Job summary
This is an exciting full-time role (37.5 hours per week) and requires an innovative individual who will be responsible for progressing the Pharmacy department's Medicines Safety and Clinical Audit strategies as part of a team. You will have the characteristics of a self-motivated, dynamic, enthusiastic and forward thinking individual with excellent communication skills, a background in acute hospital pharmacy service provision such that you can provide leadership and clinical expertise to shape the Medicines Safety and Clinical Audit programme for the Trust.
There will be opportunities to lead, undertake and publish research as part of an innovative Pharmacy team.
Main duties of the job
Working closely with our consultants amongst other team members, you will:
- As the medication safety officer, promote the safe use of medicines across RNOH
- Be a member of the pharmacy senior management team
- Develop, monitor and review medicines related policies and guidelines
- Work collaboratively with pharmacy, medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management to ensure implementation of local and nationally agreed pharmacy services objectives, relating to medicines safety and lessons learnt from medication incidents
- Provide highly specialist advice, education and training to all grades of healthcare professionals as regards use of medicines
- To managing medication incident reporting in the organisation, and improve the reporting and learning from these
- To collaborate with the Quality and Patient Experience department to improve systems for reporting and collecting medication incident information
- Develop and oversee a rolling audit programme addressing aspects of medicines use to ensure high-quality, safe and cost-effective use of medicines across the Trust
- Provide high quality, evaluated pharmaceutical and financial information on medicines used in medical specialities
- Actively present audit and research in Trust, local and national arenas
- Manage a small team of pharmacists to deliver the medicines optimisation strategy for RNOH
About us
RNOH Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world's most complex and innovative care to our patients. RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description for further details of duties and responsibilities.
Key relationships include:
- Medical Director (and their Deputy)
- Director of Nursing (and their Deputy)
- Deputy Director of Quality
- Chief Pharmacist (and their Deputy)
- Senior Pharmacy Managers
- Quality and Patient Experience Department
- Quality Improvement Team
- Clinical Audit and Effectiveness Team
- Pharmacy Department
- All other healthcare professionals, especially medical and nursing staff
- Patients and their carers
- Finance Department
- NCL Medicines Optimisation Network
- Other NHS organisations
- Other Medicines Safety Officers in London and National Network
- NHSI
- Schools of Pharmacy
- External customers/providers
Research partners at other national and international organisations.
As a registered Pharmacist you will also have a postgraduate clinical diploma or MSc in Clinical Pharmacy along with extensive experience working within a range of clinical areas. Experience of managing staff and leading projects is desirable.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description for further details of duties and responsibilities.
Key relationships include:
- Medical Director (and their Deputy)
- Director of Nursing (and their Deputy)
- Deputy Director of Quality
- Chief Pharmacist (and their Deputy)
- Senior Pharmacy Managers
- Quality and Patient Experience Department
- Quality Improvement Team
- Clinical Audit and Effectiveness Team
- Pharmacy Department
- All other healthcare professionals, especially medical and nursing staff
- Patients and their carers
- Finance Department
- NCL Medicines Optimisation Network
- Other NHS organisations
- Other Medicines Safety Officers in London and National Network
- NHSI
- Schools of Pharmacy
- External customers/providers
Research partners at other national and international organisations.
As a registered Pharmacist you will also have a postgraduate clinical diploma or MSc in Clinical Pharmacy along with extensive experience working within a range of clinical areas. Experience of managing staff and leading projects is desirable.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Current GPhC registration
- Higher Degree / Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy
Desirable
- Appropriate management or leadership course
- Specialist courses in medicines safety
- Specialist courses in quality improvement methodologies
- Independent Prescriber (or plan in place to work towards qualification)
- Member of the RPS
- Designated prescribing practitioner (or plan in place to work towards this)
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 3 years' experience as a clinical pharmacist (post-qualification)
- Experience of delivering a strategy / programme
- Demonstrable use of clinical audit and/or quality improvement methodologies to improve practice
- Directorate pharmacist experience, including working with key stakeholders to implement strategic objectives and deliver CIPs
- Experience in delivering training and education
- Practical clinical experience
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams
Desirable
- Experience of leading and managing teams and individuals
- Experience of developing a medicines safety strategy
- Experience of delivering a medicines safety strategy / programme
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrates ability to negotiate successfully with key stakeholders to drive change
- Good ability to organise and prioritise work
- Analytical ability for problem solving (innovative approach i.e. 'thinks outside of the box')
- Ability to analyse data and produce reports
- Good ability in using computer systems including excel, word, and powerpoint
- Demonstrates a collaborative attitude through working in a cross-functional manner
- Demonstrates ability to give constructive feedback
- Ability to identify and manage risks
Desirable
- Advanced experience with Excel spreadsheets, Powerpoint, and Word
- Digitally skilled (comfortable with using technology to enhance job role and outcomes)
- Editor of a medicines safety newsletter (or been involved in the process of creating a newsletter)
- Has coached/mentored/ line managed individuals/teams
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Current GPhC registration
- Higher Degree / Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy
Desirable
- Appropriate management or leadership course
- Specialist courses in medicines safety
- Specialist courses in quality improvement methodologies
- Independent Prescriber (or plan in place to work towards qualification)
- Member of the RPS
- Designated prescribing practitioner (or plan in place to work towards this)
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 3 years' experience as a clinical pharmacist (post-qualification)
- Experience of delivering a strategy / programme
- Demonstrable use of clinical audit and/or quality improvement methodologies to improve practice
- Directorate pharmacist experience, including working with key stakeholders to implement strategic objectives and deliver CIPs
- Experience in delivering training and education
- Practical clinical experience
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams
Desirable
- Experience of leading and managing teams and individuals
- Experience of developing a medicines safety strategy
- Experience of delivering a medicines safety strategy / programme
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrates ability to negotiate successfully with key stakeholders to drive change
- Good ability to organise and prioritise work
- Analytical ability for problem solving (innovative approach i.e. 'thinks outside of the box')
- Ability to analyse data and produce reports
- Good ability in using computer systems including excel, word, and powerpoint
- Demonstrates a collaborative attitude through working in a cross-functional manner
- Demonstrates ability to give constructive feedback
- Ability to identify and manage risks
Desirable
- Advanced experience with Excel spreadsheets, Powerpoint, and Word
- Digitally skilled (comfortable with using technology to enhance job role and outcomes)
- Editor of a medicines safety newsletter (or been involved in the process of creating a newsletter)
- Has coached/mentored/ line managed individuals/teams
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Address
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
Brockley Hill
Stanmore, Middlesex
HA7 4LP
Employer's website
https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
