Specialist pharmacist Surgery and Imaging & Anaesthetics

Job description

Job responsibilities

Roles and Responsibilities

ClinicalPractice

• Be responsible and accountable for the clinical pharmacy service provided to the Surgery and I&A directorates. This includes the surgery wards and clinical areas, theatres, outpatient clinics.
• Review prescriptions for accuracy and legality and identify actual or potential problems
• Ensure the effective supply of medicines suitable for use as an inpatient and appropriately labelled for discharge if applicable.
• Ensure the effective outcomes of treatment with medicines.
• Monitor patients for potential and actual adverse effects of their medicines.
• Take steps to ensure patients understand the purpose of their medicines and deal with any practical issues that may prevent the optimal use of their medicines.
• Support the planning of patient discharge with respect to medication, including the transcription of requests for dispensing.
• Demonstrate professional accountability to patients.
• Liaise with the Lead Directorate Pharmacists to provide and develop clinical pharmacy services to the directorate including ward pharmacy and medicines management.
• Aim to provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in the patients as allocated.
• Make appropriate referrals where necessary; ensure the clear and effective communication of patients pharmaceutical needs to other pharmacists and health care professionals both within the trust and in other health care environments.
• Demonstrate and apply general pharmaceutical knowledge, and where applicable, specialist clinical pharmacy knowledge in core areas in order to plan, manage, monitor and review therapeutic programmes for patients allocated, thereby ensuring the quality of patient care.
• Participate in the post-take ward rounds to integrate into the multidisciplinary team and raise the pharmacy profile via contributions at consultant level.
• Demonstrate appropriate clinical reasoning and judgment.
• Work across traditional boundaries, including the transcription of discharge medication.
• Be readily available and keen to answer any general medicine related pharmaceutical queries from patients, pharmacists and other members of staff within pharmacy as well as from other health care professionals including medical staff.
• Proactively provide advice and information on any pharmaceutical issues within the Surgery and I&A directorates to pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals as needed.
• Demonstrate awareness and commitment to the Trusts Clinical Governance Agenda.
• Support the maintenance and development of the Medicines Management Initiatives including use of patients own medicines and self-medication

Leadership

• Act as a role model for junior pharmacists and pre-registration pharmacists in the rotation.
• Promote best practice e.g. evidence-based practice through prescription monitoring.
• Implement and/or follow agreed clinical governance initiatives such as incident/error reporting.
• Develop clinical pharmacy services in line with local and national objectives and contribute to pharmacy research initiatives being undertaken within the department.

Management of service

• Ensure national and local agendas are delivered.
• Follow and conform to relevant standards of care.
• Identify and manage risks in relation to medicines use according to policy/protocol.
• Delegate duties / responsibilities appropriately to junior staff.
• Evaluate the performance of junior staff against identified criteria using departmental/Trust IPR tools and General Level Competence Framework.
• Provide evaluated pharmaceutical and financial information in accordance with the needs of the directorate.
• Identify changes in prescribing practices that may impact on the drugs budget, thereby providing information on drug usage and expenditure to the Directorate.

Evaluation of Service

• Monitor clinical pharmacy in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.
• Document the workload and quality of pharmacy services in line with departmental and corporate objectives.
• Perform audits of drug usage within the Directorate as part of the multi-disciplinary audit process, based on national and service priorities e.g. NICE, CLAHRC research and locally agreed requirements.
• Undertake assessments/evaluations as required e.g. of new products within the allocated specialty

Research and Service Development

• Demonstrate a critical approach towards pharmacy practice within the Surgery and I&A Directorates.
• Integrate research evidence into practice.
• Facilitate the implementation of relevant clinical trials.
• Develop clinical pathways within specialty area.
• Actively seek to improve the ward and clinical services provided.
• Assist with the supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate projects.
• Adopt continuous improvement methodology and support Pharmacy in becoming a continuous improvement department

Education and Training

• Participate in the training and supervision of junior pharmacists and pre-registration pharmacy graduates in providing a clinical pharmacy service to medical patients
• Identify training needs of junior staff in order to undertake their required roles.
• Develop strategies to meet the training needs of staff.
• Provide education and training to pharmacy and other staff.
• Evaluate the training provided.
• Participate in the clinical training of the ward staff.
• Identify own training needs and maintain a portfolio of practice.
• Participate in the Departmental Education and Training Programme and ensure that a written record of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is maintained for review at appraisal.
• Participate in in-service clinical pharmacy teaching and multi-disciplinary teaching as appropriate.

Other

• Maintain a broad level of pharmacy practice through ensuring a sound base of pharmaceutical knowledge.
• Ensure all communication, which may be complex, contentious or sensitive, is undertaken in a responsive and inclusive manner, focusing on improvement and ways to move forward.
• Ensure all communication is presented appropriately to the different recipients, according to levels of understanding, type of communication being imparted and possible barriers such as language, culture, understanding or physical or mental health conditions.
• Participate in education and training programmes to develop skills as part of a commitment to continuing education and the concept of lifelong learning.
• Be aware of, and apply, relevant legislation such as the H & SAWA, COSHH, Medicines Act, GMP etc.
• At all times practice in accordance with the Code of Ethics of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
• Follow legal, ethical, professional and employers codes of conduct.
• Any other duties as reasonably required by the Chief Pharmacist.

This job description may be subject to change according to the varying needs of the service. Such changes will be made after discussion between the post holder and his/her manager.

All duties must be carried out under supervision or within Trust policy and procedure. You must never undertake any duties that are outside your area of skill or knowledge level. If you are unsure you must seek clarification from a more senior member of staff.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

• Vocational Master's Degree in Pharmacy
• Registered as a practising pharmacist with the general Pharmaceutical Council
• Clinical diploma in pharmacy practice or equivalent training/experience

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Enthusiasm for the position
• Able to present complex and potentially sensitive information
• Empathetic
• Reliable team worker and able to relate to all grades of staff

Education and Training

Essential

• Able to effectively provide teaching sessions to pharmacy staff

Desirable

• Able to effectively provide teaching sessions to nursing and medical staff

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

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust

London

SW10 9NH

Employer's website

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