Job overview
Highly Specialist Cardiac Pharmacist (Supporting Primary Care)
(37.5 hours a week including back-up on call and weekend commitments
Do you want to join an award-winning department that puts clinical pharmacy professionals at the forefront of medicines optimisation and patient care?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist to join the cardiac team at Barts Heart Centre within Barts Health NHS Trust.
The post holder will work alongside the cardiovascular prevention primary care pharmacy team and deliver quality care to patients through efficient medicines optimisation. The post provides several opportunities for professional and personal development, contributing to quality improvement projects and supporting the delivery of world-class and innovative cardiovascular services
Main duties of the job
There is a need for close coordination with the cardiovascular prevention primary care pharmacy team and wider primary care MDT such as general practitioners, pharmacy professionals, nurses, practice managers, community pharmacy, etc to plan workload and priorities. This involves optimising cardiovascular medicine, for long term conditions related to cardiac disease across primary care services within North-East London (NEL) and beyond.
The post holder will work with primary care teams to continually develop the service, while maintaining high standards and achieving best practice to meet the needs of patients and the Trust.
The post holder communicates effectively with patients to help optimise their pharmaceutical management and through liaising with other health care professionals to design, implement plans to optimise health outcomes.
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.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band
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
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
1. Significant post registration hospital and or primary care experience in cardiovascular medicine
2. Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care
3. Ability to undertake and facilitate quality improvement, reflective practice, teaching and CPD
Desirable criteria
4. Experience of providing hospital- based clinical service within cardiac services
5. Operational management experience in a complex environment
6. Experience of managing staff Experience of using GP clinical systems such as EMIS, SystemOne and Vision
Skills
Essential criteria
7. Excellent interpersonal skills
8. Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
9. Able to accurately follow written procedures under pressure
10. Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self, and others
11. IT literate; able to use Microsoft office with intermediate IT skills including, accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programmes
12. Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of audiences, including chairing of meetings.
Desirable criteria
13. Ability to work autonomously and supporting junior members to deliver service provision.
14. Experience in local implementation of national standards and guidelines
15. Demonstrated ability to negotiate with and influence senior medical staff and senior management
16. Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training
Knowledge
Essential criteria
17. Sound knowledge of drugs and therapeutics in cardiology at Diploma level or equivalent
18. Thorough understanding of clinical governance and clinical risk management
19. Knowledge and awareness of current national standards including recent cardiovascular aspects of NHS long term plan.
20. Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation
21. Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives
Desirable criteria
22. Knowledge of the law and relevant guidance relating to medicines, pharmacy, rationing decisions in the NHS
23. Knowledge of the medication issues at the interface of primary and secondary care.
24. Awareness of national datasets such as CVDPREVENT
Qualifications
Essential criteria
25. MPharm or equivalent
26. Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
27. Postgraduate Pharmacy Qualification or equivalent experience (minimum postgraduate diploma level)
28. Independent prescribing qualification
Desirable criteria
29. MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent.
30. Management qualification or equivalent experience
**Visa Sponsorship Information**
Recent changes to UK immigration policy on the Health and Care Visa and Skilled Worker Visa could mean that this role is not eligible for sponsorship or that you may not meet the eligibility criteria.
Sponsorship can only be offered if this post and any individual offered employment meet all the Home Office’s requirements under the UK Skilled Worker visa scheme.
If you are applying from outside the UK or will require sponsorship, please mention this clearly in your application.
To be eligible for sponsorship, the following conditions must be met:
31. Eligible role: The position must be on the UK Skilled Worker visa list. You can check your eligibility here: -.
32. Salary threshold: The role must meet the minimum salary set by the Home Office. Please note that for roles employed under Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions, the High-Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) is not included when calculating the basic salary for the purposes of sponsorship.
33. Skill level: The role must meet the minimum skill requirement of RQF Level 6 or above (graduate level).
34. English language: Applicants must demonstrate English proficiency at CEFR level B1 or higher.
35. Other criteria: Applicants must meet all other criteria as set out by the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI)