Job description

Job responsibilities

Responsible to the Lead Associate Chief Pharmacist Clinical Services for strategic planning and delivery of clinical pharmacy services to patients within the Cardiology service line and Medicines Care Group.

Deputises for the Associate Chief Pharmacist Clinical Services along with the other Lead Pharmacists, in their absence as required.

Support the Chief Pharmacist / Deputy Chief Pharmacist / Associate Chief Pharmacist in developing, monitoring, and reporting on drug expenditure and medicines budget and the delivery of financial savings as part of the pharmacy CIP.

The post holder will be required to represent the clinical pharmacy team and service line at both internal and external committees and forums including the Drug and Therapeutics committee, Medicines Safety Committee, Clinical Governance and Care Group operational meetings as appropriate.

Work as a member of the cardiology service line, and wider UHP pharmacy team, highly providing specialist clinical pharmacy care to patients across the care group in both the inpatient and outpatient setting.

To lead on the implementation of NHSE commissioning decisions relating to the treatment of new technologies across cardiology service line and medicines care areas, ensuring safe prescribing by the production of protocols and guidelines.

Participate in cardiology ward rounds, outpatient clinics and relevant MDTs, review prescriptions, challenge treatment choices and communicate highly complex drug and therapeutic information to senior clinicians, senior manager, other professionals, patients, and their carers in order to influence treatment options.

To utilise non-medical prescribing and advance practice skills across the care group following collaboration with the MDT.

Lead on the monitoring, review, and report on medicines related incidents within Cardiology service line and Medicines Care Group.

To manage, lead and co-ordinate the advanced specialist pharmacists for cardiology and cardiothoracics. In conjunction with the Lead pharmacist for Healthcare of the Elderly and Frailty to support the wider medicines pharmacy team including advanced specialist (respiratory, gastroenterology, neurology), rotational pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in the provision of a safe, effective and efficient clinical pharmacy service in accordance with local and national standards and strategy and to ensure all members of the pharmacy team are trained and competent for their roles.

Ensure an appropriate level of clinical pharmacy service is provided to the Cardiology service line and Medicines Care Group.

Configure and implement inductions for pharmacists across Medicines Care areas.

Provide education and training to all healthcare professionals including medical students.

To act as a role model as a clinical pharmacist and team leader, to pharmacists, technicians, ATOs and all other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Practice as a Pharmacist Prescriber / advanced practitioner in cardiology working within professional competence and an agreed scope of practice at all times.

To engage with Quality Improvement and practice research.

Development, implementation, and update of clinical pharmacy policy, relevant to pharmacy practice and medicines in Cardiology service line and Medicines Care areas.

Monitor and evaluate medicines related protocols and guidelines across the Cardiology service line and Medicines Care areas.

Propose policy or service changes which improve services and may have multidisciplinary and resource implications.

Assist in the development and implementation of PGDs and non-medical prescribing initiatives, when appropriate.

To use your expertise as a pharmacist working within the Cardiology service line and Medicines Care Group both within the Trust and externally to form working partnerships with other health and social care service providers from across the wider healthcare system.

As and advanced specialist pharmacist in your chosen area of practice:

- Recommendation of appropriate therapy for individual patients where evidence is not available, controversial evidence exists or other professionals may challenge advice.- Contribute to the organisations wider antimicrobial surveillance programme, implementing local programmes ensuring appropriate antimicrobial prescribing.

- Attendance at Consultant/GP, speciality team MDMs. white board/MDT meetings/ward rounds to actively facilitate and provide advice on treatment, including highly complex patients.

- Promote compliance by prescribers and other healthcare staff with local/national policies and the South and West Devon Formulary.

- Application of highly complex knowledge of the evidence base behind drug therapies used.

- Assess clinical requirements of patients as a clinical pharmacist and an independent prescriber through interpretation of clinical data and examination. If required request appropriate tests and examinations for patients directly under your care.

- Contribute to pharmaceutical initiatives that help with the seamless transfer of patients between different healthcare settings.

