Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, forward
thinking and enthusiastic clinical pharmacist to join our CDDFT orthopaedic
team based at Darlington Memorial Hospital.
Our pharmacy department is dedicated to delivering high-quality,
integrated care, with a strong emphasis on enabling our clinical pharmacy staff
to spend the majority of their time in direct patient-facing roles.
In this role, you will be a key member
of the orthopaedic multidisciplinary team (MDT), with the opportunity to shape
and develop the clinical pharmacy service across both acute and elective
surgical pathways. As an independent prescriber, you will have a strong interest in
perioperative care and proactively support pre-assessment services and enhanced
recovery pathways to drive improved patient outcomes.
The role may require cross-site working, including attendance at
Bishop Auckland Hospital, to support delivery of key service objectives.
You will join a supportive and forward-thinking team that
prioritises staff wellbeing and professional development, empowering you to
reach your full potential.
We encourage you to get in touch if you have any questions about
the role.
Main duties of the job
Should you be successful, you will work closely with the consultants
and wider MDT to deliver the trust values of safe, compassionate and joined up
care. Our mission is 'right first time, every time'.
You will demonstrate leadership in the orthopaedic
speciality and provide specialist advice on medicine use. This will include
professional collaboration to contribute to safe peri-operative care and to
support the team with evidence-based practice and pharmaceutical issues.
You will build on well established relationships between
pharmacy and the orthopaedic team. A key part of the role will be to deliver
the governance agenda, teaching, quality improvement, service development and
sustainability. We will support the
successful candidate with mentoring and development opportunities including practicing
as an independent prescriber, advanced/ consultant portfolio development and
other further education opportunities.
You will provide leadership to other pharmacy
staff and will support the Lead Pharmacists in moving the trust's pharmacy
strategy forward. You need to be able to work autonomously, whilst motivating
others and being a team player.
About us
If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.
You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.
We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Flexible
working conversations are welcomed.
Key
responsibilities:
To facilitate
a 7 day pharmacy service, all pharmacists contribute to an on call, late
night and weekend rota.
Lead and
manage a team of pharmacy staff and be responsible for managing the delivery
of safe, effective and efficient pharmacy and medicines management services
to a defined group of patients and service users.
Provide and
support the delivery and development of pharmacy and medicines management
services within the trust, including involvement in research and audit.
Work closely
with the other Trust specialist pharmacists to develop the service across all
trust sites. This will include
representing the directorate at speciality meetings, providing training to
pharmacy staff, providing specialist advice and expertise to all members of
the directorate, the Trust and the wider health economy.
Maintain and
develop a portfolio of personal clinical activity within the trust at a level
commensurate with a senior pharmacist.
Employ models
of practice that recognises the needs of patients and carers whilst
maintaining practice that is embedded in the principles of risk minimisation
and patient safety
Supervise,
support and develop other pharmacy staff, in particular junior pharmacists,
trainee pharmacists, and other Trust personnel as required
Monitor the
practice of other healthcare professionals, including medical staff, to
ensure that prescribing and medicines use is safe and effective for patients.
This would include the resolution of local prescribing issues and
contribution to the education and training of clinical and non-clinical staff
to promote safe and effective medicines use within the trust.
Work closely
with patients and healthcare professionals including consultant staff and
Care Group leads to ensure services are developed and delivered in a manner
that is consistent with the priorities and needs of patients and other
service providers.
Liaise with
other pharmacy teams, healthcare professionals and agencies both within and
external to the Trust to consider medicine management issues across
boundaries
Influence
local practice to ensure safe medication use, and to ensure that their own
practice and the practice of others effectively acknowledge good prescribing
practice, patient safety and risk minimisation.
Act as a member of the site based senior pharmacy management team,
contributing to strategy, policy development, operational delivery and
financial planning
Job description
Job responsibilities
Flexible
working conversations are welcomed.
Key
responsibilities:
To facilitate
a 7 day pharmacy service, all pharmacists contribute to an on call, late
night and weekend rota.
Lead and
manage a team of pharmacy staff and be responsible for managing the delivery
of safe, effective and efficient pharmacy and medicines management services
to a defined group of patients and service users.
Provide and
support the delivery and development of pharmacy and medicines management
services within the trust, including involvement in research and audit.
Work closely
with the other Trust specialist pharmacists to develop the service across all
trust sites. This will include
representing the directorate at speciality meetings, providing training to
pharmacy staff, providing specialist advice and expertise to all members of
the directorate, the Trust and the wider health economy.
Maintain and
develop a portfolio of personal clinical activity within the trust at a level
commensurate with a senior pharmacist.
Employ models
of practice that recognises the needs of patients and carers whilst
maintaining practice that is embedded in the principles of risk minimisation
and patient safety
Supervise,
support and develop other pharmacy staff, in particular junior pharmacists,
trainee pharmacists, and other Trust personnel as required
Monitor the
practice of other healthcare professionals, including medical staff, to
ensure that prescribing and medicines use is safe and effective for patients.
This would include the resolution of local prescribing issues and
contribution to the education and training of clinical and non-clinical staff
to promote safe and effective medicines use within the trust.
