Job summary
Pharmacy Department
Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Critical Care and Surgery (Maternity Cover)
Full Time (1.0 WTE) - one year
We are looking for an ambitious, highly motivated pharmacist to join our team. As a key member of the Critical Care and Surgery team you will work directly alongside a dynamic team of Consultants, Specialist Nurses, Pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals.
Key responsibilities include:
Provision and oversight of the clinical pharmacy service to Critical Care and the High Dependency Unit
Support to the team of pharmacists and medicines management technicians providing pharmacy services to the Family Services and Surgery Division
Working as an independent prescriber
Leading medicines optimisation for Critical Care including financial reporting, formulary management, horizon scanning and implementation of national guidance
Review of incident reports and DATIX to improve processes and practice to ensure safer medicines use
Ensuring clinical supervision and training for Foundation Pharmacists and the wider pharmacy team
Contributing to the training and development of medical, nursing and allied healthcare professionals
You will be a non-medical independent prescriber or working towards this qualification.
Main duties of the job
The ideal candidate will have experience in delivering clinical pharmacy services to a range of specialties including patients in Level 2/3 beds. You will be committed to a high standard of medicines management and demonstrate excellent communication and mentoring skills. The role requires strong prioritisation and time management skills to enable you to work efficiently and effectively as part of the wider healthcare team. You will demonstrate the highest level of commitment to patient safety and be committed to delivering outstanding medicines management.
The clinical pharmacy team comprises clinical pharmacists, medicines management technicians and trainees. You will be a highly valued member of the Critical Care and Pharmacy teams, a role model and mentor for foundation pharmacists. Our Senior Pharmacists have experience and practice depth having worked across different practice sectors and in leading teaching hospitals UK wide.
About us
Our staff are our most precious resource, the growth and development of those that work within this dynamic department is prioritised.Training and development opportunities are fully supported to enable all staff to achieve their potential.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff. Applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share will be considered. Please talk to us about the opportunities available.
There is the possibility that accommodation can be provided on site.
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a friendly, award winning, modern hospital situated within easy walking distance of the historic town centre of Dorchester.
It employs around 3,000 members of staff, who provide acute hospital services to a population of around 250,000, living within Weymouth and Portland, West Dorset, North Dorset and Purbeck. We also provide renal services for patients throughout Dorset and South Somerset.
Dorchester itself is an intriguing mix of historic and the modern, with the new Brewery Square development offering a vibrant and sophisticated leisure and shopping complex. Direct trains link London (2.5hrs), Weymouth (10mins) and the South West including Bristol and Bath. The Jurassic Coastline, an area of outstanding natural beauty, and the National Sailing Academy are only eight miles away. Take a look at Visit Dorset to see what the area has to offer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post includes weekend working, a weekly late duty and participation in the weekend and bank holiday rota.
For further details / informal discussions contact:
Call us direct on Tel: 01305 254316 and speak to the current post holder Sophie Webber
Sophie Webber Advanced Pharmacist Critical Care, sophie.webber@dchft.ns.uk (working hours Mon, Tues, Weds & Fri 08:00 18:00)
Or
Ursula Gotel Principal Pharmacist Surgery and Family Services Division, ursula.gotel@dchft.nhs.uk (working hours Mon, Tue (08:30 - 14:00), Thur, Fri (08:30 17:00)
Celina Tadel Principal Pharmacist Urgent and Integrated Care Division, celina.tadel@dchft.nhs.uk (working hours Tue-Fri (09:00 - 15:00))
Our DCHFT Job Description and Person Specification (attached) tells you all about this role, what to expect and what is needed to succeed. When completing your application please make sure to tell us how your experience and skills fit the person specification.
Please contact us at Recruitment@dchft.nhs.uk if you are unable to view or download the attachment.
For all our roles, we are looking for staff who hold our Trust Values of Integrity, Respect Teamwork and Excellence, and who are passionate about providing the best patient care. To read more about our Trust and our Values search Dorset County Hospital online.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post includes weekend working, a weekly late duty and participation in the weekend and bank holiday rota.
For further details / informal discussions contact:
Call us direct on Tel: 01305 254316 and speak to the current post holder Sophie Webber
Sophie Webber Advanced Pharmacist Critical Care, sophie.webber@dchft.ns.uk (working hours Mon, Tues, Weds & Fri 08:00 18:00)
Or
Ursula Gotel Principal Pharmacist Surgery and Family Services Division, ursula.gotel@dchft.nhs.uk (working hours Mon, Tue (08:30 - 14:00), Thur, Fri (08:30 17:00)
Celina Tadel Principal Pharmacist Urgent and Integrated Care Division, celina.tadel@dchft.nhs.uk (working hours Tue-Fri (09:00 - 15:00))
Our DCHFT Job Description and Person Specification (attached) tells you all about this role, what to expect and what is needed to succeed. When completing your application please make sure to tell us how your experience and skills fit the person specification.
Please contact us at Recruitment@dchft.nhs.uk if you are unable to view or download the attachment.
