Job summary
Job title - 8a Senior Specialist Pharmacist - HIV/IDJob Share- 21.5 hours (Monday Tuesday & Wednesday).
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and proactive band 8a Pharmacist to join the HIV pharmacy team at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust on a 21.5-hour job share basis (Monday to Wednesday)
Working as part of a well-established, respected and supportive team, you will play a key role in delivering specialist HIV pharmacy services across inpatient and outpatient settings. You will use your clinical expertise and independent prescribing skills within HIV pharmacy led outpatient clinics, contributing directly to patient care.
In addition to leading the clinical pharmacy service for HIV, you will also support ward-based pharmacy services for Infectious Diseases during activation of the High-Level Isolation Unit.
Potential candidates will have worked as a band 7 or 8a pharmacist with some experience working in the HIV/ID setting. They will have had some involvement in consultant ward rounds, contributing to policies/guidelines and supervision and training of staff.
Main duties of the job
Key responsibilities include:
Regularly attend and actively contribute to consultant ward rounds and multidisciplinary team (MDT) discussions for complex cases.
Delivery of a high quality, specialist ward-based and outpatient pharmacy service including medicines reconciliation, review of complex medication regimens, medicines optimisation and adverse reaction and interaction monitoring
Training and supervision of junior members of the pharmacy team
Timely supply of medicines for in-patients, out-patients and discharge
Development and implementation of clinical guidelines
Effective control of drug expenditure and management of processes regarding high-cost drugs
Using independent prescribing skills within HIV out-patient clinics
Counselling HIV patients on their medicines to enhance compliance
To participate in audits and practice research
To work with the clinical risk team to minimise the risk of medicines
About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person Specification
Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a specialist clinical pharmacist
- Evidence of a comprehensive B6&7 rotation
- Experience of managing and analysing drug expenditure
- Evidence of multidisciplinary working
- Evidence of clinical audit/drug evaluation/practice research and the promotion of evidence-based practice
- Evidence of leading change management and service development projects
- Experience in education and training
- Evidence of writing/implementing clinical guidelines and government directives
- Experience of appraising staff and giving feedback
Skills
Essential
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Good negotiation skills and ability to influence key stakeholders
- Demonstration of advanced clinical knowledge and pharmaceutical skills with a high level of clinical reasoning and judgement
- Demonstrates a whole-system patient-focussed approach to work
- Ability to manage time, people and resources effectively to deliver timely outcomes
- Ability to identify and manage risks
- Ability to identify and implement best practice
- Ability to communicate with patient/carers and staff of all levels
- Ability to integrate within a multidisciplinary forum
- Ability to organise and prioritise work
- Ability to work alone and as part of a team
- Ability to take full responsibility for and be accountable for own actions
- Demonstrate initiative particularly in relation to problem solving
- Ability to work accurately under pressure
- 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 manage difficult and ambiguous situations
- Ability to undertake clinical audit and own research
- Ability to evaluate quality of service provided
- Ability to contribute to business plans, policies and clinical protocols
- Understanding of current national standards and guidelines and service delivery issues within HIV and Infectious Diseases
- Understanding of NHS national and local priorities
- Understanding of clinical risk and clinical governance
- Computer literate with good presentation skills
- Ability to identify own training needs and maintains portfolio of practice
- Good teaching and training skills
- Ability to motivate and act as a role model
Person Specification
Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a specialist clinical pharmacist
- Evidence of a comprehensive B6&7 rotation
- Experience of managing and analysing drug expenditure
- Evidence of multidisciplinary working
- Evidence of clinical audit/drug evaluation/practice research and the promotion of evidence-based practice
- Evidence of leading change management and service development projects
- Experience in education and training
- Evidence of writing/implementing clinical guidelines and government directives
- Experience of appraising staff and giving feedback
Skills
Essential
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Good negotiation skills and ability to influence key stakeholders
- Demonstration of advanced clinical knowledge and pharmaceutical skills with a high level of clinical reasoning and judgement
- Demonstrates a whole-system patient-focussed approach to work
- Ability to manage time, people and resources effectively to deliver timely outcomes
- Ability to identify and manage risks
- Ability to identify and implement best practice
- Ability to communicate with patient/carers and staff of all levels
- Ability to integrate within a multidisciplinary forum
- Ability to organise and prioritise work
- Ability to work alone and as part of a team
- Ability to take full responsibility for and be accountable for own actions
- Demonstrate initiative particularly in relation to problem solving
- Ability to work accurately under pressure
- 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 manage difficult and ambiguous situations
- Ability to undertake clinical audit and own research
- Ability to evaluate quality of service provided
- Ability to contribute to business plans, policies and clinical protocols
- Understanding of current national standards and guidelines and service delivery issues within HIV and Infectious Diseases
- Understanding of NHS national and local priorities
- Understanding of clinical risk and clinical governance
- Computer literate with good presentation skills
- Ability to identify own training needs and maintains portfolio of practice
- Good teaching and training skills
- Ability to motivate and act as a role model
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).
