Overview
The paediatric pharmacy team at Leeds Children's Hospital have an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic, friendly, and forward-thinking service as a Band 6 Pharmacist. Paediatric pharmacy is one of the most rewarding and dynamic areas of practice. No two days are the same: you may be calculating and preparing highly individualised doses for a premature baby in neonatal intensive care, supporting complex treatment plans for children with long-term conditions, or working with families to ensure medicines are used safely at home. It is a specialty that demands problem-solving, adaptability and creativity, as many medicines are unlicensed in children and require thoughtful, individualised solutions. Working in paediatrics offers the chance to be part of a highly skilled, multidisciplinary team where your expertise directly improves outcomes for some of our most vulnerable patients, and where you can see the positive impact of your input on a child’s health and future.
Main duties
* Deliver high-quality clinical pharmacy services directly to patients and multidisciplinary teams.
* Gain exposure to a variety of paediatric specialties with the support of experienced senior pharmacists.
* Contribute to medicines optimisation, safe prescribing and discharge planning.
* Build on your clinical knowledge of medicines optimisation within the role of paediatric pharmacy.
* As part of your development, you will be trained and supported to take on more specialist responsibilities, including contributing to the children's warfarin clinic and becoming aseptically competent. These opportunities provide experience in highly specialised areas of practice and help prepare for more specialist roles and the Foundation Pharmacist Training Programme at LTHT.
About us
Based within Leeds General Infirmary, in the centre of Leeds, Leeds Children's Hospital is one of the largest children’s hospitals in the UK and treats patients from across Yorkshire and the North of England as a secondary and tertiary referral centre. The pharmacy department at Leeds is nationally recognised as an exemplar service. Our vision is making it easy for people to get the most from their medicines, and we are continually innovating to improve our services for patients and staff.
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Job responsibilities
* Job Title: Non-resident rotational pharmacist
* Reports to: Residency and Rotational Manager
* Band: 6
* Unit/Department: MMPS
* CSU Directorate: MMPS CSU
* Location: Trustwide
* AfC Job No: 1913
* Act as the Responsible Pharmacist in line with local procedures.
* Provide advice on and ensure the safe and effective use of medicinal products to patients at LTHT.
* Provide pharmaceutical care to patients at LTHT.
* Provide professional pharmacist cover to inpatient and outpatient dispensaries, Medicines Information, Aseptic services and Mental Health, to meet legal requirements.
* Validate prescriptions by performing a legal and clinical professional check.
* Participate in audit, the dispensing and checking of clinical trial materials and medicine-related intervention monitoring.
* Receive prescription payments from patients where appropriate and provide advice on the cost of medicines where appropriate.
* Undertake a full medication history and review of in-patients in the area of practice.
* Dispense and accurately check prescriptions and supply other pharmaceutical products.
* Provide medicine-related information and advice to patients, medical and other healthcare staff, including medicine choice, doses, side effects, drug interactions and effective use.
* Undertake postgraduate study as required (certificate and Diploma in Pharmacy practice).
* Participate in supervision and training of pre-registration pharmacists and other technical staff.
* Record and coordinate internal/external errors and incidents and learn from medicine-related events communicated through briefings.
Core knowledge, behaviours and values
* Team player, professional attitude, calm disposition, lateral thinker, excellent prioritisation skills, ability to work under pressure, excellent communication skills (oral, written, listening).
* Conflict resolution and adaptability; strong time management.
* Knowledge of medicines legislation (e.g., Medicines Act 1968, Misuse of Drugs Act 1971) and broad clinical knowledge through pre/post-graduate experience.
* Understanding and application in clinical practice; take responsibility for actions and know when to seek advice; respect patient confidentiality.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Masters Degree in Pharmacy
* Registrant of GPhC
Other criteria
* Strong written and verbal communication with patients
* Good time management
Experience
* Minimum 6 months hospital pre-registration or 1 year post-qualification in UK community pharmacy
Skills and behaviours
* Knowledge of hospital pharmacy practice
* Ability to interpret and deliver medicines information
* Team player, motivated and enthusiastic
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure to be submitted to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous convictions.
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