• Job Description

  Req#: C9358-24-1071?language=en&page=29&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Advanced Specialist Pharmacist

  Band: 8A

  We are looking for a dynamic, organised and motivated individual who is keen to support medicines optimisation and patient education in the management of patients with complex respiratory disease or acute respiratory conditions requiring enhanced support e.g. acute severe asthma, acute severe pneumonia, acute pulmonary embolus including thrombolysis etc.

  The post involves:

  • Participation in the multidisciplinary team delivering and promoting high quality, cost-effective, patient-focused pharmaceutical care to patients.
  • Acting as a clinical role model in their clinical areas and supervising rotational staff at ward level.
  • Promotion of safe drug use within the specialty.

  We have well established links with the specialist respiratory clinical teams and work closely with them to provide support to our respiratory patients to achieve optimal care for them. The post holder will work closely with and be supported by our Consultant Respiratory Pharmacist who has a passion for educating patients and other healthcare professionals. Her years of clinical knowledge and expertise at a national level enable her to act as a mentor and support career development in this specialist area.

  Team-working, innovation, communication and influencing skills will be essential to being effective in the post.

  Main duties of the job

  The post holder will work closely with medical staff, nursing staff, allied health care professionals and management teams providing an enhanced clinical service to inpatients on the Respiratory Support Unit (RSU). You will be involved in supporting the delivery of safe, high quality and patient-centred care as well as the development of relevant policies & guidelines. The post holder will need to undertake audit, service improvement projects and review clinical practices to affect positive change in medicines management on the unit.

  The post holder will be required to attend clinical meetings when appropriate, maintain and develop formal links with clinical teams, support junior pharmacy staff and provide relevant specialist medicines information as requested to healthcare professionals on the unit.

  The post holder will monitor drug expenditure within the directorate, advice on the most effective treatment options and be responsible for the production of financial & annual reports to the service leads and relevant teams.

  The role will include line managing the band 7 pharmacists, training anddevelopment of less experienced team members including the medicinesmanagement technicians, trainee pharmacists, band 6 and 7 pharmacists incardiorespiratory.

  As part of the job, the post holder will be expected to contribute to core pharmacy services including weekends, bank holidays early evening shifts and on-call on a rotational basis.

  About us

  Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

  We have four primary goals:

  • high-quality care for all,
  • being a great place to work,
  • partnerships for impact, and
  • research and education excellence

  And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

  Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

  • we are compassionate,
  • we are proud,
  • we are inclusive, and
  • we are one team

  This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

  About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

  http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/

  Date posted

  23 August 2024

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8a

  Salary

  £53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  358-6413173-CSI

  Job locations

  Glenfield Hospital

  Groby Road

  Leicester

  LE3 9QP

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • Maintain and develop an expert clinical practice in area of Specialty.
  • To lead and develop the specialist clinical pharmacy service to the specialist area in line with local and national standards and policies, ensuring the safe, clinical and cost effective use of medicines within UHL and the wider Health Community.
  • To deliver highly specialised pharmaceutical care to patients and to support other healthcare staff in meeting risk management, financial management and clinical governance responsibilities around the use of medicines.
  • To evaluate errors made with high risk medicines used by Specialty, to communicate these errors with relevant teams and to help reduce future occurrence of such errors throughout the Trust and wider Healthcare Community.
  • To undertake clinical supervision and mentoring of junior pharmacists, medicines management technicians and trainee pharmacists.
  • To be a source of expert specialist advice for other pharmacists, patients and all other healthcare professionals within the speciality, including participation in multidisciplinary and governance meetings.
  • To lead and develop clinical pharmacy audit and practice research within the specialist area.

  Please see attached job description(s) for more details.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • Maintain and develop an expert clinical practice in area of Specialty.
  • To lead and develop the specialist clinical pharmacy service to the specialist area in line with local and national standards and policies, ensuring the safe, clinical and cost effective use of medicines within UHL and the wider Health Community.
  • To deliver highly specialised pharmaceutical care to patients and to support other healthcare staff in meeting risk management, financial management and clinical governance responsibilities around the use of medicines.
  • To evaluate errors made with high risk medicines used by Specialty, to communicate these errors with relevant teams and to help reduce future occurrence of such errors throughout the Trust and wider Healthcare Community.
  • To undertake clinical supervision and mentoring of junior pharmacists, medicines management technicians and trainee pharmacists.
  • To be a source of expert specialist advice for other pharmacists, patients and all other healthcare professionals within the speciality, including participation in multidisciplinary and governance meetings.
  • To lead and develop clinical pharmacy audit and practice research within the specialist area.

