Job summary
An opportunity has arisen to join our team of pharmacists and technicians providing a wide range of clinical pharmacy services to specialist medical wards and departments across UHDB.
The Advanced Pharmacist, Specialist Medicine role involves close liaison and team working with a range of clinical, nursing and managerial staff in order to ensure that we deliver optimum clinical pharmacy services for our patients.
We are currently expanding the team to include three Advanced Pharmacists for Specialist Medicine - two posts will be based at the Royal Derby Hospital, and one at Queen's Hospital Burton. Please indicate your preferred base site in your application.
Main duties of the job
With the support of rotational pharmacists, specialist pharmacists and medicines management technicians you will support the delivery, leadership and development of clinical pharmacy services to the Specialist Medicine Business Units.
This post enables you to utilise and build upon your clinical skills and offers the opportunity to demonstrate and refine your leadership and organisation skills. As Advanced Pharmacist for Specialist Medicine you will have the opportunity to input to the education, quality and governance agendas both within Pharmacy and in the Specialist Medicine Business Units.
About us
Key facts about our Trust:
- Every day our hospitals see more than 4,000 outpatients
- We see more Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients than any other Trust over 3,300 per week
- An average 860 patients are seen in A&E every day the 6th largest in the country
- Our hospitals admit more than 220 emergency patients every day
- We carry out more planned surgical operations than any other Trust in England with almost 50,000 operations taking place in our 52 operating theatres
- We are one of only 5 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres
- We carry out more than 300 elective procedures each working day
- We employ 12,000 staff across our 5 hospital sites
- We have a Director of Allied Health Professionals who is committed to provide leadership, progression and direction to AHPs
Closing date of applications: 10 October 2021
Interview date: 21 October 2021
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidates will be highly motivated and able to cope with the pace and demands that a busy clinical pharmacy service presents. This role will allow you to demonstrate and build upon your clinical and leadership skills. You will gain experience of service development and implementation in order to improve the service offered to our patients.
- Ensuring the quality, accuracy and safety of prescribing in a busy clinical area.
- Build strong relationships with nursing and medical teams in Specialist Medicine in order to continue to develop the clinical pharmacy service we provide.
- Provide analysis of medicines expenditure in Specialist Medicine identifying current and future cost pressure and opportunities for better value.
- Identify new clinical pharmacy service improvements, and support their development and implementation.
- Assist in the management of errors, complaints and incidents within Specialist Medicine.
- Support junior members of the pharmacy team rotating through Specialist Medicine.
- Support rota writing and planning for the clinical pharmacy service for the Division of Medicine.
- Deputise for the Divisional Lead for Medicine when required.
Please see job description / person specification for further information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidates will be highly motivated and able to cope with the pace and demands that a busy clinical pharmacy service presents. This role will allow you to demonstrate and build upon your clinical and leadership skills. You will gain experience of service development and implementation in order to improve the service offered to our patients.
- Ensuring the quality, accuracy and safety of prescribing in a busy clinical area.
- Build strong relationships with nursing and medical teams in Specialist Medicine in order to continue to develop the clinical pharmacy service we provide.
- Provide analysis of medicines expenditure in Specialist Medicine identifying current and future cost pressure and opportunities for better value.
- Identify new clinical pharmacy service improvements, and support their development and implementation.
- Assist in the management of errors, complaints and incidents within Specialist Medicine.
- Support junior members of the pharmacy team rotating through Specialist Medicine.
- Support rota writing and planning for the clinical pharmacy service for the Division of Medicine.
- Deputise for the Divisional Lead for Medicine when required.
Please see job description / person specification for further information.
Person Specification
Communication and Relationships
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Able to communicate with a broad spectrum of people
- Ability to influence senior and junior healthcare and commissioning staff
- Demonstrable leadership skills
Desirable
- Training in influencing and negotiating skills
- Training in leadership skills
Knowledge, training and experience
Essential
- Statutory professional and regulatory membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy plus additional pre-registration training, portfolio-based experience and final examination
- PG Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Substantial post-registration hospital practice experience including experience in specialist clinical pharmacy practice
- Wide-ranging clinical pharmacy experience and expert knowledge and ability to use research findings to develop services and patient care
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to clinical governance agenda
Desirable
- Membership of other organisations (e.g. RPS, UKCPA, Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists, etc)
- Higher degree e.g. Masters, DPharm or management
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential
- Evidence of evaluation of best practice - applies research findings and patient information to practice. Promotes evidence-based practice
- Demonstrates advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement and is able to manage difficult and ambiguous problems
- Analyses complex data / information to identify improvements to clinical pharmacy services. Able to articulate information to justify actions taken
- Able to cope with a number of complex issues at any one time
Desirable
- Communicates best practice outside the organisation
- Advanced skills in evaluating medicines information / trial results
Planning and Organisation
Essential
- Proven ability to work on own initiative & as part of team
- Evidence of team building and leadership skills
- Proven ability to deal with and resolve conflict and disagreement
- Plans and coordinates Pharmacy services
- Ability to affect and manage change
Desirable
- Prior experience managing change
Patient Care
Essential
- Ability to identify and manage risk, Applies expert knowledge and skills to patient care to optimise therapy and minimise risk
- Provides safe, effective and timely services to individual patients (e.g. dispensing, information)
- Provides complex advice to patients, medical and clinical staff on all issues of drug usage
Desirable
- Regular clinical pharmacy practice within specialist clinical area
- Reviewing medicines safety and usage to inform organisational policy and procedures
Human and Information Resources
Desirable
- Experience in teaching and training
- Multidisciplinary training and development of staff in safe medicines practice & therapeutics
Person Specification
Communication and Relationships
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Able to communicate with a broad spectrum of people
- Ability to influence senior and junior healthcare and commissioning staff
- Demonstrable leadership skills
Desirable
- Training in influencing and negotiating skills
- Training in leadership skills
Knowledge, training and experience
Essential
- Statutory professional and regulatory membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy plus additional pre-registration training, portfolio-based experience and final examination
- PG Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Substantial post-registration hospital practice experience including experience in specialist clinical pharmacy practice
- Wide-ranging clinical pharmacy experience and expert knowledge and ability to use research findings to develop services and patient care
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to clinical governance agenda
Desirable
- Membership of other organisations (e.g. RPS, UKCPA, Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists, etc)
- Higher degree e.g. Masters, DPharm or management
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential
- Evidence of evaluation of best practice - applies research findings and patient information to practice. Promotes evidence-based practice
- Demonstrates advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement and is able to manage difficult and ambiguous problems
- Analyses complex data / information to identify improvements to clinical pharmacy services. Able to articulate information to justify actions taken
- Able to cope with a number of complex issues at any one time
Desirable
- Communicates best practice outside the organisation
- Advanced skills in evaluating medicines information / trial results
Planning and Organisation
Essential
- Proven ability to work on own initiative & as part of team
- Evidence of team building and leadership skills
- Proven ability to deal with and resolve conflict and disagreement
- Plans and coordinates Pharmacy services
- Ability to affect and manage change
Desirable
- Prior experience managing change
Patient Care
Essential
- Ability to identify and manage risk, Applies expert knowledge and skills to patient care to optimise therapy and minimise risk
- Provides safe, effective and timely services to individual patients (e.g. dispensing, information)
- Provides complex advice to patients, medical and clinical staff on all issues of drug usage
Desirable
- Regular clinical pharmacy practice within specialist clinical area
- Reviewing medicines safety and usage to inform organisational policy and procedures
Human and Information Resources
Desirable
- Experience in teaching and training
- Multidisciplinary training and development of staff in safe medicines practice & therapeutics
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
