Job summary
Are you a clinical Pharmacist looking to develop your leadership skills and support the development of a junior team?
Based at St Peters' hospital in Chertsey we are looking for an experienced Pharmacist to further develop our Pharmacy Services to our Neonatal patients to:
- Ensure the provision of a high-quality clinical pharmacy service to neonatal patients, which meets the needs of patients and healthcare professionals within and associated with the Trust.
- Lead, plan and develop advanced specialist clinical pharmacy services to neonatal patients, providing expert advice on pharmaceutical matters, to maximise the safe, cost effective and appropriate prescribing.
The ASPH Pharmacy Team is one of the friendliest in the Southeast and has been described as a family. We are a warm, diverse, welcoming, and fun department committed to supporting staff in providing excellent patient care. Opportunities for further post-graduate education & qualifications are available in both leadership and clinical areas. We pride ourselves on the development of our team and encourage progression.
Main duties of the job
- To act as a point of referral from pharmacists and other healthcare professionals on medicines optimisation in neonatal patients.
- Establish and develop strong and effective links with senior management within neonatal areas, in order to maintain and develop the contribution of pharmacy to cost-effective, safe and efficient prescribing and utilisation of medicines.
- Co-ordinate, develop and participate in the provision of the ward clinical pharmacy service; thus facilitating the provision of a high quality and cost-effective pharmaceutical care service to patients and other service users.
- Work collaboratively with other clinical leaders within the Trust to plan and implement improvement plans to meet national, regional and local objectives related to optimising medicines prescribing in neonatal patients. This will include neonatal parenteral nutrition, medicines formulary management and supporting the initiation of new medicines including unlicensed preparations.
- Support the team of clinical pharmacy staff within women and children clinical areas and, in partnership with other senior pharmacy staff as necessary, to ensure the provision of core clinical pharmacy services.
- Liaise with individual consultants regarding medicine prescribing issues within their specialty to ensure maximum benefit in the treatment of those patients, in-line with local and national guidelines
About us
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.
We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
This is an exciting time to join our Trust, as we work on the expansion of our theatres at Ashford Hospital and move towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures; with care delivered by dedicated, specialist teams in a modern and well-equipped environment.
We hope to use this centre to create an environment of learning and to facilitate training of the next generation of our skilled NHS workforce. Our plans are ambitious - why not, come and be a part of our journey.
Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Services and Leadership
- Provides a specialist clinical pharmacy service to the nominated division at Ashford and St Peters NHS Foundation Trust. Covers other wards in the absence of colleagues
- Participates in initiatives to promote an effective, proactive discharge medicine management system at Ashford and St Peters NHS Foundation Trust
- Reviews and assists in the development of relevant policies and guidelines
- Provides a point of contact for medical and nursing staff
- Provides pharmaceutical input into the nominated division clinical teams by attending relevant meetings and providing pharmaceutical advice to healthcare professionals
- Liaises with doctors, nurses and pharmacists to ensure that patients receive high quality pharmaceutical care as inpatients and at the time of discharge
- Liaises with doctors, nurses and pharmacists to ensure that patients receive high quality pharmaceutical care as inpatients and at the time of discharge
- Participates in consultant / clinical ward rounds where applicable
Medicines and Financial Management
- Assists Divisional Managers to identify, report and present key prescribing issues, variations from the norm, budget pressures and exceptions to protocol compliance arising from increased drug expenditure within their areas of responsibility
- Develops initiatives to address identified prescribing issues and promote cost effective prescribing and drug expenditure control within their areas of responsibility
- Promotes adherence to the hospital formulary, treatment guidelines and protocols
- Provides evaluated information for the paediatric and neonatal services that meet Drugs and Therapeutics Committee requests and upon such occasions attends the meetings as a specialist source of reference
- Works alongside the Trusts Medication Safety Officer in identifying medication risks within the division and exploring ways of minimising these risks
- Investigates incidents undertaking Root Cause Analysis where appropriate for medication incidents within the neonatal clinical setting.
