Senior Clinical Pharmacist- Adult Critical Care
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
Nottingham University Hospitals is in one of the UK's largest and busiest acute teaching hospital Trusts and has a national and international reputation for many of its specialist services and expertise. This exciting post has become available on a secondment basis.
An exciting new training opportunity has been created for an ambitious and motivated clinical pharmacist with an interest in learning to optimise the pharmaceutical care of critically unwell adult patients.
The successful post holder will join our established and well-respected team of specialist critical care pharmacists, technicians, and medicines management assistants. You will work directly with the wider MDT to deliver safe and effective evidence-based treatment to some of the sickest patients within the Trust.
Main Duties of the Job
The role will involve working clinically to gain experience across all adult level 3 and level 2 areas including cardiac critical care and high dependency unit. There will be opportunities for proactive individuals to be involved in project and audit work to develop your own skills whilst enhancing patient care and medicines safety.
As a senior member of the pharmacist team, you will help support and mentor the junior members of the team. You will also participate in the teaching of undergraduate pharmacists and the wider critical care multi-disciplinary team.
If you don't already possess an independent prescribing qualification, opportunities will arise to apply for this course, which you will be fully supported through.
Job Responsibilities
The post holder will be expected to work cross-site on both the QMC and City Campus. You will also be required to participate in weekend and bank holiday arrangements over a 7-day period and support the on-call pharmacists through the senior pharmacist back-up rota.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
* GPhC registered
* Diploma/MSc in clinical pharmacy or other appropriate post-graduate qualification
* B.Pharm / BSc (Pharmacy) or MPharm
* Independent prescribing qualification (or willing to undertake)
Experience
* Wide previous experience (post-registration) in hospital pharmacy
* Broad knowledge base of clinical areas
* Experience of day-to-day supervision and assisting in training of pre-registration pharmacists and/or technicians
* Understanding of issues affecting the NHS
* Experience of working within critical care
* Evidence of project work completed
* Experience in undertaking, and reporting/presenting audit/research work at local (Trust) level
* Experience using evidence base to undertake complex pharmaceutical decision making to optimise patient care
Communication & Relationship Skills
* Good interpersonal, negotiating, and presentation skills, both written and verbal skills
* Good communication skills with multidisciplinary team members and own profession
* Ability to interact with multidisciplinary teams
* Able to defend opinions in a constructive manner when challenged
* Empathy with patients, relatives, and pharmacy customers
* Teaching skills
* Evidence of undertaking multi-disciplinary team teaching
Planning & Organisation Skills
* Organised, able to prioritise own work and assist others to prioritise
* Positive thinker
Physical Skills
* Competent ICT skills, word processing, presentations, spreadsheets, databases, retrieval of information from the internet
* Experience working with an electronic prescribing and drug administration system
Analytical & Judgement Skills
* Able to assess and minimise the risk in medication process
* Critical evaluation of literature and literature searching skills for analysing, interpreting medicines information, production issues, drug therapy decisions, and patient information
* Able to analyse patient specific data to advise on therapy management
* Experience of analysing expenditure
Other Requirements Specific to the Role
* Self-motivated, conscientious, confident, accurate, assertive
* Ability to work alone and make decisions including when participating in senior on-call rota
* Flexible starting times
* Weekend and shift working as per job description
* Must have the ability to wear appropriate PPE required for the role
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.
Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year
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