Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and dynamic pharmacist to join the pharmacy team at Buckinghamshire NHS Trust as the pharmacy lead for the care group of surgery and critical care.
This post would be suitable for an experience 8a that wishes to develop or those already working at 8b level. This post will offer exciting and challenging opportunities that can be tailored by the successful post holder.
Main duties of the job
To lead a team delivering patient centred medicines optimisation and clinical pharmacy to critical care and surgical patients.
To act as role model at local, regional and national level.
To identify and mitigate risks relating to medicines
To lead and develop audit, quality improvement and research within the clinical area and publish research outcomes.
To act as a non-medical prescriber
To ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory medicines legislation across the care group
Working for our organisation
Why colleagues think we are
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.
We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
Person specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential criteria
1. Registered Pharmacist: Member of the GPhC
2. Post-graduate diploma in clinically pharmacy or recognised equivalent
3. Independent Prescribing qualification (or willing to study for this)
Desirable criteria
4. Member of the RPS
5. RPS faculty Stage II accreditation
6. Education qualification
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
7. Extensive experience in hospital pharmacy at a Post-Registration Pharmacist level.
8. Substantial experience in delivering pharmacy services across a broad range of specialties.
9. Demonstrable experience in providing clinical pharmacy services at a specialist level.
10. Experience in managing and delivering projects.
11. Significant experience in managing and supervising staff.
12. Proficient in conducting service audits and utilising performance indicators.
13. Experience working at Directorate Pharmacist level.
14. Extensive experience in teaching and tutoring.
Desirable criteria
15. Proven delivery of pharmacy services to critical care and surgical areas at a senior level.
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
16. Capable of prioritising and managing personal workload.
17. Able to work, communicate, and provide effective leadership within a team.
18. Possesses clear and concise verbal and written communication skills to ensure effective liaison with the multidisciplinary team, patients, and carers, while maintaining accurate and legible records.
19. Demonstrates the ability to strategically develop services and evaluate service provision.
20. Skilled in influencing senior Pharmacy and hospital staff.
21. Able to recognise and adopt new ideas and advancements in clinical practice, implementing them under the guidance of superiors.
22. Displays a positive attitude, with the ability to identify and communicate the need for change, as well as actively participate in change management processes.
23. Capable of leading and motivating both staff and oneself.
24. Works effectively within teams at Departmental, Trust, or regional levels.
25. Competent in identifying and managing risks.
26. Willing to attend necessary training sessions for personal and service development.
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Essential criteria
27. Able to travel to other sites within the Trust and to venues for training
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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