Job summary
The Senior Pharmacist- Clinical, Education & Training assists the Principal Pharmacists, in managing and co-ordinating both the clinical pharmacy and education and training services at the Barnet Hospital Site.
Main duties of the job
Duties include:
- Leading on the training and induction of clinical pharmacy staff, ensuring they are adequately trained and supported to carry out their duties at ward level
- To act as the Educational Programme Director for the Post Graduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice at Barnet Hospital.
- To act as the pharmacy simulation lead for Barnet Hospital.
- Collaborating with other senior staff to ensure the delivery of an integrated pharmacy service, assisting with the implementation of strategic plans for the development of junior staff.
- Participating in medicine related clinical audits, research and development and development of trust-wide guidelines
- Supporting the delivery of Continuing Professional Development programme for pharmacists.
- Co-ordination of education and training given by pharmacy to other healthcare professionals
To support the implementation of the Pharmacy Workforce Plan.
About us
The Pharmacy department of the Royal Free London NHS Trust is a friendly, progressive, and expanding unit dedicated to providing the highest standards of pharmaceutical care and service in this large, internationally renowned teaching hospital. Quality improvement and cost-effective, safe use of medicines is at the forefront of everything we do. We have over 300 staff working across the 3 sites in all areas of pharmacy. Pharmacy staff work across areas such as dispensary, stores, wards, outpatient clinics, satellite pharmacies, technical services, clinical trials, medicines advice service and QC.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and personal specification for full details on this post, its roles and responsibilities and qualifications and experience required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and personal specification for full details on this post, its roles and responsibilities and qualifications and experience required.
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in pharmacy (or equivalent)
- GPhC registration
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
Desirable
- Registered supplementary or independent prescriber.
- Advanced qualification in specialist area
Experience
Essential
- Considerable experience working in hospital pharmacy and proven experience as a specialist clinical pharmacist
- Experience of contributing to policy, planning and service development
- Experience of managing own workload
- Experience of managing change and leading service developments
- Experience of managing and analysing drug expenditure and high cost drugs
- Experience of writing / implementing clinical guidelines and government directives
- Experience of multidisciplinary working
- Evidence of clinical audit/drug evaluation/practice research and the promotion of evidence based practice
- Experience of appraising staff and giving feedback
- Experience in delivering education and training.
- Comprehensive band 6/7 rotation
- Experience as a clinical pharmacy tutor
- Experience of clinical risk and clinical governance
Skills and aptitudes
Essential
- Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and pharmaceutical care skills in the specialist areas
- Demonstrates written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills
- Demonstrates good negotiation skills and the ability to influence medical, pharmacy and management staff
- Ability to communicate with patients and staff of all levels
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self, others and workload
- Ability to manage difficult and ambiguous situations
- Demonstrates good teaching and training skills
- Demonstrates good management skills
- Ability to carry out day to day responsibilities and deal effectively with unpredictable/acute demands.
- Ability to justify and reason any advice given should this be challenged.
- Ability to communicate with patients/carers and staff of all levels.
- Ability to manage time, people and resources to deliver timely outcomes
- Ability to work alone and as part of a team
- Ability to work accurately under pressure.
- Ability to integrate in a multidisciplinary forum.
- Demonstrates initiative particularly in relation to problem solving.
- Ability to identify and implement best practice using critical appraisal skills
- Ability to identify and manage risk and understands clinical risk and clinical governance
- Ability to contribute to business plans, policies and clinical protocols
- Ability to contribute to business plans, policies and clinical protocols
- Ability to contribute to business plans, policies and clinical protocols
- Understanding of NHS national and local priorities
- Understanding of processes and commissioning of medicines and services
Desirable
- Undertakes own research
- Previous experience of electronic prescribing system
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential
- Enthusiastic/positive attitude, self motivated and, hardworking
- Reliable to work weekends, bank holidays and late duty shifts.
- Identifies own training needs actively seeks training opportunities and maintains a portfolio of practice.
- Reliable with good attendance record
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in pharmacy (or equivalent)
- GPhC registration
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
Desirable
- Registered supplementary or independent prescriber.
- Advanced qualification in specialist area
Experience
Essential
- Considerable experience working in hospital pharmacy and proven experience as a specialist clinical pharmacist
- Experience of contributing to policy, planning and service development
- Experience of managing own workload
- Experience of managing change and leading service developments
- Experience of managing and analysing drug expenditure and high cost drugs
- Experience of writing / implementing clinical guidelines and government directives
- Experience of multidisciplinary working
- Evidence of clinical audit/drug evaluation/practice research and the promotion of evidence based practice
- Experience of appraising staff and giving feedback
- Experience in delivering education and training.
- Comprehensive band 6/7 rotation
- Experience as a clinical pharmacy tutor
- Experience of clinical risk and clinical governance
Skills and aptitudes
Essential
- Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and pharmaceutical care skills in the specialist areas
- Demonstrates written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills
- Demonstrates good negotiation skills and the ability to influence medical, pharmacy and management staff
- Ability to communicate with patients and staff of all levels
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self, others and workload
- Ability to manage difficult and ambiguous situations
- Demonstrates good teaching and training skills
- Demonstrates good management skills
- Ability to carry out day to day responsibilities and deal effectively with unpredictable/acute demands.
- Ability to justify and reason any advice given should this be challenged.
- Ability to communicate with patients/carers and staff of all levels.
- Ability to manage time, people and resources to deliver timely outcomes
- Ability to work alone and as part of a team
- Ability to work accurately under pressure.
- Ability to integrate in a multidisciplinary forum.
- Demonstrates initiative particularly in relation to problem solving.
- Ability to identify and implement best practice using critical appraisal skills
- Ability to identify and manage risk and understands clinical risk and clinical governance
- Ability to contribute to business plans, policies and clinical protocols
- Ability to contribute to business plans, policies and clinical protocols
- Ability to contribute to business plans, policies and clinical protocols
- Understanding of NHS national and local priorities
- Understanding of processes and commissioning of medicines and services
Desirable
- Undertakes own research
- Previous experience of electronic prescribing system
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential
- Enthusiastic/positive attitude, self motivated and, hardworking
- Reliable to work weekends, bank holidays and late duty shifts.
- Identifies own training needs actively seeks training opportunities and maintains a portfolio of practice.
- Reliable with good attendance record
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).
