Advanced Specialist Pharmacist - Frailty and Elderly Care
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated Clinical Pharmacist to be an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team working within our medicines ward supporting elderly care and frail patients. You will be responsible for the provision of a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service across the inpatient medical beds, and outpatients within our Trust, working with Medicines Management Technicians and Rotational Pharmacists to deliver a high-quality clinical pharmacy service to patients.
Our friendly department provides an environment that supports learning, teamwork, and encourages individuals to develop in their role.
We are looking for someone with extensive clinical pharmacy knowledge and experience. You will have excellent communication, clinical, and negotiation skills along with a strong team spirit and experience of supervising other staff.
The candidates must have or be prepared to work towards a non-medical prescribing qualification to support the service.
Main Duties of the Job
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
* The leadership and proactive development of specialist clinical pharmacy services to patients within medicine collaboratives.
* Providing highly specialist clinical pharmacy services to elderly care patients and developing services in line with appropriate national standards.
* Providing expert and highly specialised pharmaceutical information and advice to medical staff, nursing staff, other healthcare professionals, and patients, both within the Trust and externally as appropriate.
* To work as an independent prescriber developing the role for designated areas of clinical practice.
* Work collaboratively with other clinicians and healthcare providers to implement and maintain innovative disease management programs and clinical pharmacy services.
* Providing clinical training, guidance, support, and supervision of training grade pharmacists, foundation pharmacists, other Pharmacy staff, and other Trust staff as required.
* Promoting the medicines optimisation agenda by leading specific audit and research projects in the agreed specialty and providing support to others.
* Monitoring expenditure within the agreed specialty against the medicines budget, identifying and implementing cost-saving initiatives.
* Evaluating and expanding the role of pharmacy services within our surgical areas, as well as delivering the required medication safety and governance agendas.
About Us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high-quality care every time':
Being a clinically led organisation
Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
A positive patient experience every time
A great place to work
Managing our money well
As an organisation, we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria, we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Job Description
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Important Information
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Disclosure and Barring Service:
The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children; therefore, if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
* Extensive specialist therapeutic and clinical knowledge relevant to the post and care group.
* Expert knowledge and understanding of relevant pharmacy/medicines standards, legal requirements, and guidelines.
* Knowledge and awareness of implications of current developments in pharmacy practice and NHS strategies/policy.
* Knowledge of current and planned developments in the pharmacy profession.
* Understanding of NHS managerial and financial frameworks.
Desirable
* Evidence of successful change management.
* Understanding of ePACT and other prescribing data.
* Knowledge of primary care prescribing and medicines management arrangements.
* Experience of reviewing patient group directions.
* Extensive experience in a secondary care role.
Qualifications
Essential
* Pharmacy degree (Masters or equivalent).
* Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
* Higher pharmacy professional/postgraduate qualification.
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
Desirable
* On the practicing register of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPS).
* Pharmacist prescribing qualification.
* Teaching and assessing qualification.
Skills & Aptitudes
Essential
* Ability to motivate teams to deliver objectives.
* Successful team player with the ability to respect and develop the skills of others.
* Ability to prioritise competing demands, work under pressure, and deliver against a background of change and uncertainty.
* Ability to make judgements in highly complex situations.
* Ability to critically review, analyse, and interpret clinical literature, and medicines legislation.
* Appropriate IT skills to utilise clinical information systems, pharmacy computer systems, databases, and other software to improve patient care.
* Computer literate and ability to use Word, Excel, and PowerPoint competently.
Desirable
* Understanding and experience of putting evidence into practice.
Personal Circumstances
Essential
* Enthusiastic, self-motivating, good organisational skills.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Excellent interpersonal skills.
* Demonstrate ability to work independently and within a team.
* Co-operative and flexible working style with Trust wide teams.
* Flexible approach and ability to deal with interruptions.
* Ability to prioritise, deliver on agreed objectives, and meet deadlines.
* Friendly, approachable, able to convey messages with empathy and diplomacy.
* Ability to motivate, influence and lead colleagues and staff.
* Competent and confident to deliver complex presentations and training sessions.
Other Requirements
Essential
* Promote equality and value diversity.
* Ability to drive or have access to transport to travel within the region.
* Commitment to develop a culture to promote trust values.
* Excellent attendance record.
* Ability to participate in on-call rota.
Employer Details
Employer Name: North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address:
West Cumberland Hospital
Hensingham
Whitehaven
CA28 8JG
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