Participate in any wider departmental rotas where needed.

Job responsibilities

Responsible to the Lead Associate Chief Pharmacist Clinical Services for strategic planning and delivery of clinical pharmacy services to patients within the Cardiology service line and Medicines Care Group.

Deputises for the Associate Chief Pharmacist Clinical Services along with the other Lead Pharmacists, in their absence as required.

Support the Chief Pharmacist / Deputy Chief Pharmacist / Associate Chief Pharmacist in developing, monitoring, and reporting on drug expenditure and medicines budget and the delivery of financial savings as part of the pharmacy CIP.

The post holder will be required to represent the clinical pharmacy team and service line at both internal and external committees and forums including the Drug and Therapeutics committee, Medicines Safety Committee, Clinical Governance and Care Group operational meetings as appropriate.

Work as a member of the cardiology service line, and wider UHP pharmacy team, highly providing specialist clinical pharmacy care to patients across the care group in both the inpatient and outpatient setting.

To lead on the implementation of NHSE commissioning decisions relating to the treatment of new technologies across cardiology service line and medicines care areas, ensuring safe prescribing by the production of protocols and guidelines.

Participate in cardiology ward rounds, outpatient clinics and relevant MDTs, review prescriptions, challenge treatment choices and communicate highly complex drug and therapeutic information to senior clinicians, senior manager, other professionals, patients, and their carers in order to influence treatment options.

To utilise non-medical prescribing and advance practice skills across the care group following collaboration with the MDT.

Lead on the monitoring, review, and report on medicines related incidents within Cardiology service line and Medicines Care Group.

To manage, lead and co-ordinate the advanced specialist pharmacists for cardiology and cardiothoracics. In conjunction with the Lead pharmacist for Healthcare of the Elderly and Frailty to support the wider medicines pharmacy team including advanced specialist (respiratory, gastroenterology, neurology), rotational pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in the provision of a safe, effective and efficient clinical pharmacy service in accordance with local and national standards and strategy and to ensure all members of the pharmacy team are trained and competent for their roles.

Ensure an appropriate level of clinical pharmacy service is provided to the Cardiology service line and Medicines Care Group.

Configure and implement inductions for pharmacists across Medicines Care areas.

Provide education and training to all healthcare professionals including medical students.

To act as a role model as a clinical pharmacist and team leader, to pharmacists, technicians, ATOs and all other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Practice as a Pharmacist Prescriber / advanced practitioner in cardiology working within professional competence and an agreed scope of practice at all times.

To engage with Quality Improvement and practice research.

Development, implementation, and update of clinical pharmacy policy, relevant to pharmacy practice and medicines in Cardiology service line and Medicines Care areas.

Monitor and evaluate medicines related protocols and guidelines across the Cardiology service line and Medicines Care areas.

Propose policy or service changes which improve services and may have multidisciplinary and resource implications.

Assist in the development and implementation of PGDs and non-medical prescribing initiatives, when appropriate.

To use your expertise as a pharmacist working within the Cardiology service line and Medicines Care Group both within the Trust and externally to form working partnerships with other health and social care service providers from across the wider healthcare system.

As and advanced specialist pharmacist in your chosen area of practice:

- Recommendation of appropriate therapy for individual patients where evidence is not available, controversial evidence exists or other professionals may challenge advice.- Contribute to the organisations wider antimicrobial surveillance programme, implementing local programmes ensuring appropriate antimicrobial prescribing.

- Attendance at Consultant/GP, speciality team MDMs. white board/MDT meetings/ward rounds to actively facilitate and provide advice on treatment, including highly complex patients.

- Promote compliance by prescribers and other healthcare staff with local/national policies and the South and West Devon Formulary.

- Application of highly complex knowledge of the evidence base behind drug therapies used.

- Assess clinical requirements of patients as a clinical pharmacist and an independent prescriber through interpretation of clinical data and examination. If required request appropriate tests and examinations for patients directly under your care.

- Contribute to pharmaceutical initiatives that help with the seamless transfer of patients between different healthcare settings.

Participate in any wider departmental rotas where needed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Master's Degree (or equivalent) in Pharmacy.
• Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent
• Non-medical prescriber

Desirable

• Current registration with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Active member of Cardiology Group within UKCPA or equivalent pharmacist specialist interest group
• Member of the United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association (UKCPA)
• Postgraduate leadership qualification
• Postgraduate qualification in speciality

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Excellent proven knowledge of clinical pharmacy and drug use within cardiology and across other medical specialities.
• Demonstrable experience in a range of clinical specialties
• Experience of providing pharmaceutical care to patients in Cardiology and Medicines Care areas in both inpatient and outpatient setting
• Senior pharmacy management experience within a recognised area of pharmacy practice
• Excellent proven knowledge of general clinical pharmacy and drug use
• Senior pharmacy management experience within a recognised area of pharmacy practice
• Proven skills in effective leadership, successful communication, negotiating, persuasion and influencing
• Prven knowledge of strategic care agendas
• Understanding of NHS priorities and how to apply these locally
• Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the clinical governance agenda
• Demonstrable experience of leading and managing others
• Demonstrable experience of supervising others, including for research and audit projects
• Excellent oral and written communication skills to address highly complex issues
• Report writing skills.
• Evidence of CPD
• Demonstrable experience of policy and guideline development
• Demonstrable experience of providing diploma mentorship and/or pre-registration tutorship
• Multidisciplinary working / ward round /outpatient clinical experience

Desirable

• Previous demonstrable experience of providing support to the management of a hospital directorate or division
• Demonstrable experience of designing and developing pharmacy services
• Demonstrable experience in presenting research
• Demonstrable experience in budget management and staff management
• Demonstrable experience of leading and managing others
• Demonstrable experience of working as an advanced clinical practitioner
• Demonstrable experience of managing own caseload of patients or under consultant supervision as a non-medical prescriber in both the inpatient and outpatient setting.

Qualifications

Essential

• Master's Degree (or equivalent) in Pharmacy.
• Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent
• Non-medical prescriber

Desirable

• Current registration with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Active member of Cardiology Group within UKCPA or equivalent pharmacist specialist interest group
• Member of the United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association (UKCPA)
• Postgraduate leadership qualification
• Postgraduate qualification in speciality

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Excellent proven knowledge of clinical pharmacy and drug use within cardiology and across other medical specialities.
• Demonstrable experience in a range of clinical specialties
• Experience of providing pharmaceutical care to patients in Cardiology and Medicines Care areas in both inpatient and outpatient setting
• Senior pharmacy management experience within a recognised area of pharmacy practice
• Excellent proven knowledge of general clinical pharmacy and drug use
• Senior pharmacy management experience within a recognised area of pharmacy practice
• Proven skills in effective leadership, successful communication, negotiating, persuasion and influencing
• Prven knowledge of strategic care agendas
• Understanding of NHS priorities and how to apply these locally
• Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the clinical governance agenda
• Demonstrable experience of leading and managing others
• Demonstrable experience of supervising others, including for research and audit projects
• Excellent oral and written communication skills to address highly complex issues
• Report writing skills.
• Evidence of CPD
• Demonstrable experience of policy and guideline development
• Demonstrable experience of providing diploma mentorship and/or pre-registration tutorship
• Multidisciplinary working / ward round /outpatient clinical experience

Desirable

• Previous demonstrable experience of providing support to the management of a hospital directorate or division
• Demonstrable experience of designing and developing pharmacy services
• Demonstrable experience in presenting research
• Demonstrable experience in budget management and staff management
• Demonstrable experience of leading and managing others
• Demonstrable experience of working as an advanced clinical practitioner
• Demonstrable experience of managing own caseload of patients or under consultant supervision as a non-medical prescriber in both the inpatient and outpatient setting.

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).

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 Plymouth NHS Trust

Address

Derriford Hospital

Derriford Road

Plymouth

PL6 8DH

Employer's website

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