Advanced Specialist Pharmacist, Renal and Transplant
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
We are looking for a dynamic, organised and motivated individual who is keen to support medicines optimisation and patient education in the management of renal and transplant patients.
You will be joining the UHL Leicester Kidney pharmacy team, which is committed to innovation and improvement of the care we provide to benefit kidney patients. Some of our highly specialised clinical pharmacy services include: immunosuppression trials and participation on ward rounds and MPT meetings, writing peri-natal medicines care plans and producing novel education materials for patients in video format.
We are committed to the development of our team and have created roles that allow and promote continued growth and learning for our team. Not only are we an integral part of the wider kidney multi-professional team in UHL but we have been working closely with primary care and leading the multi-award-winning LUCID programme.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work closely with medical staff, nursing staff, allied health care professionals and management teams within the Renal, Respiratory and Cardiovascular CMG to provide and support safe, high quality and patient centred care services to renal and transplant patients.
The post holder will need to undertake audit, service improvement projects and review clinical practices to affect positive change in medicines management.
The post holder will be required to attend clinical meetings when appropriate, maintain and develop formal links with clinical teams, support junior pharmacy staff and provide relevant drug information as requested to healthcare professionals.
The post holder will monitor drug expenditure within the directorate, advise on the most effective treatment options, and through production of financial reports to the RRCV CMG lead and the relevant teams.
The role will include line management responsibilities, training and development of less experienced team members including trainee pharmacists, and band 6 and 7 pharmacists in renal and transplant.
As part of the job, the post holder will be expected to contribute to core pharmacy services including weekends, bank holidays early evening shifts and on-call on a rotational basis.
Job responsibilities
Maintain and develop an expert clinical practice in area of Specialty.
To lead and develop the specialist clinical pharmacy service to the specialist area in line with local and national standards and policies, ensuring the safe, clinical and cost effective use of medicines within UHL and the wider Health Community.
To deliver highly specialised pharmaceutical care to patients and to support other healthcare staff in meeting risk management, financial management and clinical governance responsibilities around the use of medicines.
To evaluate errors made with high risk medicines used by Specialty, to communicate these errors with relevant teams and to help reduce future occurrence of such errors throughout the Trust and wider Healthcare Community.
To undertake clinical supervision and mentoring of foundation pharmacists, medicines management technicians and trainee pharmacists.
To be a source of expert specialist advice for other pharmacists, patients and all other healthcare professionals within the specialty, including participation in multidisciplinary and governance meetings.
To lead and develop clinical pharmacy audit and practice research within the specialist area.
Please see attached job description(s) for more details.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
* GPhC registration
* Specialist knowledge acquired through post-graduate diploma
* Registered as an Independent Prescriber or ability to complete training upon appointment
* Supervisory/management training/qualification
* Registered Independent Prescriber
Analytical and judgement skills
* Advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement
* Experience of audit / data collection/research
Equality and Diversity
* Able to demonstrate a commitment and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.
Experience
* Significant recent post-registration experience in hospital pharmacy
* Clinical ward based experience
* Implementation of change affecting pharmacy and other disciplines
* Experience of leading and working in multidisciplinary teams at a senior level
* Medical/nursing/pharmacy staff teaching or training
* Able to demonstrate advanced specialist clinical pharmacy knowledge and expertise in area of speciality
* Experience of working in speciality
* Experience of supervision/management of staff
* Publications and professional presentations in area of specialty
Planning and organisation skills
* Good time management of self and others
* Ability to demonstrate achievement of set goals
* Ability to cope under stressful situations
* Ability to show commitment to both ward and pharmacy and reconcile conflicting priorities
Communication and relationship skills
* Excellent written/oral communication skills
* Good interpersonal skills
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
* Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours
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.
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