Pharmacy Team Lead (Surgery & Critical Care)
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 8b Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
* Job share
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (To include rotational weekends, late nights and oncall as agreed.)
Job ref: 434-SCS6935556
Site: Buckinghamshire NHS Trust (cross site) - main site Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Town: Aylesbury
Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 02/03/2025 23:59
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area. We care for over half a million patients every year.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us. We strive to be a family-friendly, inclusive employer.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and dynamic pharmacist to join the pharmacy team at Buckinghamshire NHS Trust as the pharmacy lead for the care group of surgery and critical care.
You will lead the pharmacy service to the care group, working with your team to optimise the pharmaceutical care of patients and ensure high quality evidence-based prescribing.
Main duties of the job
1. To lead a team delivering patient centred medicines optimisation and clinical pharmacy to critical care and surgical patients.
2. To contribute to the governance agenda within critical care at a senior level by strategically leading, managing and co-ordinating the provision of pharmacy services for critically unwell patients.
3. To act as role model at local, regional and national level.
4. To identify and mitigate risks relating to medicines.
5. To lead and deliver education and training relating to pharmaceutical care and management of the critically unwell and complex surgical patients.
6. To lead and develop audit, quality improvement and research within the clinical area and publish research outcomes.
7. To provide expert advice to clinicians regarding medicines for critically unwell patients.
8. To act as a non-medical prescriber.
9. To ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory medicines legislation across the care group.
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.
Person specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
* Registered Pharmacist: Member of the GPhC
* Post-graduate diploma in clinically pharmacy or recognised equivalent
* Independent Prescribing qualification (or willing to study for this)
* Member of the RPS
EXPERIENCE
* Extensive experience in hospital pharmacy at a Post-Registration Pharmacist level.
* Substantial experience in delivering pharmacy services across a broad range of specialties.
* Demonstrable experience in providing clinical pharmacy services at a specialist level.
* Experience in managing and delivering projects.
* Significant experience in managing and supervising staff.
* Proficient in conducting service audits and utilising performance indicators.
* Experience working at Directorate Pharmacist level.
* Extensive experience in teaching and tutoring.
* Proven delivery of pharmacy services to critical care and surgical areas at a senior level.
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
* Capable of prioritising and managing personal workload.
* Able to work, communicate, and provide effective leadership within a team.
* Possesses clear and concise verbal and written communication skills.
* Demonstrates the ability to strategically develop services and evaluate service provision.
* Skilled in influencing senior Pharmacy and hospital staff.
* Able to recognise and adopt new ideas and advancements in clinical practice.
* Displays a positive attitude and actively participates in change management processes.
* Capable of leading and motivating both staff and oneself.
* Works effectively within teams at Departmental, Trust, or regional levels.
* Competent in identifying and managing risks.
* Willing to attend necessary training sessions for personal and service development.
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
* Able to travel to other sites within the Trust and to venues for training.
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight.
Contact Information
Name: Natasha Hamilton-Tanner
Job title: Pharmacy Team Lead - Division of SCC
Email address: natasha.hamilton4@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01296316197
You can also contact the associate director of pharmacy for clinical services - Rachel Cox (rachel.cox13@nhs.net)
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