A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
We are seeking a highly motivated, forward thinking clinical pharmacist with a passion for developing new ideas to join our well established critical care and surgery teams. The successful candidate will lead on delivering a patient focused service to critical care patients with emphasis on supporting surgical patients requiring critical care and HDU support. Key to this will be developing the role of the pharmacist prescriber, looking at innovative ways to improve medicines optimisation for our critical care and surgical population. The postholder will be an integral part of the critical care team, working alongside both the medicine critical care senior clinical pharmacist as well as clinicians to lead on the provision of pharmacy support. The postholder will in addition provide clinical advice and support to the Anaesthetics sub-speciality. This post is based at the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital although there is an expectation that the postholder would work closely with colleagues at all sites to support continuing patient care.
You will be a motivated individual who will assist in shaping the service and the clinical contribution we provide. Ideally you will hold an independent prescribing qualification or be willing to work towards. Within your area of responsibility you will:
• Provide leadership to both critical care and surgery including attendance on the daily ward rounds and input into the MDT
• Provide prescribing and clinical support to the critical care unit and surgical wards
• Support the acute pain team in providing post-operative pain management
• Support anaesthetics with advice and support and areas such as clinical guidelines, patient safety and governance.
You will be required to possess good communication and interpersonal skills, be able to work effectively in busy environments both independently and within a team. You will work closely with Clinicians and Nursing colleagues to support and promote the safe and effective use of medicines as well as ensuring the cost-effective use of resources. This will include attendance at relevant directorate forums.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate.High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Essential Criteria
• 1st degree - Vocational master's degree in pharmacy (4 years)
• One year's pre-registration training
• Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Postgraduate clinical qualification (over and above that of the 1st degree, preferably at Masters level) and/or significant relevant clinical experience to demonstrate a similar level of knowledge
• Independent prescribing qualification or commitment to achieving on appointment
• Evidence of continuing professional development to at least meet the mandatory requirements of the GPhC
• IT skills to at least European Computer Driving Licence standard or equivalent experience
• Significant relevant post-registration hospital experience
• Knowledge and experience of the operation of NHS Organisations
• Experience of supervising staff
• Demonstrable experience within clinical informatics, including using the trusts electronic prescribing system
Desirable Criteria
• Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society and/or other professional groups to facilitate continuing professional development
• Experience of managing staff
• Involvement in critical care networks or specialist interest groups
This advert closes on Sunday 7 Jul 2024
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