Job summary
Are you ready for the next advancement in your career? Have you got previous experience in antimicrobials & want to lead a forward thinking antimicrobial pharmacy team, whilst working at a trust that offers flexible working options to allow you to enjoy all that the Peak District has to offer? Then look no further, as the threat of antimicrobial resistance needs you!
University Hospitals Derby and Burton (UHDB) Pharmacy department are looking to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic Pharmacist to lead our well respected and dynamic Antimicrobial Pharmacist Team providing high quality pharmaceutical care to our patients with a specific focus on improving antimicrobial stewardship practice across the Trust. You will be an integral part in the wider microbiology and infection prevention and control team . The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic and highly motivated clinical pharmacist who is able to work both individually and as part of the wider healthcare team. The key aspect of the role will be involvement in the antimicrobial stewardship programme in the Trust to help reduce the rise in antimicrobial resistance. You will lead the team in developing a trust wide culture that reduces hospital acquired infection and supports prudent use of antimicrobials.
Main duties of the job
- To ensure exceptional care together is provided
- To lead, deliver, develop and evaluate pharmacy services to the OPAT service across all sites within UHDB in accordance with national priorities and local objectives.
- To ensure that medicines are used safely and effectively with a focus on antimicrobials
- To lead the antimicrobial clinical pharmacy team, acting as a role model and developing the team in line with the needs of the service
- To be the pharmacy lead for antimicrobial stewardship
- To be an active member of the pharmacy management team
Closing date: 24 March 2024
Interview date: 4 April 2024
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Facilitate the cost effective use of antimicrobials by providing regular reports to the Divisional/business unit/trust-wide management and consultant team
- Work with the Business Units to develop services that meet the needs of the services, with respect to antibiotics, often requiring innovation, technology and new ways of working.
- Manage the clinical pharmacy service to the OPAT service, leading on strategy, workforce, policy, service development and all other aspects of activities relating to the designated team
- Provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service (this includes evaluating medication of individual patients for interactions, duplication etc., using medicines information and research findings to manage therapeutic problems, reduce risks and advise consultants and other healthcare professionals. This may require analysis of data which is incomplete or conflicting).
- Maintain and develop policies and procedures covering all aspects of the pharmacy service regarding antimicrobials. This includes administrative, clinical, technical and training information and Standard Operating Procedures sufficient to describe the functions of the Pharmacy Service.
Further detailed information can be found within the attached job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Facilitate the cost effective use of antimicrobials by providing regular reports to the Divisional/business unit/trust-wide management and consultant team
- Work with the Business Units to develop services that meet the needs of the services, with respect to antibiotics, often requiring innovation, technology and new ways of working.
- Manage the clinical pharmacy service to the OPAT service, leading on strategy, workforce, policy, service development and all other aspects of activities relating to the designated team
- Provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service (this includes evaluating medication of individual patients for interactions, duplication etc., using medicines information and research findings to manage therapeutic problems, reduce risks and advise consultants and other healthcare professionals. This may require analysis of data which is incomplete or conflicting).
- Maintain and develop policies and procedures covering all aspects of the pharmacy service regarding antimicrobials. This includes administrative, clinical, technical and training information and Standard Operating Procedures sufficient to describe the functions of the Pharmacy Service.
Further detailed information can be found within the attached job description.
Person Specification
Knowledge, training and experience
Essential
- oProven line management experience
- oExpert clinical pharmacist within clinical speciality. Wide-ranging clinical pharmacy experience and expert knowledge
- oProven experience of strategic leadership
- oAbility to use research findings to develop services and patient care
Desirable
- oHigher degree in a relevant subject, e.g. MSc/PhD/DPharm
Communication and relationship skills (include internal/external contacts)
Essential
- oManages complex and sensitive information relevant to post (e.g. HR disciplinary, patient related, HR, finance)
- oAble to articulate information and present clearly too healthcare staff.
- oExperience of developing relationships with a variety of professionals in a variety of settings to facilitate collaborative working
Analytical and judgemental skills
Essential
- oAbility to analyse information on the performance of specialties ensuring corrective actions are carried out
- oAble to evaluate best practice and apply research findings to optimise the use of medicines
- oAble to assess a broad range of complex information quickly and accurately and interpret outputs to inform decision making e.g. clinical, finance and activity data
Responsibilities for patient / client care
Essential
- oEnsures compliance with relevant legislation, good practice guidance and local policy
- oApplies expert knowledge and skills to patient care to optimise therapy and minimise risk
- oMaintains a focus on local healthcare developments and assesses the impact within own sphere of influence
- oAbility to identify and manage risk
Desirable
- oProven track record of managing and developing services
Responsibilities for policy and service development
Essential
- oContribute to the development and delivery of the Pharmacy Strategy and Annual Business Unit objectives, agreed in line with local and national priorities
- oTo support the Deputy/Chief Pharmacist to deliver the Hospital Pharmacy Transformation Plan and achieve compliance with NHSI Model Hospital metrics within the division
- oTo support the delivery of the Hospital Pharmacy Transformation Plan and achieve compliance with NHSI Model Hospital metrics
Desirable
- oExperience/ financial management skills and business planning
Person Specification
Knowledge, training and experience
Essential
- oProven line management experience
- oExpert clinical pharmacist within clinical speciality. Wide-ranging clinical pharmacy experience and expert knowledge
- oProven experience of strategic leadership
- oAbility to use research findings to develop services and patient care
Desirable
- oHigher degree in a relevant subject, e.g. MSc/PhD/DPharm
Communication and relationship skills (include internal/external contacts)
Essential
- oManages complex and sensitive information relevant to post (e.g. HR disciplinary, patient related, HR, finance)
- oAble to articulate information and present clearly too healthcare staff.
- oExperience of developing relationships with a variety of professionals in a variety of settings to facilitate collaborative working
Analytical and judgemental skills
Essential
- oAbility to analyse information on the performance of specialties ensuring corrective actions are carried out
- oAble to evaluate best practice and apply research findings to optimise the use of medicines
- oAble to assess a broad range of complex information quickly and accurately and interpret outputs to inform decision making e.g. clinical, finance and activity data
Responsibilities for patient / client care
Essential
- oEnsures compliance with relevant legislation, good practice guidance and local policy
- oApplies expert knowledge and skills to patient care to optimise therapy and minimise risk
- oMaintains a focus on local healthcare developments and assesses the impact within own sphere of influence
- oAbility to identify and manage risk
Desirable
- oProven track record of managing and developing services
Responsibilities for policy and service development
Essential
- oContribute to the development and delivery of the Pharmacy Strategy and Annual Business Unit objectives, agreed in line with local and national priorities
- oTo support the Deputy/Chief Pharmacist to deliver the Hospital Pharmacy Transformation Plan and achieve compliance with NHSI Model Hospital metrics within the division
- oTo support the delivery of the Hospital Pharmacy Transformation Plan and achieve compliance with NHSI Model Hospital metrics
Desirable
- oExperience/ financial management skills and business planning
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).
