Job summary
Highly Specialist Pharmacist - Band 8a Women's Services
A great opportunity has arisen for an experienced pharmacist to lead women's services across Barts Health NHS.
You will lead the clinical pharmacy services to women's services across Barts Health. You will also support the development and implementation of clinical guidelines, liaising with engaged clinicians, nurses and midwives to support the effective usage of medicines. The role also includes supporting the training, development and management of junior pharmacists within the department to deliver clinical services to women's wards.
Main duties of the job
Barts Health women's services operate in 3 of the 4 hospital sites (The Royal London, Whipps Cross and Newham) and a number of community locations, including Barkentine birthing centre. The Royal London in Whitechapel is a major teaching hospital providing local and specialist services in state-of-the-art facilities. Whipps Cross in Leytonstone is a large general hospital with a range of local services. Newham in Plaistow is a busy district hospital with innovative facilities.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be based at the Royal London Hospital with cross site work.For further information and an informal chat or visit, please contact:
Lekha Shah Service Lead Pharmacist for Women & Children020 324 60133 / 07541694139 or email Lekha.Shah@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be based at the Royal London Hospital with cross site work.For further information and an informal chat or visit, please contact:
Lekha Shah Service Lead Pharmacist for Women & Children020 324 60133 / 07541694139 or email Lekha.Shah@nhs.net
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- At least 4 year's hospital clinical pharmacy experience
- Extensive experience in provision of a clinical pharmacy service to womens services
- Experience in provision of a clinical pharmacy service to a critical care unit
- Proven experience of good performance in previous posts, where relevant
- Management/supervisory experience of staff
Skills
Essential
- Able to communicate effectively with all health care professionals, colleagues, patients and families
- Demonstrated ability to influence others
- Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
- Able to work effectively in stressful situations
- Demonstrates ability to perform accurate complex calculations and numeracy skills
- Persuasive with ability to negotiate
- Demonstrates initiative, innovative
- Demonstrated ability to deliver staff training
- Demonstrates ability to deliver lectures, workshops and formal presentations
- Demonstrates ability to assess risk and propose change
- Demonstrates ability to identify, analyse root cause and develop options for complex problems
- Effective team leaderships Skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Clinical Appraisal skills
- Demonstrates ability to identify pharmaceutical problems, prioritise and resolve them
- Demonstrates ability to formulate patient specific medicines to meet the clinical needs of patients
- Excellent knowledge of the medical management of complex women (maternity/ gynae/ fertility) and critical care patients
- Awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to womens services
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in Pharmacy MPharm
- Professional Registration (1 year competency based training with exam) MRPharms
- Specialist postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent
- Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: Womens services (Gynae / Gynae Onc/fertility/ maternity) Neonates and neonatal PN General Paediatrics Risk Management Train the Trainer Clinical Trials Formulations
Other
Essential
- Leads by example, promoting the Bart's health values
- High self-awareness, understanding own emotions, strengths and limitations
- Interest in expanding knowledge and self-development
- Demonstrates a professional attitude.
- Good team player
- Flexible approach
- Portfolio demonstrating competence of previous and current pharmacy practice skills and knowledge and CPD (will be required to bring to interview)
- Awareness of the needs of confidentiality
- Awareness of equal opportunities
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- At least 4 year's hospital clinical pharmacy experience
- Extensive experience in provision of a clinical pharmacy service to womens services
- Experience in provision of a clinical pharmacy service to a critical care unit
- Proven experience of good performance in previous posts, where relevant
- Management/supervisory experience of staff
Skills
Essential
- Able to communicate effectively with all health care professionals, colleagues, patients and families
- Demonstrated ability to influence others
- Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
- Able to work effectively in stressful situations
- Demonstrates ability to perform accurate complex calculations and numeracy skills
- Persuasive with ability to negotiate
- Demonstrates initiative, innovative
- Demonstrated ability to deliver staff training
- Demonstrates ability to deliver lectures, workshops and formal presentations
- Demonstrates ability to assess risk and propose change
- Demonstrates ability to identify, analyse root cause and develop options for complex problems
- Effective team leaderships Skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Clinical Appraisal skills
- Demonstrates ability to identify pharmaceutical problems, prioritise and resolve them
- Demonstrates ability to formulate patient specific medicines to meet the clinical needs of patients
- Excellent knowledge of the medical management of complex women (maternity/ gynae/ fertility) and critical care patients
- Awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to womens services
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in Pharmacy MPharm
- Professional Registration (1 year competency based training with exam) MRPharms
- Specialist postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent
- Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: Womens services (Gynae / Gynae Onc/fertility/ maternity) Neonates and neonatal PN General Paediatrics Risk Management Train the Trainer Clinical Trials Formulations
Other
Essential
- Leads by example, promoting the Bart's health values
- High self-awareness, understanding own emotions, strengths and limitations
- Interest in expanding knowledge and self-development
- Demonstrates a professional attitude.
- Good team player
- Flexible approach
- Portfolio demonstrating competence of previous and current pharmacy practice skills and knowledge and CPD (will be required to bring to interview)
- Awareness of the needs of confidentiality
- Awareness of equal opportunities
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).