  Please see attached job description(s) for more details.

  Person Specification

  Training & Qualifications

  Essential

  • GPhC registration
  • Postgraduate clinical qualification or experience to an equivalent level
  • Specialist knowledge acquired through post-graduate diploma
  • Registered as an Independent Prescriber or ability to complete training upon appointment

  Desirable

  • Supervisory/management training/qualification
  • Registered Independent Prescriber

  Skills & Abilities

  Essential

  • Excellent written / oral communication skills
  • Good interpersonal skills at all levels
  • Ability to influence and negotiate with relevant senior clinicians and managers
  • Effective listening skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Ability to demonstrate achievement of set goals
  • Able to work alone and as part of a team
  • Good time management of self and others
  • Ability to cope under stressful situations
  • Reliable
  • Willingness to learn
  • Advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement

  Desirable

  • Information technology skills
  • Interpreting / production of financial reports
  • Ability to show commitment to both ward and pharmacy and reconcile conflicting priorities
  • Experience of audit / data collection/research

  Experience

  Essential

  • Significant recent post-registration experience in hospital pharmacy
  • Clinical ward based experience
  • Medical / nursing / pharmacy staff teaching or training
  • Demonstrable continuing professional development (CPD)
  • Evidence of involvement in service development
  • Implementation of change affecting pharmacy and other disciplines
  • Able to demonstrate advanced specialist clinical pharmacy knowledge and expertise in area of specialty
  • Experience of leading and working in multidisciplinary teams at a senior level

  Desirable

  • Attendance on clinician ward rounds
  • Experience of working in specialty
  • Publications and professional presentations in area of speciality
  • Experience working within a multidisciplinary team (MDT)
  • Experience of supervision/ supervision/management of staff

  Equality and Diversity

  Essential

  • Able to demonstrate a commitment and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.

  Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

  Essential

  • Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Sound /current clinical knowledge in area of speciality
  • Awareness of national issues, including NICE guidance
  • Awareness and understanding of pharmacy issues within the NHS
  • Clinical Governance

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of patient's own drugs (POD) and self-medication schemes
  • Knowledge of use of medicines within infection control and current trends in practice

  Person Specification

  Training & Qualifications

  Essential

  • GPhC registration
  • Postgraduate clinical qualification or experience to an equivalent level
  • Specialist knowledge acquired through post-graduate diploma
  • Registered as an Independent Prescriber or ability to complete training upon appointment

  Desirable

  • Supervisory/management training/qualification
  • Registered Independent Prescriber

  Skills & Abilities

  Essential

  • Excellent written / oral communication skills
  • Good interpersonal skills at all levels
  • Ability to influence and negotiate with relevant senior clinicians and managers
  • Effective listening skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Ability to demonstrate achievement of set goals
  • Able to work alone and as part of a team
  • Good time management of self and others
  • Ability to cope under stressful situations
  • Reliable
  • Willingness to learn
  • Advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement

  Desirable

  • Information technology skills
  • Interpreting / production of financial reports
  • Ability to show commitment to both ward and pharmacy and reconcile conflicting priorities
  • Experience of audit / data collection/research

  Experience

  Essential

  • Significant recent post-registration experience in hospital pharmacy
  • Clinical ward based experience
  • Medical / nursing / pharmacy staff teaching or training
  • Demonstrable continuing professional development (CPD)
  • Evidence of involvement in service development
  • Implementation of change affecting pharmacy and other disciplines
  • Able to demonstrate advanced specialist clinical pharmacy knowledge and expertise in area of specialty
  • Experience of leading and working in multidisciplinary teams at a senior level

  Desirable

  • Attendance on clinician ward rounds
  • Experience of working in specialty
  • Publications and professional presentations in area of speciality
  • Experience working within a multidisciplinary team (MDT)
  • Experience of supervision/ supervision/management of staff

  Equality and Diversity

  Essential

  • Able to demonstrate a commitment and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.

  Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

  Essential

  • Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Sound /current clinical knowledge in area of speciality
  • Awareness of national issues, including NICE guidance
  • Awareness and understanding of pharmacy issues within the NHS
  • Clinical Governance

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of patient's own drugs (POD) and self-medication schemes
  • Knowledge of use of medicines within infection control and current trends in practice

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  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

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  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

  University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

  Address

  Glenfield Hospital

  Groby Road

  Leicester

  LE3 9QP

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.jobsatleicestershospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

  Address

  Glenfield Hospital

  Groby Road

  Leicester

  LE3 9QP

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.jobsatleicestershospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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