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 East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage is looking for a high calibre pharmacist to join our expanding team as an advanced pharmacist for Endocrinology and High Cost Drugs. This is a newly created post and an excellent chance to make a name for yourself!
The successful candidate will utilise their clinical knowledge to lead the endocrinology pharmacy service, whilst also working alongside the department's high cost drugs pharmacy team to manage the Trust's drug expenditure and agenda.
The post holder will liaise with the ICS to develop innovative and sustainable care models, whilst using a prescribing qualification to optimise individual patient's 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 be the Pharmacist Advanced for Endocrinology utilising specialist clinical knowledge to provide a high quality pharmaceutical service to patients within the Trust.
- Play an integral role in the MDT that delivers a high quality clinical service to endocrinology patients. This will include attendance of consultant-led ward rounds and prescribing to optimise individual patients' medicines.
- To work alongside the Pharmacist Advanced - Oncology / High Cost Drugs to be responsible for the management of high cost drugs, including commissioner drug challenges.
- Specifically focus on the management of high cost drugs that are commissioned at a local / regional / ICS level.
- To work closely with the Pharmacy Logistics Lead and Purchasing Team Manager to ensure drug shortages are managed and communicated effectively.
- 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 pharmacy students.
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.
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.
- To work alongside the Pharmacist Advanced Oncology / High Cost Drugs to be responsible for the management of high cost drugs on the Lister Site at East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.
- To work alongside the Pharmacist Advanced Oncology / High Cost Drugs to be responsible for data collection processes for high cost drugs and commissioner drug challenges within the Lister Pharmacy Department
- Specifically focus on the management of high cost drugs that are commissioned at a local / regional / ICS level
- To work closely with the Pharmacy Logistics Lead and Purchasing Team Manager to ensure drug shortages are managed and communicated effectively.
- To ensure that effective stock control is maintained and pharmacy losses are minimised.
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.
- To work alongside the Pharmacist Advanced Oncology / High Cost Drugs to be responsible for the management of high cost drugs on the Lister Site at East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.
- To work alongside the Pharmacist Advanced Oncology / High Cost Drugs to be responsible for data collection processes for high cost drugs and commissioner drug challenges within the Lister Pharmacy Department
- Specifically focus on the management of high cost drugs that are commissioned at a local / regional / ICS level
- To work closely with the Pharmacy Logistics Lead and Purchasing Team Manager to ensure drug shortages are managed and communicated effectively.
- To ensure that effective stock control is maintained and pharmacy losses are minimised.
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 and 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
- Supervision of staff
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience in documenting in medical notes
- Training of pre-reg pharmacists and junior staff
- Proven experience of audit
Desirable
- Project management and report writing
- Experience in writing policies/guidelines/PGDs
- Management of staff
- Tutoring of post graduate trainee pharmacists or pre-reg 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
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 medicine 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
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 and 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
- Supervision of staff
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience in documenting in medical notes
- Training of pre-reg pharmacists and junior staff
- Proven experience of audit
Desirable
- Project management and report writing
- Experience in writing policies/guidelines/PGDs
- Management of staff
- Tutoring of post graduate trainee pharmacists or pre-reg 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
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 medicine 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
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).
