Job summary
Are
you looking for an exciting challenge where you can lead and work within a
dynamic team to influence and improve medicine outcomes for patients who need
critical care?
You
will join a great team of experienced pharmacists delivering a high quality
clinical pharmacy service to the critically ill patients in Leeds. The
Critical Care Clinical Service Unit, rated outstanding by a recent CQC
inspection, currently has 80 beds across 5 units, including specialist
neurosurgical and cardiac surgery units. The bed base will be expanding over
the next 5 years into the new state of the art hospital of the future being
built on the LGI site. The pharmacy team are well established members of the
critical care team and are vital and valued members of the MDT.
Main duties of the job
You will lead, deliver and develop
the medicines service to one of the units as well as having the opportunity
to build your skills and relationships across the other units and with the
clinical leadership team in the Adult Critical Care.
Work closely with Clinicians and
Nursing colleagues to support and promote the safe and effective use of
medicines within critical care as well as ensuring the cost effective use of
resources.
Act as a specialist role model and
an expert in critical care medicine, providing highly specialised
information, advice, and training
Proactively contribute to
delivering outstanding patient care
About us
The
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the biggest NHS Trusts in the country,
offering a range of both general and specialist hospital services with
excellent clinical outcomes for patients. We have an international reputation
for excellence in specialist care, research and academic training.
Our
vision as a Trust is to be the best for specialist and integrated care. This
is underpinned by our values - The Leeds Way. The Leeds Way defines who we
are, what we believe and how we will work together to deliver the best
outcomes for our patients.
MMPS
is nationally recognised as an exemplar service. The CSU responsibilities
span the provision and use of medicines across all patient pathways. We offer
a range of diverse opportunities to all our staff -
https://youtu.be/yxygQFQZcr0.
Our
vision is Making it easy for people to get the most from their medicines and
we are continually innovating to improve our services for patients and staff.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job
description
Job
responsibilities
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Lead the highly specialised clinical pharmacy service to patients and the
multidisciplinary team within a given clinical speciality.
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Supports the Trust's Prescribing Standards and challenges practice where
prescribers have not adhered to the Medicines Code.
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Pharmacists who are registered as prescribers will, with the agreement of the
clinical director of the speciality, prescribe within their level of
competence, to support patient care.
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Plan, manage, monitor and review individual patient care plans.
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Participate in consultant ward rounds and multi-disciplinary team meetings.
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Manage difficult and ambiguous problems, often when information is limited.
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Undertake risk management, including investigating clinical incidents in the
clinical area and ensuring compliance with medicine legislation.
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The post holder will be expected to identify, where necessary, areas that
require service changes and develop a strategy to carry out the change
through consultation with senior colleagues within and outside the pharmacy.
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Manage the introduction of new drugs, including unlicensed drugs, into the
clinical speciality.
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Manage the clinical pharmacist input into clinical trials.
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Develop and update policies for the safe, effective and economic use of
medicines through discussion with medical and nursing staff.
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Monitor and interpret expenditure on medicines within own clinical speciality
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Undertakes own research/audit within clinical speciality
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Supervise, teach, and assess junior pharmacy staff completing training
modules within the clinical area.
-
The post holder is also expected to participate in the training of other
clinical professionals within their specialist area as requested.
-
Develop the role of a specialist pharmacist through national links.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job
description
Job
responsibilities
-
Lead the highly specialised clinical pharmacy service to patients and the
multidisciplinary team within a given clinical speciality.
-
Supports the Trust's Prescribing Standards and challenges practice where
prescribers have not adhered to the Medicines Code.
-
Pharmacists who are registered as prescribers will, with the agreement of the
clinical director of the speciality, prescribe within their level of
competence, to support patient care.
-
Plan, manage, monitor and review individual patient care plans.
-
Participate in consultant ward rounds and multi-disciplinary team meetings.
-
Manage difficult and ambiguous problems, often when information is limited.
-
Undertake risk management, including investigating clinical incidents in the
clinical area and ensuring compliance with medicine legislation.
-
The post holder will be expected to identify, where necessary, areas that
require service changes and develop a strategy to carry out the change
through consultation with senior colleagues within and outside the pharmacy.
-
Manage the introduction of new drugs, including unlicensed drugs, into the
clinical speciality.
-
Manage the clinical pharmacist input into clinical trials.
-
Develop and update policies for the safe, effective and economic use of
medicines through discussion with medical and nursing staff.
-
Monitor and interpret expenditure on medicines within own clinical speciality
-
Undertakes own research/audit within clinical speciality
-
Supervise, teach, and assess junior pharmacy staff completing training
modules within the clinical area.
-
The post holder is also expected to participate in the training of other
clinical professionals within their specialist area as requested.
-
Develop the role of a specialist pharmacist through national links.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Understanding and appreciation of local and national pharmaceutical and clinical strategies
- Understanding of NHS/government policy and its relevance to pharmacy and medicines management
- Understanding and appreciation of the governance requirements around the safe and effective use of medicines
Desirable
- Experience of training others
Experience
Essential
- Registrant of the GPhC
- Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent
Desirable
- Non medical prescriber status
Skills & Behaviours
Essential
- Effective prioritisation skills
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Show good quality influencing and negotiating skills
- Be able to plan effectively both own workload and that of specialist team
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Understanding and appreciation of local and national pharmaceutical and clinical strategies
- Understanding of NHS/government policy and its relevance to pharmacy and medicines management
- Understanding and appreciation of the governance requirements around the safe and effective use of medicines
Desirable
- Experience of training others
Experience
Essential
- Registrant of the GPhC
- Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent
Desirable
- Non medical prescriber status
Skills & Behaviours
Essential
- Effective prioritisation skills
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Show good quality influencing and negotiating skills
- Be able to plan effectively both own workload and that of specialist team
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.
