Band 8a
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best People?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, allowing our employees flexibility on where, when, and the hours they work.
Our culture and values drive Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and refer to our values when completing your application and reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
Job overview
Division: Cancer & Core Clinical Services
Band: 8a
We are recruiting for a Specialist Pharmacist - Cardiorespiratory who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
The post holder will be the department lead for all activities relating to Cardiology/Respiratory patients. They will be a role model, working to a high level within the pharmacy department.
Specialist Pharmacists are expected to have a key leadership role, acting as a role model for others. They will communicate and maintain excellent working relationships with all those who use, commission, and work within the services delivered.
Main duties of the job
Join our pharmacy department and work as part of an innovative and well-respected team within the Trust. You will have the opportunity to contribute to transformational changes leading to better care for our patients and better experiences for our staff.
Here within pharmacy, we have a strong and forward-thinking senior leadership team, and our transformational work has been presented at national and regional events, most recently at the Health Education England regional Workforce and Quality day.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open, and Together. It is important that you understand and refer to our values when completing your application and reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies and procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today. Full training will be provided.
Working for our organisation
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values drive the Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement that will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments.
All of our substantive and fixed-term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, including a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery, and a cycle-to-work scheme.
We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit, and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under-represented groups to support the Trust's commitment to a diverse, inclusive, and employer of choice workforce.
All staff at Medway comply with the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be responsible for providing and overseeing the pharmacy clinical service provided to the cardiology and respiratory wards within the hospital.
Carry out education and counselling of new patients at the start of newly started high-risk medicines.
Ensure the provision of a proactive, high-quality, cost-effective, safe, and responsive service to cardiorespiratory wards.
Actively develop the cardiorespiratory pharmacy service, exploring opportunities for clinically advanced services, such as review of patients in clinic.
Provide a clinical ward pharmacy service to the cardiorespiratory ward and lead on the education and training of other members of pharmacy and MDT in the pharmaceutical management of these patients.
Check the clinical accuracy and appropriateness of prescriptions for patients.
Ensure the appropriate ordering of medicines for cardiorespiratory patients to ensure medicines are available for patients and to minimise wastage from unused or expired medicines.
Attend the board rounds and MDTs where applicable within specialist medicine, providing expert pharmaceutical advice.
Actively lead on efficiency savings within the cardiorespiratory department.
Support with the screening of Homecare prescriptions.
Be the pharmacy department liaison within the cardiorespiratory department.
Identify and implement opportunities for the efficient use of medicines in cardiorespiratory.
Support with the late night, weekend, and bank holiday rota as part of the department’s 7-day services.
Develop a personal audit and research portfolio.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Master’s degree in pharmacy
* Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist in the UK (or eligible to be)
* Specialist post-graduate qualification such as clinical diploma or equivalent experience
* Non-medical Independent Prescribing Qualification
Knowledge
* Demonstrates advanced knowledge of medicine
* Knowledge of and ability to apply all aspects of regulatory legislation and guidelines
* Demonstrate expert knowledge covering a range of pharmacy services and able to provide highly specialist advice
Experience
* Experience of working in the area to a high level
* Proven experience of delivering responsibilities and objectives to time in previous posts
* Experience of providing a service to the Specialist area
Skills
* Demonstrates ability to identify problems, analyse root cause, and propose solutions for complex problems
* Able to solve difficult and ambiguous problems by advanced reasoning and sound technical judgment
* Able to manage and support others
* Advanced IT skills – including MS Word, Excel, email, and PowerPoint
* Experience in providing and receiving highly complex and contentious information
Please note that we do not accept applications via CV or recruitment agencies.
This post will close before the intended closing date should a sufficient number of suitable applications be received. Therefore, if you are interested in applying for this role, we suggest that you do so at the earliest opportunity.
Applications are welcomed from applicants who wish to apply for a position on the basis of a smarter or flexible working arrangement. Where candidates are successful at interview, such requests will be taken under consideration and accommodated where the needs of the service allow.
We welcome applications irrespective of age, disability, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
All staff, no matter where they work or which age group of patients they work with, must be aware of their responsibility to act when they feel a child, young person, or vulnerable adult has been or is at risk of abuse.
We are a fully non-smoking Trust. Smoking is completely prohibited in all Trust buildings, grounds, and car parks for patients, visitors, staff, and contractors.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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