Job summary
We have an exciting career opportunity for an experienced, skilled, enthusiastic & forward-thinking pharmacist to join our dynamic team.
Are you equipped with ideas to support the development of existing and future pharmacy services?
Are you an experienced pharmacist ready to work with us to deliver the pharmacy service to within a given specialty. Working with the MDT to deliver best practice care to our patients and ensure optimal governance processed. There are currently a range of specialties available for you to own.
The post offers a skilled post-diploma clinical pharmacist the opportunity to deliver and further develop pharmacy services within their specialty, and help to shape the our pharmacy staff of the future.
You should have experience of pro-actively influencing prescribing within a secondary care environment, hold a post-graduate clinical diploma and ideally an independent prescribing qualification, and above all, be a team player.
We are committed to achieving a balance between high quality service delivery and professional development. We can offer you a supportive and training-focused environment, within a friendly team. To achieve this we actively encourage professional development opportunities and further qualifications.
The postholder will supervise, support, and develop other pharmacy staff, in particular junior pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacists, and other Trust personnel as required.
Main duties of the job
Applicants will work autonomously, be a team player whilst motivating others, also provide cross-cover to other areas within the Specialist team on a reciprocal basis.
You will support clinical governance within the Division and Trust developing & implement PGDs, policies, SOPs , clinical guidelines.
Support pharmacy provision for inpatients with the Principal Pharmacist, Medicine. Working along with the other 8A pharmacists in Medicine to develop and implement a shared vision, and develop your junior colleagues reach their full potential, acting as a mentor, and the team as a whole whilst supporting their professional development.
Opportunities to influence prescribing costs contributing to cost improvements, ensuring optimal use of Trust monies, for person-centred, evidence-based structured medication reviews; to ensure appropriate, cost-effective and safe care.
Close working with the multi-disciplinary team, which may include attendance atMDT meetings. Interacting with a wide variety of health/social care professionals to deliver a holistic approach to healthcare at WWL.
Participate in departmental and clinical audit to improve practice, patient outcomes and efficiency.
In summary, this is an exciting post that will enable you to use your specialist skills to support the department and Trusts vision, and deliver excellent care. You will be joining a friendly team with the opportunity to develop both professionally and personally, and supporting others to do the same.
About us
Choose Well - Choose WWL
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values 'the WWL Way'.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key results from the job holder
- Deliver highly specialist clinical pharmacist services to your area of responsibility within the Trust including directorate level support such as horizon scanning, cost benefit analysis, ensuring PGDs / Shared Care Protocols are appropriate and assurance reporting is provided to the Division.
- To be a non-medical prescriber.
- Working in partnership with other professionals and partners, to reduce the number and severity of medicines related adverse events by identifying and implementing new systems of work.
- Thematically review existing medication practices, incident reporting and other intelligence to support safer medication practices within specialist area.
- Investigate serious errors related to the use of medicines and report findings to manager.
- Develop, implement and audit unit wide policies, procedures and guidelines related to medication prescribing, supply, administration or disposal. Publish findings and undertake pharmacy practice research.
- Ensure compliance with medicines management guidance issued by the Trust, GMMMG or national bodies.
- Ensure compliance with Medicines Law and CQC requirements.
Planning and Organisational Duties
- As part of the Clinical Pharmacy Team, to be responsible for the provision of Clinical Pharmacy Services to patients.
- To have a commitment to dispensaries and to deliver the highest possible professional standards therein.
- In absence of a more senior Pharmacist to take professional responsibility for the dispensary including supervision of technicians, assistants and pre-registration pharmacists.
- Prioritise patients according to their clinical and pharmaceutical need.
- Obtain, validate & reconcile patient medication histories.
- To use clinical tests and patient notes to advise clinicians about required changes to patient medication and alternatives that may be suggested if the normal route of administration is unavailable.
- Analyse medicine charts taking into account the clinical presentation of the patient, any relevant history and plans made by clinicians.
- Make appropriate endorsements in line with relevant standards.
- Ensure VTE compliance has been undertaken where appropriate.
- Ensure antimicrobials are prescribed in line with current trust guidance.
- In conjunction with the medicines management technicians to ensure patient specific medicines are ordered.
- Ensure the effective re-use of patients own drugs.
- If deemed unfit for re-use to destroy medicines ensuring relevant procedures are followed.
- To receive, interpret, clinically check, dispense, accuracy check and handout prescriptions in line with departmental standard operating procedures.
- Ensure pharmacy stock is controlled effectively. To assist in the ordering, issuing and receiving of medication when necessary.