For all our roles, we are looking for staff who hold our Trust Values of Integrity, Respect Teamwork and Excellence, and who are passionate about providing the best patient care. To read more about our Trust and our Values search Dorset County Hospital online.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Masters degree or equivalent in Pharmacy
- Full registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council of Great Britain (GB or NI)
- Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy, or satisfactory evidence of equivalent competence, as demonstrated within a practice portfolio
- A minimum of four years post-registration experience
- Demonstrable evidence of competence in advanced clinical practice including medicine and surgery
- Identifies areas where non-medical prescribing may be applicable to advanced practice
- Meets expected levels of practice as defined by others
- Demonstrates the ability to deliver a clinical pharmacy service to a defined area
- Able to utilise a variety of pharmacy computer systems
Desirable
- Qualified as an independent non-medical prescriber
- Experience in providing an advanced clinical service to Haematology/Oncology patients
- Demonstrable evidence of competence in Paediatrics
- Identifies areas for practice improvements
- Experience with electronic prescribing and medicines administration
- Good Clinical Practice Certificate - clinical trials
- Advanced Clinical Skills training
- Current Basic Life Support training
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Shows an understanding of Trust and pharmacy priorities
- Experience of line managing pharmacy staff
- Experience in change management
- Experience in supporting financial monitoring and formulary management for medicines optimisation
- Demonstrates advanced clinical knowledge and skills
- Evidence of ability to influence prescribing practice
- Demonstrates experience of clinical reasoning and judgement in practice
- Previous experience in delivering education and training within pharmacy
- Experience in delivering education and training to medical, nursing and allied healthcare staff
- Experience in mentoring and coaching
- Implements the findings of pharmacy practice research
- Demonstrates awareness of research evidence in clinical practice
- Meets own training needs
- Maintains a portfolio of practice
Desirable
- Practising as an independent prescriber
- Experience in clinical trials and GCP
- Participation in pharmacy practice research and implements relevant findings
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrates the ability to identify and manage risks
- Demonstrates the ability to evaluate information and make effective decisions
- Able to organise own workload and experience in co-ordinating and prioritising day-to-day practice activities of others
- Identifies appropriate measures of service
- Ability to utilise presentation, spreadsheet and database software packages to support the work of the clinical pharmacy team
- Reports on data regarding service provision
- Identifies personal development needs
- Demonstrates initiative with a high level of self-motivation
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to identify and prioritise clinical workload for team
- Evidence of ability to influence prescribing practice
- Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options
- Ability to communicate in a verbal or written manner and influence patients, junior pharmacy, nursing, medical, and other multidisciplinary staff
- Demonstrates the ability to communicate complex information effectively and at all levels within the organisation
- Enhances the quality of patient care
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the principles of clinical governance
- Demonstrable ability to identify and undertake clinical audit including implementation of outcomes
- Demonstrates ability to achieve desired outcomes in the face of unavoidable work pressures
- Demonstrates ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Displays honesty and integrity, respects confidentiality and is aware of ethical dilemmas relating to medicines use
- Able to work flexibly on weekday late duties, Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays
Desirable
- Able to perform, interpret and record appropriate clinical examinations including complex physical tests and use these to formulate diagnosis and treatment
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Masters degree or equivalent in Pharmacy
- Full registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council of Great Britain (GB or NI)
- Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy, or satisfactory evidence of equivalent competence, as demonstrated within a practice portfolio
- A minimum of four years post-registration experience
- Demonstrable evidence of competence in advanced clinical practice including medicine and surgery
- Identifies areas where non-medical prescribing may be applicable to advanced practice
- Meets expected levels of practice as defined by others
- Demonstrates the ability to deliver a clinical pharmacy service to a defined area
- Able to utilise a variety of pharmacy computer systems
Desirable
- Qualified as an independent non-medical prescriber
- Experience in providing an advanced clinical service to Haematology/Oncology patients
- Demonstrable evidence of competence in Paediatrics
- Identifies areas for practice improvements
- Experience with electronic prescribing and medicines administration
- Good Clinical Practice Certificate - clinical trials
- Advanced Clinical Skills training
- Current Basic Life Support training
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Shows an understanding of Trust and pharmacy priorities
- Experience of line managing pharmacy staff
- Experience in change management
- Experience in supporting financial monitoring and formulary management for medicines optimisation
- Demonstrates advanced clinical knowledge and skills
- Evidence of ability to influence prescribing practice
- Demonstrates experience of clinical reasoning and judgement in practice
- Previous experience in delivering education and training within pharmacy
- Experience in delivering education and training to medical, nursing and allied healthcare staff
- Experience in mentoring and coaching
- Implements the findings of pharmacy practice research
- Demonstrates awareness of research evidence in clinical practice
- Meets own training needs
- Maintains a portfolio of practice
Desirable
- Practising as an independent prescriber
- Experience in clinical trials and GCP
- Participation in pharmacy practice research and implements relevant findings
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrates the ability to identify and manage risks
- Demonstrates the ability to evaluate information and make effective decisions
- Able to organise own workload and experience in co-ordinating and prioritising day-to-day practice activities of others
- Identifies appropriate measures of service
- Ability to utilise presentation, spreadsheet and database software packages to support the work of the clinical pharmacy team
- Reports on data regarding service provision
- Identifies personal development needs
- Demonstrates initiative with a high level of self-motivation
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to identify and prioritise clinical workload for team
- Evidence of ability to influence prescribing practice
- Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options
- Ability to communicate in a verbal or written manner and influence patients, junior pharmacy, nursing, medical, and other multidisciplinary staff
- Demonstrates the ability to communicate complex information effectively and at all levels within the organisation
- Enhances the quality of patient care
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the principles of clinical governance
- Demonstrable ability to identify and undertake clinical audit including implementation of outcomes
- Demonstrates ability to achieve desired outcomes in the face of unavoidable work pressures
- Demonstrates ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Displays honesty and integrity, respects confidentiality and is aware of ethical dilemmas relating to medicines use
- Able to work flexibly on weekday late duties, Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays
Desirable
- Able to perform, interpret and record appropriate clinical examinations including complex physical tests and use these to formulate diagnosis and treatment
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).
