Job summary
We are recruiting for a Pharmacist Specialist - Planned Care who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated, and adaptable pharmacist with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to support the pharmacy department.
The successful candidate will utilise their clinical knowledge to deliver a high quality, safe and effective person-centred clinical pharmacy service to patients on specialist surgical wards within the Trust, working closely with the multidisciplinary team.
This post comes with development opportunities that include undertaking the non-medical prescribing qualification and NHS leadership training.
Whilst this role is currently advertised as a part time (24 hours per week) 12 month fixed-term post, there will be real opportunities to make this a substantive post for the right candidate. A suitable working pattern over 3-4 days can be negotiated.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
To act as the lead pharmacist for a designated surgical speciality ensuring all aspects of the service are developed and supported.
To provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service, critical care, theatres, trauma and orthopaedics, general surgery, plastics, ophthalmology, urology and speciality surgery covering all aspects of medicines management.
To support the Pharmacist Team Lead - Planned Care, in directorate reporting, undertaking audits as required and assisting with the provision of financial and other information.
To provide clinical training and assessment of junior clinical pharmacists and foundation trainee pharmacists whilst on rotation through surgery.
To provide education and training for doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals.
To undertake risk management and ensures compliance with medicines legislation.
To carry out general dispensing and associated clinical and pharmaceutical duties and to assist with the provision of the pharmaceutical service to the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.
To provide teaching and day to day supervision of junior clinical pharmacists, technicians and pharmacy support workers.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
1. The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
2. New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
3. Hertford County, Hertford
4. Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
5. Masters Degree MPharm
6. Registered with the GPhC as a pharmacist
7. Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
8. Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent (or working towards)
Desirable
9. Qualified and registered as a non-medical prescriber (or working towards completion of NMP qualification)
10. Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Previous Experience
Essential
11. Relevant post registration experience in hospital pharmacy
12. Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
13. Supervision of staff
14. Proven experience of audit
Desirable
15. Experience in planned care (surgery)
16. Training of foundation year pharmacists and junior staff
17. Project management and report writing
18. Experience in writing policies/guidelines/PGDs
19. Tutoring of post graduate trainee pharmacists or foundation year pharmacists
Skills
Essential
20. High level of professionalism
21. Good communication skills both verbal and written
22. Good team member - able to work well with all levels of staff
23. Good organisational skills
24. Ability to manage own time and prioritise workload and tasks effectively
25. Ability to motivate others
26. Able to use initiative
27. Assertive and confident
28. Able to work alone or with minimal supervision
29. Ability to remain calm and work effectively under pressure
30. Effective training skills
31. Good oral and written presentation skills
32. Attention to detail
33. Problem solving skills
Desirable
34. Able to negotiate with staff at all levels
35. Able to lead on audit projects
36. Able to meet deadlines for projects/guidelines/policies
37. Proven ability to teach a range of staff groups
38. Leadership skills
39. Critical Appraisal skills
Knowledge
Essential
40. Excellent general clinical knowledge
41. Knowledge of drugs used and therapeutic trends within specialised area
42. Able to apply clinical knowledge to specialist surgical patients
43. Knowledge of healthcare systems, guidance and NHS change
44. Knowledge of post graduate education for pharmacists
45. Confident user of Excel, Microsoft Word and Powerpoint
Desirable
46. Able to critically appraise research data
Other Requirements
Essential
47. Enthusiastic
48. Conscientious and reliable
49. Team player
50. Flexible
51. Polite and courteous
52. Self-motivating
53. Able to demonstrate reflective practice
54. Innovative
55. Experience of communication with a consultant
56. Role model our Trust values every day
Desirable
57. Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff