Main area: Pharmacy
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 22.5 hours per week (Part time)
Job ref: 276-6787013-AC
Site: Queen Victoria Hospital
Town: East Grinstead
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 08/12/2024 23:59
Welcome to Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and thank you for your interest.
In addition to receiving tertiary referrals from across the South East of England, we have a network of ‘spoke’ sites at district general hospitals enabling our consultants to offer their expertise with routine treatments and consultations as close to patients’ homes as possible. With the recent addition of video-led ‘virtual’ consultations, we also enable patients who have some distance to travel to avoid the additional stress and worry of a long journey.
Working at QVH combines the excitement, challenge, and career opportunities of many larger organisations with the satisfaction of delivering excellent patient care that really does re-build our patients’ lives.
We also offer attractive benefits such as:
* Tailored personal development to support career aspirations, including accredited clinical and management development programmes
* Flexible working arrangements for a work-life balance that suits you and your needs
* A dedicated reward programme, offering a range of national and local discounts, cashback, and tax relief schemes
Sustainability
At Queen Victoria Hospital, we want to be the first Net Zero Hospital in England, and to achieve that we want every member of staff to be a green champion. The way in which the Trust works has a significant impact on the organisation’s carbon footprint and that of our patients. From the heat, light, and power supplies within the hospital to avoiding unnecessary patient journeys, the Trust is empowering all staff to create a sustainable health and care environment for future generations.
Are you interested in improving patient safety but still want to be a senior pharmacist with some clinical duties? This is an excellent opportunity to further develop your leadership, multidisciplinary, and clinical skills as well as making a positive difference to medicines safety.
We are looking for a pharmacist to be our Medicines Governance Pharmacist as well as the Trust's Medication Safety Officer (MSO). We need a self-motivated and proactive pharmacist that is passionate about medication safety to join our small, but friendly pharmacy department.
This is a well-established and respected post within the Trust. The successful candidate leads on all aspects of medicines governance including incidents and security. You will be required to work with clinical teams throughout the hospital to support these activities, in addition to linking with other MSOs.
As with other posts in a small department, the post holder’s responsibilities are wide-ranging. Time will be given to fulfil expected duties. Along with the other senior pharmacists, you will deputise for the Chief Pharmacist in their absence.
The pharmacy department serves the whole hospital as well as providing clinical pharmacy services to the adjacent private hospital (The McIndoe Centre).
You should apply for this exciting opportunity if you enjoy working in a small friendly hospital that provides challenges and opportunities to really make a difference to the patient.
Main duties of the job
* Designated Medication Safety Officer for the Trust.
* Lead for clinical risk management for pharmacy, plus audit and assurance programmes in relation to medicines for the Trust.
* Lead pharmacist for a speciality.
* Provide clinical pharmacy services in line with professional, departmental, and Trust standards.
* Line manage a band 7 pharmacist.
* Be a senior member of the pharmacy team.
You will have exposure to all the specialisms and will be looked to for promoting safe, cost-effective prescribing and medicines optimisation. You will not be expected to have experience of the specialisms covered by the Trust, but must have good broad clinical pharmacy knowledge and skills.
Currently, there are no weekend duties, but you are expected to provide some bank holiday cover. You may also be expected to work some weekends or late nights in the future.
There is a drive to encourage independent prescribing within the Trust and there is the potential for you to undertake the training to support the department on this initiative.
Working for our organisation
Rated GOOD overall with outstanding care by the CQC. A specialist NHS hospital providing life-changing reconstructive surgery, burns care, and rehabilitation services across the South of England and beyond.
A centre of excellence, with an international reputation for pioneering advanced techniques and treatments. Everything we do is informed by our passion for providing the highest quality care and the best clinical outcomes.
At QVH, we are proud of our achievements and our specialist services continue to record excellent clinical outcomes for patients. We regularly receive excellent results from patient satisfaction surveys and on average 98% of inpatients say they would recommend the hospital to their family or friends.
Our success is underpinned by the skills and enthusiasm of our staff and a strong culture of partnership. We are fully committed to training and development of the workforce with support for continuing education and learning.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You must be a GPhC (GB) registered pharmacist and have gained a post-graduate clinical pharmacy diploma or equivalent experience. Excellent verbal and written English communication and presentation skills are also essential.
This is for an experienced pharmacist with a proven record of being a flexible team player able to cope with unpredictable work patterns.
The role is a permanent part-time post.
Person specification
Qualification
* GPhC registered
* Post-graduate certificate in clinical pharmacy or equivalent
* MPharm in Pharmacy or equivalent
* Management or leadership qualification or equivalent practical experience
* MSc in clinical Pharmacy or equivalent practical experience
* Pharmacist independent prescriber
Skills
* Negotiation and influencing people ability
* Good keyboard and IT skills
Attributes
* Flexible and effective team worker
* Self-motivated and able to motivate others
* Excellent all-round communication skills and able to tailor style to suit audience
* Effectively tackles conflict
* Good time management and persistence
* Good analytical and organisational ability
* Vision to improve services
* Decisive, using sound judgement in decision in timely and confident manner
Experience
* Extensive hospital clinical pharmacy experience
* Multidisciplinary working, able to collaborate successfully
* Involvement in medicines audit
* Involved in service improvement or change management project
* Staff management
* Training / teaching
Knowledge
* Broad clinical knowledge of medicines and pharmacology with ability to apply in practice
* Knowledge of the law and relevant guidance relating to medicines and pharmacy
* Understanding of clinical governance and risk management
* Knowledge of current medications safety issues
The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
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.
Name: Judy Busby
Job title: Chief Pharmacist
Email address: judybusby@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01342 414247
For an informal chat or to arrange a visit please contact Judy Busby, Chief Pharmacist
Telephone: 01342 414247
Alternatively contact the current postholder:
John Davies 01342 41427 john.davies10@nhs.net
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