Job overview
A great opportunity has arisen for an experienced pharmacist to join the women’s and children’s pharmacy team at Barts Health. This post offers an ideal opportunity to extend your expertise in paediatric critical care and specialist paediatric services.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated clinical pharmacist to join our pharmacy team. You will work with a team of highly specialist pharmacy staff to deliver patient-centred pharmaceutical care to paediatric patients across Barts Health. You will also support the development and implementation of clinical guidelines, liaising with clinicians and nurses and support the children’s services in the effective usage of medicines with a specialty in Paediatric Critical Care and paediatric specialist medicine.
If you have experience delivering & leading paediatric pharmacy services and are interested in developing your career, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be supporting the Service Lead Pharmacist in leading a team of staff in the delivery of high quality clinical and directorate related pharmacy services to paediatrics, in particular at the Royal London Hospital.
The job description is not intended to be exhaustive and it is likely that duties may be altered from time to time in the light of changing circumstances and after consultation with the post-holder.
The post holder might be required:
·To be the lead pharmacist and manage the professional, clinical and technical input to the Paediatric Critical Care Service (PCCU) and paediatric specialist medicine.
·To support the multidisciplinary PCCU team
·To be actively involved in developing the PCCU pharmacy service
·To train and supervise junior staff in paediatric services
·To be the ward pharmacist and lead development of services for PCCU
·To lead the development of pharmacy services to the paediatric specialist medicine team including pain, neurology, immunology, antimicrobial and theatres
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
1. Substantial hospital clinical pharmacy experience
2. Extensive experience in provision of a clinical pharmacy service to paediatrics and neonates
3. Experience in provision of a clinical pharmacy service to a critical care unit (PICU/NICU)
4. Management/supervisory experience of staff
Desirable criteria
5. Experience of training, pharmacists, nursing / medical staff
6. Experience and knowledge in the provision of Paediatric and Neonatal bespoke PN
Skills
Essential criteria
7. Able to communicate complex information effectively using clear written and spoken English
8. Demonstrated ability to influence others
9. Able to work effectively in stressful situations
10. Demonstrates ability to perform accurate complex calculations and numeracy skills
11. Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self and others
12. Assertive
13. Demonstrates effective customer services skills
14. Persuasive with ability to negotiate
15. Good team worker
16. Demonstrates initiative, innovative
17. Demonstrated ability to deliver staff training
18. Demonstrates ability to deliver lectures, workshops and formal presentations
19. Demonstrates ability to assess risk and propose change
20. Demonstrates ability to identify, analyse root cause and develop options for complex problems
21. Ability to work with Children
22. Effective team leaderships Skills
Desirable criteria
23. Demonstrates ability to manage change
Knowledge
Essential criteria
24. Critical Appraisal skills
25. Able to follow local Manual Handling procedures
26. Demonstrates ability to identify pharmaceutical problems, prioritise and resolve them
27. Demonstrates ability to formulate patient specific medicines to meet the clinical needs of patients
28. Excellent knowledge of the medical management of complex paediatric, neonatal and critical care patients
29. Awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to paediatric patients
Desirable criteria
30. Good knowledge of Paediatric and Neonatal TPN
Qualifications
Essential criteria
31. MPharm or equivalent
32. Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
33. Postgraduate Pharmacy Qualification or equivalent experience (minimum postgraduate diploma level)
34. Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: Paediatrics
35. Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: Parenteral Therapy
36. Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: Risk Management
37. Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: Train the Trainer
38. Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: Clinical Trials
39. Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: Formulations
40. Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: PICU
41. Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: NICU
42. Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: Neurology
43. Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: Pain
44. Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: Antimicrobial
Desirable criteria
45. Independent prescribing qualification
46. MSc in clinical pharmacy practice or equivalent