Specialist Clinical Pharmacist: Respiratory
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
We are delighted to invite applications to the Specialist Clinical Pharmacist (SCP) in Respiratory post, joining the SCPs in the Medicine team to deliver a specialised service to our respiratory patients at City Hospital including our more complex interstitial lung disease, chronic severe asthma, COPD and cystic fibrosis patients.
The post offers an excellent opportunity to develop your portfolio of specialist knowledge and skills for the management of patients as part of a multidisciplinary team, as well as build on your leadership abilities.
Main duties of the job
Our vision is to be outstanding in health outcomes and patient & staff experience.
You will be jointly responsible for ensuring the further development of an excellent clinical pharmacy service to the respiratory and interstitial lung disease service alongside other SCP's for Respiratory. This will include working in outpatient settings.
You will provide complex pharmaceutical care for patients, optimising their medicines, utilising your prescribing skills and ensuring the effective transfer of care.
You will work closely with the MDT, on & off the ward to support governance, education and medication safety within respiratory services.
You will be expected to line manage one or more of the band 7 pharmacists on the team, providing mentoring, and supporting them with their development and objectives which may include starting out as an independent prescriber.
You will mentor junior pharmacists working in respiratory, providing them with training, education and sharing your passion for respiratory.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for key duties & responsibilities.
1. Leading on a particular aspect (or aspects) of the clinical pharmacy service to the specialty.
2. Actively participating in consultant-led ward rounds to promote and support medicines optimisation, antimicrobial stewardship and effective discharge planning by utilising prescribing skills.
3. Providing an advanced level of clinical pharmacy service to the specialty.
4. Involvement in education and training of a variety of healthcare professionals including diploma & trainee pharmacists, undergraduates and trainee advanced nurse practitioners.
Whilst this post is commissioned to be full time (equivalent of 37.5 hours per week), the service would welcome applications from those wanting a better work-life balance. If you would like to consider this post but on less than full time hours, please still apply and outline this on your application form or please contact us for further discussion.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
* Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
* Diploma/MSc in clinical pharmacy or equivalent qualification or experience
* Qualified as an independent prescriber
Experience
* Experience of delivering a clinical pharmacy service to a specialty
* Experience of developing and implementing medicines and service related policies for a specialty
* Experience of training and education of both pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals
* Experience in undertaking, supervising and reporting/presenting audit / research work at local (Trust) level
* Experience of working actively on national groups
Communication and Relationship
* Evidence of independence and team working skills
* Evidence of successful business case completion
Analytical and Judgement
* Experience of assessing and minimising risk associated with service provision and within medication processes
* Evidence of incorporating innovative and 'best practice' into current practice.
Planning and Organisation
* Evidence of excellent organisational skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
Divisional Lead Pharmacist City Medicine Specialty
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
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