Job summary
POST TITLE: Lead EPMA and Informatics Specialist Pharmacist
GRADE/SCALE/SALARY: Band 8a (plus EDC)
BASE: Prospect Park Hospital, Reading
This is an established role offering exciting opportunities to shape and drive the Berkshire Healthcare Clinical Informatics vision. You will get autonomy, variation and the chance to further develop your leadership skills. You will work in a forward thinking GDE Trust that has adopted a quality improvement (QI) programme which aims to help everyone deliver the best possible care to our patients, recognising that "better never stops".
Main duties of the job
As the Pharmacy Informatics Lead, you will be expected to represent pharmacy at external supplier meetings and high-level Trust meetings, including liaising closely with the Trust Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO). You will need to have a proven track record of implementing change.
About us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust isa specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you'll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
- 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
- Free parking across Trust sites
Job description
Job responsibilities
The must haves for this role:
You need to be dynamic, innovative and proactive, using your specialist knowledge to prioritise and target service improvement and best use of the system.
If youre someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and lets be outstanding together.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Carl Partridge, Chief Pharmacist, on 07799 861823 or email: carl.partridge@berkshire.nhs.uk wholl be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The must haves for this role:
You need to be dynamic, innovative and proactive, using your specialist knowledge to prioritise and target service improvement and best use of the system.
If youre someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and lets be outstanding together.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Carl Partridge, Chief Pharmacist, on 07799 861823 or email: carl.partridge@berkshire.nhs.uk wholl be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Master's degree in pharmacy or equivalent
- Statutory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Clinical or psychiatric postgraduate diploma
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society UK
- Management qualification
- Formal qualification in IM&T related subject
Continuous Professional Development
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development in line with GPhC recommendations
Previous Experience
Essential
- Substantial post-qualification experience as a practising pharmacist in a hospital environment
- Delivery of clinical pharmacy services across a broad range of specialities
- Proven track record of managing teams to high performance levels and through change
- Experience of developing drug protocols/contributing to formulary development
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of preparing budget reports for clinical areas
- Involvement in developing a service within pharmacy
- Experience of undertaking, developing and supervising audits or drug use evaluations
- Experience of people management and conflict resolution
Desirable
- Experience of teaching and tutoring
- Experience of mental health pharmacy
- Experience of EMIS Health EPMA system
- Experience of working with relational databases e.g. SQL
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal and organisational skills
- Expert IT competencies across a broad range of software, including; pharmacy IT systems and electronic patient records.
- Basic project management skills Understanding of National IT projects and objectives related to healthcare.
- Diplomatic with good negotiating skills
- Ability to work without direct supervision under own initiative and also as part of a team
- Ability to prioritise, work under pressure, manage change and meet deadlines
- Enthusiastic, self-motivated individual with an organized and logical approach to work
- Capable of working under pressure and dealing with interruptions
- Appropriate level of clinical reasoning and judgement including ability to problem solve
- Flexible approach to work and professional manner and appearance
- Knows limit of own knowledge and experience
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Master's degree in pharmacy or equivalent
- Statutory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Clinical or psychiatric postgraduate diploma
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society UK
- Management qualification
- Formal qualification in IM&T related subject
Continuous Professional Development
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development in line with GPhC recommendations
Previous Experience
Essential
- Substantial post-qualification experience as a practising pharmacist in a hospital environment
- Delivery of clinical pharmacy services across a broad range of specialities
- Proven track record of managing teams to high performance levels and through change
- Experience of developing drug protocols/contributing to formulary development
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of preparing budget reports for clinical areas
- Involvement in developing a service within pharmacy
- Experience of undertaking, developing and supervising audits or drug use evaluations
- Experience of people management and conflict resolution
Desirable
- Experience of teaching and tutoring
- Experience of mental health pharmacy
- Experience of EMIS Health EPMA system
- Experience of working with relational databases e.g. SQL
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal and organisational skills
- Expert IT competencies across a broad range of software, including; pharmacy IT systems and electronic patient records.
- Basic project management skills Understanding of National IT projects and objectives related to healthcare.
- Diplomatic with good negotiating skills
- Ability to work without direct supervision under own initiative and also as part of a team
- Ability to prioritise, work under pressure, manage change and meet deadlines
- Enthusiastic, self-motivated individual with an organized and logical approach to work
- Capable of working under pressure and dealing with interruptions
- Appropriate level of clinical reasoning and judgement including ability to problem solve
- Flexible approach to work and professional manner and appearance
- Knows limit of own knowledge and experience
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).
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).
