Job summary
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Now is the time to take the next step in your career! This is a fantastic opportunity to join a multi-award winning department and be part of our exciting future here at ENH.
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage is looking for a high calibre pharmacist to join our expanding team as an advanced pharmacist for ePMA & surgery. This is a newly created post and an excellent chance to make a name for yourself!
The successful candidate will utilise their clinical and digital knowledge to work with Principal Pharmacists to deliver digital change and innovation within the ePMA system. They will also provide high level pharmacy services to surgical patients as part of the planned care team.
The post holder will liaise with the digital and surgical teams to develop innovative and sustainable care models, whilst using a prescribing qualification to optimise drug therapies as part of a consultant-led MDT.
This post comes with development opportunities that include leadership and management progression.
Main duties of the job
- To support the safe and effective operation of the ePMA system.
- To ensure the ePMA system is continuously optimised in line with new clinical and digital guidance.
- To support the ePMA implementation to new areas / wider expansion.
- To be an Advanced Pharmacist for Surgery utilising specialist clinical knowledge to provide a high-quality pharmaceutical service to patients.
- To work alongside and support the Pharmacist Manager - Planned Care to support the day to day running and development of the surgical pharmacy team.
- Play an integral role in the MDT that delivers a high quality clinical service to surgical patients that includes regular attendance of consultant-led ward rounds and independently prescribing to optimise individual patients' medicines.
- To line manage both Band 6 and Band 7 pharmacists within the Trust, as well as being a tutor/mentor for either a diploma or foundation year trainee pharmacists.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
Vaccination as a Condition of Deployment (VCOD) for Healthcare Workers
Candidates offered a role with East and North Herts NHS Trust, who are aged 18 and over and who will have direct, face to face contact with service users as part of their role will be required to evidence that they have received a complete course of an approved COVID-19 vaccine, subject to limited exceptions, by no later than 1 April 2022. This will include front-line workers, as well as non-clinical workers not directly involved in patient care
Job description
Job responsibilities
In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.
For full details please refer to the attached person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.
For full details please refer to the attached person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Masters Degree MPharm
- Registered with the GPhC as a pharmacist
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
- Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent (completed both year 1 & year 2)
Desirable
- Qualified and registered as a non-medical prescriber (or working towards completion of NMP qualification)
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Previous Experience
Essential
- Relevant post registration experience in hospital pharmacy and Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice
- Experience in use of ePMA systems
- Experience in surgical specialties
- Supervision of staff
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience in documenting in medical notes
- Training of foundation year pharmacists and junior staff
- Proven experience of audit
Desirable
- Experience of digital systems configuration
- Project management and report writing
- Experience in writing policies/guidelines/PGDs
- Management of staff
- Tutoring of post graduate trainee pharmacists or foundation year pharmacists
- Ability to take initiative and lead on projects including change management
Skills
Essential
- High level of professionalism
- Good communication skills
- Ability to motivate others
- Able to negotiate with staff at all levels
- Able to use initiative
- Assertive and confident
- Good organisational skills
- Able to work with minimal supervision
- Ability to manage own time
- Good team member
- Able to cope with stress
- Effective training skills
- Good oral and written presentation skills
- Able to lead on audit projects
- Networking
Desirable
- Ability to remain calm and work effectively under pressure and to deadlines
- Proven ability to teach a range of staff groups
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent general clinical knowledge
- Able to use clinical knowledge at senior level
- Specialised knowledge of drugs used and therapeutic trends within specialised area
- Knowledge of healthcare systems, guidance and NHS change
- Able to critically appraise research data
- Knowledge of post graduate education for pharmacists
- Confident user of Excel, Microsoft Word and Powerpoint
Other Requirements
Essential
- Professional attitude
- Enthusiastic
- Conscientious and reliable
- Team player
- Neat and tidy appearance
- Flexible
- Innovative
- Polite and courteous
- Self-motivating
- Experience of communication with consultants
- Able to demonstrate reflective practice
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Masters Degree MPharm
- Registered with the GPhC as a pharmacist
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
- Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent (completed both year 1 & year 2)
Desirable
- Qualified and registered as a non-medical prescriber (or working towards completion of NMP qualification)
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Previous Experience
Essential
- Relevant post registration experience in hospital pharmacy and Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice
- Experience in use of ePMA systems
- Experience in surgical specialties
- Supervision of staff
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience in documenting in medical notes
- Training of foundation year pharmacists and junior staff
- Proven experience of audit
Desirable
- Experience of digital systems configuration
- Project management and report writing
- Experience in writing policies/guidelines/PGDs
- Management of staff
- Tutoring of post graduate trainee pharmacists or foundation year pharmacists
- Ability to take initiative and lead on projects including change management
Skills
Essential
- High level of professionalism
- Good communication skills
- Ability to motivate others
- Able to negotiate with staff at all levels
- Able to use initiative
- Assertive and confident
- Good organisational skills
- Able to work with minimal supervision
- Ability to manage own time
- Good team member
- Able to cope with stress
- Effective training skills
- Good oral and written presentation skills
- Able to lead on audit projects
- Networking
Desirable
- Ability to remain calm and work effectively under pressure and to deadlines
- Proven ability to teach a range of staff groups
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent general clinical knowledge
- Able to use clinical knowledge at senior level
- Specialised knowledge of drugs used and therapeutic trends within specialised area
- Knowledge of healthcare systems, guidance and NHS change
- Able to critically appraise research data
- Knowledge of post graduate education for pharmacists
- Confident user of Excel, Microsoft Word and Powerpoint
Other Requirements
Essential
- Professional attitude
- Enthusiastic
- Conscientious and reliable
- Team player
- Neat and tidy appearance
- Flexible
- Innovative
- Polite and courteous
- Self-motivating
- Experience of communication with consultants
- Able to demonstrate reflective practice
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).
