Specialist respiratory pharmacist

Specialist Respiratory Pharmacist - Band 7 Fixed termLooking to develop a career in respiratory pharmacy? Want to join a caring, agile and supportive team with a vision for world class respiratory pharmacy services? Come and join our small and dynamic team at St. Bartholomew's Hospital.Barts Health is a tertiary referral centre providing high quality complex care to a range of respiratory specialities.If you are interested and would like to know more, please take a look at the JD and contact Christabelle Chen, Lead Respiratory Pharmacist on christabelle.chen@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

We are well embedded MDT members of our specialist teams within the respiratory directorate. We are constantly innovating and developing pharmacist led clinics and projects across Severe Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis, Tuberculosis, NTM-PD and ILD to name a few.This fixed term opportunity will give you a chance to work within a specialist team to develop skills that will put you in good stead for future roles.The ideal candidate will also have a proven ability to deliver on high quality clinical pharmacy service .

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

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.

Job responsibilities

The job advert will be out for 2 weeks and all shortlisted candidates will be given a weeks notice to the interview dateThe 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MPharm or equivalent
• Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
• Postgraduate certificate in pharmacy practice or equivalent knowledge and experience
• Specialist postgraduate diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent knowledge and experience
• Independent prescribing qualification (for Band 7 and above)

Experience

• Proven experience of good performance in previous posts,
• Experience in supervising and organising staff and work
• Evidence of basic teaching and tutoring in a hospital setting through training others e.g. pre-registration / basic grade pharmacists
• Previous experience of working within specialist respiratory services

Knowledge

• Understanding of GPhC Revalidation requirements
• Knowledge of medicines management systems at ward level
• Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g. controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
• Understanding of stock control systems
• Understanding of the pharmaceutical care needs of respiratory patients
• An awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to respiratory patients
• Understanding of stock control systems
• Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements
• Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation
• Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives
• Clinical knowledge of one or more of the following specialist respiratory services such as: ILD, CF, Bronchiectesis, Severe Asthma, Allergy, respiratory infections eg. NTM and MDRTB

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
• Able to accurately follow written procedures under pressure
• Demonstrates numeracy skills and ability to perform accurate, complex calculations
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self, and others
• Able to work unsupervised and under pressure
• IT literate; able to use Microsoft office with intermediate IT skills including, accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programmes
• Demonstrates effective customer service skills
• Good team worker
• Evidence of good ward practice
• Able to communicate complex information effectively to all health and care professionals, colleagues, patients and their loved ones
• Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training
• Evidence demonstrating basic supervisory skills

Other

• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
• Member of British Thoracic Society (BTS)

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.