasm for the post.
- Commitment to continuing personal development.
- Knowledge and understanding of equality and diversity issues and how personally can make a positive difference to this agenda
- To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area where services are delivered and be able to work flexibly
Desirable
- Ability to articulate their own leadership style
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm (or equivalent)
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Member of relevant professional clinical groups (e.g. UKCPA)
- Leadership or Management qualification
- Further post graduate qualification Diploma/MSc in Pharmacy Practice or Clinical Pharmacy, or equivalent
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Good written and oral communication skills and able to communicate with patients and all grades of healthcare staff (verbally and in writing).
- Good negotiation skills and the ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management.
- Good interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- Good problem solving skills.
- Excellent numeracy skills.
- Clinical skills sufficient to engage in appropriate dialogue with clinicians around the COVID pandemic and associated vaccination programme
Desirable
- Experience of providing education and training to pharmacy staff, nursing staff and other registered / non-registered healthcare workers
- Ability to evaluate and to plan service developments
- Understand, articulate and apply the principles of change management to the healthcare setting
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Demonstrates a whole-system patient-focused approach to work.
- Understanding of the role of clinical governance within the acute setting and how this supports patient care
- Knowledge of national bodies responsible for supporting clinical governance and medicine safety in the acute hospital setting
- Knowledge of medicines management issues
- Suitable experience of working in the healthcare environment, either within hospital or primary care with an understanding of other settings, as appropriate.
Desirable
- Experience of undertake intramuscular (IM) vaccine administrations
- Experience of contributing to, or leading quality improvement projects
- Experience of coordinating drug recalls and clinical alerts
- Experience of conducting medication error investigations and producing action plans linked to service improvement
- Involvement in the writing of clinical guidelines, policies and procedures
- Good working knowledge of COVID-19 and influenza vaccines, cold chain and
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Reliable, Self-motivated
- Able to set realistic goals and outcomes and use these to motivate themselves and their team
- Able to work under pressure whilst maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
- Able to work on own initiative or as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrates initiative, and motivation & enthusiasm for the post.
- Commitment to continuing personal development.
- Knowledge and understanding of equality and diversity issues and how personally can make a positive difference to this agenda
- To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area where services are delivered and be able to work flexibly
Desirable
- Ability to articulate their own leadership style
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).
