Senior Clinical Pharmacist

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We have a great opportunity for a pharmacist wishing to develop their career as part of our progressive team, with a national reputation for innovation and development. We have the highest proportion of pharmacist prescribers in the country, using their skills for patients on acute hospital wards, in specialist clinics, GP practices and a range of community settings. You may already be a senior clinical pharmacist, awaiting a new challenge, or an experienced pharmacist ready to take the next step in your career.

We are delivering new ways of providing direct patient care in acute and community settings, including providing care to our frail/high risk patients living in their own homes or care homes. We are also increasing our service within primary medical care practices, enabling delivery of care to patients with long-term conditions as part of a multidisciplinary approach.

Main duties of the job

As a senior clinical pharmacist, you will be a motivated individual who will assist in shaping the service and the clinical contribution we provide. Within your own area of responsibility you will:

Provide medicines optimisation for people with acute and long-term conditions;

Provide leadership in the delivery of highly specialised settings; and

Manage the care of specific patients.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Date posted

01 March 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£47,126 to £53,219 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

319-3859141JA

Job locations

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care

Northumbria Way

Cramlington

NE23 6NZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

To lead a team of staff delivering specialist clinical pharmacy services to an assigned area of responsibility either site based or Trust-wide e.g. designated wards such as Medical Admissions Unit, General Surgery, Diabetes, Cardiology etc.

Within assigned clinical specialty, to lead on matters pertaining to medicines management, to advise on medicines use (risk, clinical governance, research and development, formulary, expenditure) and to develop/audit relevant protocols and guidelines.

To ensure that there is compliance with medicines legislation particularly within own assigned area of responsibility and by assuming statutory professional responsibility whilst working in the dispensary.

To undertake risk management and clinical governance activities within own assigned areas of responsibility

To assist in the provision of expert advice on pharmaceutical matters and that pertaining to medicines management (particularly within own area of responsibility). Medicines Management encompasses the selection, purchasing, delivery, prescribing, administration and review of medicine to optimise the contribution they make to produce informed and desired outcomes of patient care.

To manage, support and/or teach when appropriate, less experienced staff e.g. junior pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacists (inc. acting as a pre registration manager/tutor if required), pharmacy students and other members of the healthcare team (e.g. junior doctors).

To participate in medical and other ward rounds as well as multi disciplinary team meetings as appropriate.

To contribute to the running of Pharmacy by assuming responsibility for functional area(s) of the service e.g. pre-reg tutor/manager, out of hours service, roster management, medicines information, collation/reporting against clinical key performance indicators.

To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To undertake risk management and clinical governance activities within own assigned areas of responsibility

To participate in medical and other ward rounds as well as multi disciplinary team meetings as appropriate.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

1st degree - Vocational masters degree in pharmacy (4 years)
One year's pre-registration training
Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Postgraduate clinical qualification (over and above that of the 1st degree, preferably at Masters level) and/or significant relevant clinical experience to demonstrate a similar level of knowledge
Independent prescribing qualification or commitment to achieving this on appointment
Evidence of continuing professional development to at least meet the mandatory requirements of the GPhC
IT skills to at least ECDL standard or equivalent experience

Desirable

Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society and/or other professional groups to facilitate continuing professional development

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

Significant relevant post-registration hospital experience
Knowledge and experience of the operation of NHS Organisations
Experience of supervising staff

Desirable

Experience of managing staff

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

1st degree - Vocational masters degree in pharmacy (4 years)
One year's pre-registration training
Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Postgraduate clinical qualification (over and above that of the 1st degree, preferably at Masters level) and/or significant relevant clinical experience to demonstrate a similar level of knowledge
Independent prescribing qualification or commitment to achieving this on appointment
Evidence of continuing professional development to at least meet the mandatory requirements of the GPhC
IT skills to at least ECDL standard or equivalent experience

Desirable

Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society and/or other professional groups to facilitate continuing professional development

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

Significant relevant post-registration hospital experience
Knowledge and experience of the operation of NHS Organisations
Experience of supervising staff

Desirable

Experience of managing 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

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