Job summary
We are recruiting for a Pharmacist with knowledge in Critical Care and who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We are looking for a dynamic, motivated, and forward-thinking clinical pharmacist to work with the Critical Care Directorate and clinical pharmacy team. You will be responsible for providing leadership and delivery of a high quality, proactive and patient focused clinical pharmacy service .
The post holder will attend ward rounds on Critical Care and use their independent prescribing qualification (where applicable) to optimise patient care. There is true multidisciplinary interaction in this role.
The successful candidate will support surgical specialties as and when needed as well, This is a great opportunity to enhance leadership skills and provide operational support to the Team Lead.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will lead, deliver and continue to develop a high quality pharmacy service to Critical Care & Theatres, and surgical wards ensuring medicines optimisation and compliance with medicines regulation.
You will play an integral role in the multidisciplinary team that delivers a high quality clinical service to patients in critical care. This will include regular attendance of consultant-led ward rounds, independently prescribing to optimise individual patients' medicines and leading a team of junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to deliver an effective pharmacy service.
You will also provide support to the Pharmacist Manager in delivering an effective, efficient, robust and sustainable clinical pharmacy service to the Trust's planned division.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching 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.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
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
- Good communication skills
- Ability to motivate others
- Able to negotiate with staff at all levels
- Able to use initiative
- 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
- Good communication skills
- Ability to motivate others
- Able to negotiate with staff at all levels
- Able to use initiative
- 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).