- Participate in clinical trials ensuring relevant details are maintained in trials documentation.
- Ensure ward Controlled Drugs and other departmental audits are completed to the prescribed schedule.
Communications and Key Working Relationships
- Using professional judgement and in a professional manner, to communicate to patients, carers and healthcare staff any appropriate information about medicines which make their use safer or more effective.
- Assist other health professionals on wards to deliver the highest standards of care.
- Liaise with other members of the pharmacy team to ensure clinically effective services are provided.
- Refer to more senior pharmacists in team when appropriate.
- Provide ward cover for other clinical teams or for more senior colleagues within the team.
- To develop effective working relationships with other healthcare professionals within area of responsibility.
Responsibility for Finance
- Assist delivery of cost efficiencies, by advising how medicines should be used in line with locally agreed formularies or guidance.
- Handle cash, prescription charges & issue relevant receipts in line with trust SFI.
- Sign orders for pharmaceutical products including controlled drugs in the absence of a more senior pharmacist.
Responsibility for Human Resources
- Organise own work patterns within framework provided by line manager, demonstrating leadership qualities at all times.
- Deputise for Principal Pharmacist where necessary.
- Supervise and motivate clinical pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and assistants.
- Ensure staff have an understanding of & implement relevant procedures.
- Suggest improvements to procedures through line management.
Responsibility for Health & Safety
- Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.
- Ensure patients and staff are advised of risks with medicines and to minimise those risks through effective medicines management support and counselling.
- Ensure known risks are brought to attention of line managers.
- Ensure Datix is used to record and review medicines related incidents. In conjunction with Managers to ensure appropriate systems are put in place to prevent recurrence where possible.
Responsibility for Teaching
- Develop and deliver training packages ensuring they are relevant to all staff involved in the prescribing, supply, administration and handling of medicines.
- Provide teaching sessions to other healthcare professionals in line with knowledge and experience. To teach pre-registration pharmacists bearing in mind the expectations of the GPC and pre-registration tutor.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key results from the job holder
- Deliver highly specialist clinical pharmacist services to your area of responsibility within the Trust including directorate level support such as horizon scanning, cost benefit analysis, ensuring PGDs / Shared Care Protocols are appropriate and assurance reporting is provided to the Division.
- To be a non-medical prescriber.
- Working in partnership with other professionals and partners, to reduce the number and severity of medicines related adverse events by identifying and implementing new systems of work.
- Thematically review existing medication practices, incident reporting and other intelligence to support safer medication practices within specialist area.
- Investigate serious errors related to the use of medicines and report findings to manager.
- Develop, implement and audit unit wide policies, procedures and guidelines related to medication prescribing, supply, administration or disposal. Publish findings and undertake pharmacy practice research.
- Ensure compliance with medicines management guidance issued by the Trust, GMMMG or national bodies.
- Ensure compliance with Medicines Law and CQC requirements.
Planning and Organisational Duties
- As part of the Clinical Pharmacy Team, to be responsible for the provision of Clinical Pharmacy Services to patients.
- To have a commitment to dispensaries and to deliver the highest possible professional standards therein.
- In absence of a more senior Pharmacist to take professional responsibility for the dispensary including supervision of technicians, assistants and pre-registration pharmacists.
- Prioritise patients according to their clinical and pharmaceutical need.
- Obtain, validate & reconcile patient medication histories.
- To use clinical tests and patient notes to advise clinicians about required changes to patient medication and alternatives that may be suggested if the normal route of administration is unavailable.
- Analyse medicine charts taking into account the clinical presentation of the patient, any relevant history and plans made by clinicians.
- Make appropriate endorsements in line with relevant standards.
- Ensure VTE compliance has been undertaken where appropriate.
- Ensure antimicrobials are prescribed in line with current trust guidance.
- In conjunction with the medicines management technicians to ensure patient specific medicines are ordered.
- Ensure the effective re-use of patients own drugs.
- If deemed unfit for re-use to destroy medicines ensuring relevant procedures are followed.
- To receive, interpret, clinically check, dispense, accuracy check and handout prescriptions in line with departmental standard operating procedures.
- Ensure pharmacy stock is controlled effectively. To assist in the ordering, issuing and receiving of medication when necessary.
- Participate in clinical trials ensuring relevant details are maintained in trials documentation.
- Ensure ward Controlled Drugs and other departmental audits are completed to the prescribed schedule.
