Job summary
A great opportunity has arisen for an experienced pharmacist to join the women's and children's pharmacy team at Barts Health on a fixed term contract. This post offers an ideal opportunity to extend your expertise in paediatric critical care and specialist paediatric services.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated clinical pharmacist to join our pharmacy team. You will work with a team of highly specialist pharmacy staff to deliver patient-centred pharmaceutical care to paediatric patients across Barts Health. You will also support the development and implementation of clinical guidelines, liaising with clinicians and nurses and support the children's services in the effective usage of medicines with a specialty in Paediatric Critical Care and paediatric specialist medicine.
If you have experience delivering & leading paediatric pharmacy services and are interested in developing your career, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be supporting the Service Lead Pharmacist in leading a team of staff in the delivery of high quality clinical and directorate related pharmacy services to paediatrics, in particular at the Royal London Hospital.
The job description is not intended to be exhaustive, and it is likely that duties may be altered from time to time in the light of changing circumstances and after consultation with the post-holder.
The post holder might be required:
- To be the lead pharmacist and manage the professional, clinical and technical input to the Paediatric Critical Care Service (PCCU) and paediatric specialist medicine.
- To support the multidisciplinary PCCU team
- To be actively involved in developing the PCCU pharmacy service
- To train and supervise junior staff in paediatric services
- To be the ward pharmacist and lead development of services for PCCU
- To lead the development of pharmacy services to the paediatric specialist medicine team including pain, neurology, immunology, antimicrobial and theatres
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 full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Hospital clinical pharmacy experience
- Extensive experience in provision of a clinical pharmacy service to paediatrics and neonates
- Experience in provision of a clinical pharmacy service to a critical care unit (PICU/NICU)
- Management/supervisory experience of staff
Desirable
- Experience of training, pharmacists, nursing / medical staff
- Experience and knowledge in the provision of Paediatric and Neonatal bespoke PN
Skills
Essential
- Able to communicate complex information effectively using clear written and spoken English
- Demonstrated ability to influence others
- Able to work effectively in stressful situations
- Demonstrates ability to perform accurate complex calculations and numeracy skills
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self and others
- Demonstrates effective customer services skills
- Persuasive with ability to negotiate
- Good team worker
- 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
- Ability to work with Children
- Effective team leaderships Skills
Desirable
- Demonstrates ability to manage change
Knowledge
Essential
- Critical Appraisal skills
- Able to follow local Manual Handling procedures
- 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 paediatric, neonatal and critical care patients
- Awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to paediatric patients
Desirable
- Good knowledge of Paediatric and Neonatal TPN
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent
- Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
- Postgraduate Pharmacy Qualification or equivalent experience (minimum postgraduate diploma level)
- Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: Paediatrics, Parenteral Therapy, Risk Management, Train the Trainer, Clinical Trials, Formulations, PICU, NICU, Neurology, Pain, Antimicrobial
Desirable
- Independent prescribing qualification
- MSc in clinical pharmacy practice or equivalent
Other
Essential
- DBS - Enhanced check with a check of the barred lists required as patient facing and may interact with adults / children
- Commitment to developing culture of openness and partnership.
- Committed to the continuous development of staff and self.
- High self-awareness, understanding own emotions, strengths and limitations
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
- Decisive, using sound judgement in decision making in a timely and confident manner
- Models, and is able to encourage others in being innovative in finding ways of improving the quality of services
- 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
- Experience with rota management
Desirable
- Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Member of RPS Faculty
- Member of NPPG
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Hospital clinical pharmacy experience
- Extensive experience in provision of a clinical pharmacy service to paediatrics and neonates
- Experience in provision of a clinical pharmacy service to a critical care unit (PICU/NICU)
- Management/supervisory experience of staff
Desirable
- Experience of training, pharmacists, nursing / medical staff
- Experience and knowledge in the provision of Paediatric and Neonatal bespoke PN
Skills
Essential
- Able to communicate complex information effectively using clear written and spoken English
- Demonstrated ability to influence others
- Able to work effectively in stressful situations
- Demonstrates ability to perform accurate complex calculations and numeracy skills
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self and others
- Demonstrates effective customer services skills
- Persuasive with ability to negotiate
- Good team worker
- 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
- Ability to work with Children
- Effective team leaderships Skills
Desirable
- Demonstrates ability to manage change
Knowledge
Essential
- Critical Appraisal skills
- Able to follow local Manual Handling procedures
- 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 paediatric, neonatal and critical care patients
- Awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to paediatric patients
Desirable
- Good knowledge of Paediatric and Neonatal TPN
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent
- Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
- Postgraduate Pharmacy Qualification or equivalent experience (minimum postgraduate diploma level)
- Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: Paediatrics, Parenteral Therapy, Risk Management, Train the Trainer, Clinical Trials, Formulations, PICU, NICU, Neurology, Pain, Antimicrobial
Desirable
- Independent prescribing qualification
- MSc in clinical pharmacy practice or equivalent
Other
Essential
- DBS - Enhanced check with a check of the barred lists required as patient facing and may interact with adults / children
- Commitment to developing culture of openness and partnership.
- Committed to the continuous development of staff and self.
- High self-awareness, understanding own emotions, strengths and limitations
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
- Decisive, using sound judgement in decision making in a timely and confident manner
- Models, and is able to encourage others in being innovative in finding ways of improving the quality of services
- 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
- Experience with rota management
Desirable
- Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Member of RPS Faculty
- Member of NPPG
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).
