Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work with the corporate nursing, clinical pharmacy and wider multidisciplinary teams to ensure a high standard of patient care with regard to medicines safety. As a Medicines Optimisation Clinical Specialist Nurse, you will participate and/or lead on developments in clinical practice, with respect to the safe, and effective management of medicines. You will also act as resource and key link between pharmacy, nursing and other clinical staff. It is a great opportunity for you to provide nursing leadership, support and co-ordination for the implementation of the medicines optimisation strategy.
Main duties of the job
The role requires post holder to work in collaboration with the Corporate Nursing Team and Medicines Safety & Governance Pharmacist to promote and improve medication safety throughout the trust. You will be expected to provide a nursing lead to disseminate incident learning and assist in implementation of error reduction strategies across the trust. Your role also involves supporting the production, education, training and dissemination of documentation in relation to medicines management and safety. Working with a wider multidisciplinary team, you will use appropriate skill mix to ensure best practice is employed, monitored and assured for medicines safety.
Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation at the Trust are well developed and we aim to provide high quality care with an emphasis on services to patients, through a modernised lean process. We are committed to sharing excellence through our teaching role, are clinically orientated, use IT to enable change and host two Specialist Pharmacy Services, a Supra - Regional QC Laboratory, and Regional Procurement Specialists. The department is committed to the use of new technology and we use ASCribe/EMIS, Omnicell electronic storage cabinets, 2 state-of-the-art BD Rowa Vmax robots, and have implemented ChemoCare and TrakCare electronic prescribing systems.
About us
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.
We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool
Job description
Job responsibilities
Specific Duties
- To promote the safe, effective, appropriate and economic use of medicines as defined by National Statute, Regulatory frameworks or Trust Policies.
- To lead in the project management of the nursing aspects of implementation of the medicines optimisation strategy throughout the Trust, particularly preparing new wards or reinforcing procedures on existing wards, and by acting as a resource on Medicines Optimisation for other members of the MDT.
- To assist with the production and update of policies and appropriate documentation for any new systems relating to medicines management.
- To ensure a high standard of nursing care regarding medicines optimisation is maintained by contributing to revision/creation of guidelines/care pathways and through reflective practice and input to the nurse management agenda.
- To create/deliver educational programmes and specialist training for medicines optimisation for all health care staff.
- To provide medicines optimisation information on audit, effectiveness, errors, interventions, efficiency, and any other data/information necessary to measure performance.
- To share incident learning, national and local, with all health care professionals as appropriate. To monitor departmental responses to national drug alerts and compile reports for the medicines safety committee.
- To provide forward audit planning and co-ordination. To complete audits and reports where appropriate e.g. medicines storage arrangements in clinical areas, adherence to Trust policies
- Participates in the training of nursing preceptorship students and pre-registration pharmacy graduates and technicians in medicines optimisation.
- The post holder will show a continuing commitment to professional development in order to promote evidence-based practice and ensure that personal NMC revalidation requirements are met.
General Duties
- Participate in local, regional or national forums/meetings/working parties.
- Promotes Practice Research.
- To promote a safety conscious culture.
- To contribute to the development of both the corporate nursing and pharmacy service at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust.
- To contribute to achieving the in year performance targets and objectives.
- Continue to gain elements of competence/skills/training as agreed in appraisal and own needs assessment and perform continual CPD as defined by professional body.
- Demonstrate commitment to IWL principles and flexible working patterns, to meet the needs of the service and staff.
- Tackle discrimination and harassment, and promote equality and diversity in the workplace.
- Reduce sickness absence; work place accidents; and promote zero tolerance on violence against staff.
- Take responsibility for personal development and education and the development of a Personal Development Plan.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Specific Duties
- To promote the safe, effective, appropriate and economic use of medicines as defined by National Statute, Regulatory frameworks or Trust Policies.
- To lead in the project management of the nursing aspects of implementation of the medicines optimisation strategy throughout the Trust, particularly preparing new wards or reinforcing procedures on existing wards, and by acting as a resource on Medicines Optimisation for other members of the MDT.
- To assist with the production and update of policies and appropriate documentation for any new systems relating to medicines management.
- To ensure a high standard of nursing care regarding medicines optimisation is maintained by contributing to revision/creation of guidelines/care pathways and through reflective practice and input to the nurse management agenda.
- To create/deliver educational programmes and specialist training for medicines optimisation for all health care staff.
- To provide medicines optimisation information on audit, effectiveness, errors, interventions, efficiency, and any other data/information necessary to measure performance.
- To share incident learning, national and local, with all health care professionals as appropriate. To monitor departmental responses to national drug alerts and compile reports for the medicines safety committee.
- To provide forward audit planning and co-ordination. To complete audits and reports where appropriate e.g. medicines storage arrangements in clinical areas, adherence to Trust policies
- Participates in the training of nursing preceptorship students and pre-registration pharmacy graduates and technicians in medicines optimisation.
- The post holder will show a continuing commitment to professional development in order to promote evidence-based practice and ensure that personal NMC revalidation requirements are met.
General Duties
- Participate in local, regional or national forums/meetings/working parties.
- Promotes Practice Research.
- To promote a safety conscious culture.
- To contribute to the development of both the corporate nursing and pharmacy service at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust.
- To contribute to achieving the in year performance targets and objectives.
- Continue to gain elements of competence/skills/training as agreed in appraisal and own needs assessment and perform continual CPD as defined by professional body.
- Demonstrate commitment to IWL principles and flexible working patterns, to meet the needs of the service and staff.
- Tackle discrimination and harassment, and promote equality and diversity in the workplace.
- Reduce sickness absence; work place accidents; and promote zero tolerance on violence against staff.
- Take responsibility for personal development and education and the development of a Personal Development Plan.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered Nurse Level 1 with relevant and significant experience at Band 6 or above
- Patient Safety Level 1&2 (ESR)
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Non Medical Prescriber
- Quality Improvement Training e.g. QSIR F / QI Bronze (on ESR)
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of clinical audit
- oExperience of managing medicines in any setting e.g. administration of medicines, safe and secure handling
- oExperience of investigating and analysing medication related patient safety events/errors.
- Experience of training , supervising or assessing staff
Desirable
- oExperience of project management
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered Nurse Level 1 with relevant and significant experience at Band 6 or above
- Patient Safety Level 1&2 (ESR)
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Non Medical Prescriber
- Quality Improvement Training e.g. QSIR F / QI Bronze (on ESR)
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of clinical audit
- oExperience of managing medicines in any setting e.g. administration of medicines, safe and secure handling
- oExperience of investigating and analysing medication related patient safety events/errors.
- Experience of training , supervising or assessing staff
Desirable
- oExperience of project management
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).