- The post holder will also be the first point of contact for dealing with and advising on any drug errors within their clinical area and with any patient and staff complaints regarding the pharmacy service as a whole
Education and training
- Assists in the training of pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacy students, undergraduate pharmacy students, student pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technicians and other healthcare professionals
- Actively contribute to the departments strategy for training and development including acting as and Educational or Practice Supervisor for the HEELASE diploma programme or pre-registration pharmacist
- Be responsible for undertaking work, study days, reading etc. as a means of personal development, especially towards the organisational needs of the post
- Undertake Continuous Professional Development in accordance with the requirements of the General Pharmaceutical Council
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Services and Leadership
- Provides a specialist clinical pharmacy service to the nominated division at Ashford and St Peters NHS Foundation Trust. Covers other wards in the absence of colleagues
- Participates in initiatives to promote an effective, proactive discharge medicine management system at Ashford and St Peters NHS Foundation Trust
- Reviews and assists in the development of relevant policies and guidelines
- Provides a point of contact for medical and nursing staff
- Provides pharmaceutical input into the nominated division clinical teams by attending relevant meetings and providing pharmaceutical advice to healthcare professionals
- Liaises with doctors, nurses and pharmacists to ensure that patients receive high quality pharmaceutical care as inpatients and at the time of discharge
- Liaises with doctors, nurses and pharmacists to ensure that patients receive high quality pharmaceutical care as inpatients and at the time of discharge
- Participates in consultant / clinical ward rounds where applicable
Medicines and Financial Management
- Assists Divisional Managers to identify, report and present key prescribing issues, variations from the norm, budget pressures and exceptions to protocol compliance arising from increased drug expenditure within their areas of responsibility
- Develops initiatives to address identified prescribing issues and promote cost effective prescribing and drug expenditure control within their areas of responsibility
- Promotes adherence to the hospital formulary, treatment guidelines and protocols
- Provides evaluated information for the paediatric and neonatal services that meet Drugs and Therapeutics Committee requests and upon such occasions attends the meetings as a specialist source of reference
- Works alongside the Trusts Medication Safety Officer in identifying medication risks within the division and exploring ways of minimising these risks
- Investigates incidents undertaking Root Cause Analysis where appropriate for medication incidents within the neonatal clinical setting.
- The post holder will also be the first point of contact for dealing with and advising on any drug errors within their clinical area and with any patient and staff complaints regarding the pharmacy service as a whole
Education and training
- Assists in the training of pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacy students, undergraduate pharmacy students, student pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technicians and other healthcare professionals
- Actively contribute to the departments strategy for training and development including acting as and Educational or Practice Supervisor for the HEELASE diploma programme or pre-registration pharmacist
- Be responsible for undertaking work, study days, reading etc. as a means of personal development, especially towards the organisational needs of the post
- Undertake Continuous Professional Development in accordance with the requirements of the General Pharmaceutical Council
Person Specification
Qualifications and Further Training
Essential
- M. Pharm degree in Pharmacy (4 years vocational degree) or equivalent.
- Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Post Graduate Diploma in Pharmacy /Clinical Practice, or equivalent experience.
Desirable
- Independent Prescriber Qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Able to demonstrate a clear understanding of clinical pharmacy practice relating to Paediatrics and Neonatal services.
Experience
Essential
- Significant Hospital Pharmacy
Person Specification
Qualifications and Further Training
Essential
- M. Pharm degree in Pharmacy (4 years vocational degree) or equivalent.
- Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Post Graduate Diploma in Pharmacy /Clinical Practice, or equivalent experience.
Desirable
- Independent Prescriber Qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Able to demonstrate a clear understanding of clinical pharmacy practice relating to Paediatrics and Neonatal services.
Experience
Essential
- Significant Hospital Pharmacy
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).