Work closely
with patients and healthcare professionals including consultant staff and
Care Group leads to ensure services are developed and delivered in a manner
that is consistent with the priorities and needs of patients and other
service providers.
Liaise with
other pharmacy teams, healthcare professionals and agencies both within and
external to the Trust to consider medicine management issues across
boundaries
Influence
local practice to ensure safe medication use, and to ensure that their own
practice and the practice of others effectively acknowledge good prescribing
practice, patient safety and risk minimisation.
Act as a member of the site based senior pharmacy management team,
contributing to strategy, policy development, operational delivery and
financial planning
Person Specification
Statutory Registration
Essential
- Registered member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Desirable
- Membership of a pharmacy professional body e.g. RPS, UKCPA, BOPA, NPPG.
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
- Relevant post graduate clinical qualification (to at least diploma level) or portfolio evidence of attainment to the same standard.
- Evidence of CPD.
- Pharmacist Independent Prescriber or currently working towards.
Desirable
- Supervision, leadership or management training.
- Evidence of an up to date portfolio of personal professional activity.
- Additional training or qualification relevant to the post eg. PGCert.
Special Requirements
Essential
- Able to work with colleagues and to influence the practice and behaviours of others in a positive way.
- Motivated to develop personally and professionally through self-audit, reflection and learning.
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- Able to travel independently across Trust sites to meet the requirements of the post.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of providing pharmacy services in a clinical setting at an advanced level.
- Regular experience of day-to-day registered pharmacy staff supervision.
- Experience of using computer software to produce reports or presentations to healthcare professionals.
- Involvement in development of clinical guidelines or protocols.
- Participation in the delivery of education and training in a clinical setting.
- Experience of providing clinical supervision to pharmacists.
Desirable
- Relevant experience for this role.
- Experience of supporting staff through HR processes.
- Experience of providing directorate pharmacist services eg. drug reviews, specialist drug information.
- Experience of service development, research or quality improvement.
- Experience of presenting an audit or research at a conference.
- Experience of being a Prescribing or Educational supervisor to Foundation pharmacist trainees.
- Experience of teaching healthcare professionals in a classroom setting.
Special Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Able to manage, monitor, advise and review medicines reconciliation for patients.
- Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individual.
- Recognises personal limitations and refers to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary.
- Able to motivate self to achieve goals.
- Able to improve quality within limitations of service.
- Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and other professionals where possible).
- Able to plan and prioritise a pharmacy teams day-to-day clinical service which is a complex and changing environment.
- Demonstrates a good understanding of pharmacys role in governance processes.
- Demonstrates a working knowledge of evidence-based medicines information resources and the ability to interpret the information.
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate an area of expertise within a field of pharmacy practice.
- Able to motivate individuals and/or the team.
- Able to successfully manage a project at team and/or service level
Person Specification
Statutory Registration
Essential
- Registered member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Desirable
- Membership of a pharmacy professional body e.g. RPS, UKCPA, BOPA, NPPG.
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
- Relevant post graduate clinical qualification (to at least diploma level) or portfolio evidence of attainment to the same standard.
- Evidence of CPD.
- Pharmacist Independent Prescriber or currently working towards.
Desirable
- Supervision, leadership or management training.
- Evidence of an up to date portfolio of personal professional activity.
- Additional training or qualification relevant to the post eg. PGCert.
Special Requirements
Essential
- Able to work with colleagues and to influence the practice and behaviours of others in a positive way.
- Motivated to develop personally and professionally through self-audit, reflection and learning.
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- Able to travel independently across Trust sites to meet the requirements of the post.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of providing pharmacy services in a clinical setting at an advanced level.
- Regular experience of day-to-day registered pharmacy staff supervision.
- Experience of using computer software to produce reports or presentations to healthcare professionals.
- Involvement in development of clinical guidelines or protocols.
- Participation in the delivery of education and training in a clinical setting.
- Experience of providing clinical supervision to pharmacists.
Desirable
- Relevant experience for this role.
- Experience of supporting staff through HR processes.
- Experience of providing directorate pharmacist services eg. drug reviews, specialist drug information.
- Experience of service development, research or quality improvement.
- Experience of presenting an audit or research at a conference.
- Experience of being a Prescribing or Educational supervisor to Foundation pharmacist trainees.
- Experience of teaching healthcare professionals in a classroom setting.
Special Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Able to manage, monitor, advise and review medicines reconciliation for patients.
- Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individual.
- Recognises personal limitations and refers to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary.
- Able to motivate self to achieve goals.
- Able to improve quality within limitations of service.
- Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and other professionals where possible).
- Able to plan and prioritise a pharmacy teams day-to-day clinical service which is a complex and changing environment.
- Demonstrates a good understanding of pharmacys role in governance processes.
- Demonstrates a working knowledge of evidence-based medicines information resources and the ability to interpret the information.
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate an area of expertise within a field of pharmacy practice.
- Able to motivate individuals and/or the team.
- Able to successfully manage a project at team and/or service level
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.
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.
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
County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust
Hollyhurst Road
Darlington
County Durham
DL3 6HX
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.cddft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
