Advanced Clinical Pharmacist-Antimicrobial Stewardship Intensive Care
Band 8a
Main area: Pharmacy
Grade: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (Saturdays and Bank holidays, as per rotas)
Job ref: 387-DT-5204-JJ-A
Site: Weston General Hospital
Town: Weston-super-Mare
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/11/2024 23:59
As an organisation we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.
Are you looking to use your extensive clinical pharmacy skills and knowledge to influence prescribing to reduce unnecessary variation within two important specialties in our Trust?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and adaptable registered Pharmacist to join our small, friendly but progressive inpatient department at Weston General Hospital, which is part of the wider University Hospitals of Bristol and Weston NHS Trust (UHBW).
The Advanced Antimicrobial and Intensive Care Pharmacist Band 8a is a full time post (37.5 hours per week) which can be split into 2 x 0.5WTE posts.
You will also support the pharmacy team to deliver a comprehensive, safe and cost effective clinical pharmacy service including oncology.
Main duties of the job
You will work closely with the consultants in both specialties to:
* Promote safe and effective use of medicines and influence prescribing.
* Undertake audits and education and training of medical and nursing staff.
* Provide information on medicines use and costs to Directorates within the Trust and monitor the Trust’s performance for national CQUINs and related local targets.
* Develop an independent prescribing role within both specialties.
You will have recent hospital experience, preferably including antimicrobial stewardship and intensive care prescribing; have excellent communication, influencing and problem solving skills and preferably good mentoring, teaching and assessment skills to enable you to take on this influential role within our Trust.
Why Weston?
* The team at Weston aims to deliver high quality, patient-focused clinical services to our patients.
* Our team is friendly, supportive of colleagues, open to developing and implementing new ideas.
* Weston enjoys all the benefits of a coastal location and is within 25 minutes of Bristol by train and 45 minutes by road.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
* Postgraduate Diploma or MSc in Clinical Pharmacy
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Knowledge & Experience
* Varied experience of working in NHS hospital pharmacy
* Experience of working in a variety of different sized teams
* Experience of communicating with and advising all healthcare professionals on drug therapy
* Experience of writing a wide range of documents including drug usage and audit reports, SOPs, protocols and guidelines and other information to healthcare professionals
* Experience of audit and project work.
* Drug expenditure analysis and reporting
* Previous experience of antibiotic stewardship
* Previous experience of working in intensive care
Skills and Abilities
* Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
* Innovative & creative problem identification and solving
* Self-organisational and time management
* Quality improvement techniques including clinical audit
* Good general awareness of finance such as drug expenditure trends, horizon scanning, and cost improvement targets
* Ability to plan, prioritise and organise own and others’ work to meet agreed deadlines
* Ability to use judgement to challenge inappropriate prescribing and influence prescribing decisions to enable optimal therapy
* Ability to critically analyse prescriptions for clinical appropriateness, clinical risk, cost-effectiveness, adherence to local & national guidance and legality
We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.
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