Communications and Key Working Relationships
- Using professional judgement and in a professional manner, to communicate to patients, carers and healthcare staff any appropriate information about medicines which make their use safer or more effective.
- Assist other health professionals on wards to deliver the highest standards of care.
- Liaise with other members of the pharmacy team to ensure clinically effective services are provided.
- Refer to more senior pharmacists in team when appropriate.
- Provide ward cover for other clinical teams or for more senior colleagues within the team.
- To develop effective working relationships with other healthcare professionals within area of responsibility.
Responsibility for Finance
- Assist delivery of cost efficiencies, by advising how medicines should be used in line with locally agreed formularies or guidance.
- Handle cash, prescription charges & issue relevant receipts in line with trust SFI.
- Sign orders for pharmaceutical products including controlled drugs in the absence of a more senior pharmacist.
Responsibility for Human Resources
- Organise own work patterns within framework provided by line manager, demonstrating leadership qualities at all times.
- Deputise for Principal Pharmacist where necessary.
- Supervise and motivate clinical pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and assistants.
- Ensure staff have an understanding of & implement relevant procedures.
- Suggest improvements to procedures through line management.
Responsibility for Health & Safety
- Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.
- Ensure patients and staff are advised of risks with medicines and to minimise those risks through effective medicines management support and counselling.
- Ensure known risks are brought to attention of line managers.
- Ensure Datix is used to record and review medicines related incidents. In conjunction with Managers to ensure appropriate systems are put in place to prevent recurrence where possible.
Responsibility for Teaching
- Develop and deliver training packages ensuring they are relevant to all staff involved in the prescribing, supply, administration and handling of medicines.
- Provide teaching sessions to other healthcare professionals in line with knowledge and experience. To teach pre-registration pharmacists bearing in mind the expectations of the GPC and pre-registration tutor.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Broad academic/theoretical knowledge to support all of the required experience
- Knowledge of NHS National policy & key changes in the NHS
- Understanding of Trust Values and Strategy
Skills
Essential
- Innovative clinical pharmacy practice using analytical / problem solving skills in complex situations
- Able to assertively / enthusiatically lead, engage, motivate and inspire staff within and outside of pharmacy team
- Financial Management
- Human Resource Management
- Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills
- Able to assess and manipulate a broad range of information quickly and accurately
- Able to make effective judgements based on limited information
- Computer Skills
- Ability to manage time, prioritising tasks to meet deadlines.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive clinical pharmacy experience and service delivery as part of MDT at minimum of band 7 / Specialist level
- Recent experince of governance and assurance at departmental level
- Recent experience of assisting a successful senior pharmacy team achieve objectives
- Recent experience of successfully delivering change
- Experience of audit and reporting
- Lead projects / audit in co-operation with others
- Experience of training and education
- Experience of Drug Budget Control and Monitoring
- Clinical mentoring or pre-registration tutor
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy plus successful completion of pre-registration training year ( or earlier equivalent. )
- Diploma/MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Evidence of CPD in line with GPhC requirements
- Prescribing Qualification
Additional
Essential
- Enthusiasm for the post & for pharmacy
- Professional credibility with all levels of staff
- Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Broad academic/theoretical knowledge to support all of the required experience
- Knowledge of NHS National policy & key changes in the NHS
- Understanding of Trust Values and Strategy
Skills
Essential
- Innovative clinical pharmacy practice using analytical / problem solving skills in complex situations
- Able to assertively / enthusiatically lead, engage, motivate and inspire staff within and outside of pharmacy team
- Financial Management
- Human Resource Management
- Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills
- Able to assess and manipulate a broad range of information quickly and accurately
- Able to make effective judgements based on limited information
- Computer Skills
- Ability to manage time, prioritising tasks to meet deadlines.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive clinical pharmacy experience and service delivery as part of MDT at minimum of band 7 / Specialist level
- Recent experince of governance and assurance at departmental level
- Recent experience of assisting a successful senior pharmacy team achieve objectives
- Recent experience of successfully delivering change
- Experience of audit and reporting
- Lead projects / audit in co-operation with others
- Experience of training and education
- Experience of Drug Budget Control and Monitoring
- Clinical mentoring or pre-registration tutor
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy plus successful completion of pre-registration training year ( or earlier equivalent. )
- Diploma/MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Evidence of CPD in line with GPhC requirements
- Prescribing Qualification
Additional
Essential
- Enthusiasm for the post & for pharmacy
- Professional credibility with all levels of staff
- Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary
Wigan Lane
Wigan
WN1 2NN
Employer's website
http://www.wwl.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
