Advanced Specialist Pharmacist – Governance and Medicines Safety
Following significant investment by the Trust board as part of a 5-year workforce plan, we are able to offer two advanced specialist pharmacists posts to join an expanding pharmacy governance and medicines safety team.
Are you an enthusiastic, motivated, and dynamic experienced clinical pharmacist with an interest in Governance and Medication Safety?
Would you like to work closely with the Trust's Medicines Safety Officer to promote and share best practice and quality improvement for the safe use of medicines across the Trust in line with local and national objectives?
Are you at the stage of your career where you are looking to develop your clinical leadership management skills and work as part of the pharmacy governance and medicines safety team alongside providing a high-quality patient-focused clinical pharmacy service for patients within a defined clinical specialty?
If so, we would love to hear from you!
Depending on the stage of your career, a diploma or independent prescribing qualification will be funded. Practice research is also encouraged, and we currently have Academic intern pharmacists.
Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as 'Priority' and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.
Main duties of the job
* This post holder will be responsible for promoting the safe use of medicines across the Trust while also providing a high-quality patient-focused clinical pharmacy service for patients within a defined clinical specialty.
* To work with the Lead Pharmacist Governance and Medicines Safety to improve governance and medication safety throughout UHP, acting as an expert in medicines administration and related error management as part of the pharmacy governance and medicines safety team.
* To support the development, implementation, and audit of the Trust-wide Medicines Policies in consultation with senior medical, nursing, and other healthcare professionals to ensure the safe and effective handling, storage, prescribing, and administration of medicines in the Trust.
* Support the Lead Pharmacist Governance and Medicines Safety in the management of medication incident reporting both in pharmacy and the wider organization.
* Investigate medication incidents and work to improve the reporting and learning from these incidents.
* Be involved in quality improvement projects which aim to make medicine use safer and reduce medicine-related adverse events.
* Work as a clinical pharmacist if appropriate, providing a service to a defined cohort of patients while helping to ensure the safety and efficacy of medication use.
Please view the Job Description for the full list of duties.
About us
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS is the largest hospital on the Southwest Peninsula providing comprehensive secondary and tertiary care to a population of around 2,000,000 people who can access our specialist services including cardiothoracic surgery, kidney transplantation, neurosurgery, and the regional trauma Centre. Our specialist cancer treatments include bone marrow transplant, sarcoma surgery, and hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer surgery (not exhaustive). We work closely with our community partners in delivering comprehensive health and social care including general practice, care homes, mental health, neurological rehabilitation, and general medicine.
In Plymouth, we are undergoing an exciting transformation which is seeing the continuous development of career opportunities for the right candidate. As one of seven NHS Trusts nationally to be hosting the 'People First' pilot, our team is continuously identifying innovative ways to improve their own practice and in doing so improving our patient's experience.
Job responsibilities
Key Dimensions:
* Work alongside the Lead Pharmacist Governance and Medicines Safety and the pharmacy governance and medicines safety team to oversee the reporting of medication incidents through the Trust's incident reporting.
* Use incident reports, clinical audits, local intelligence gathering, and other sources to identify trends, themes, and topics in medication safety that occur in the organization in line with the national safety strategy.
* Support the Lead Pharmacist Governance and Medicines Safety to identify national medicines safety issues and how these relate to UHP.
* Support with the review of Clinical Guidelines, Patient Group Directions, Standard Operating Procedures, and risk assessments, engaging authors and specialist pharmacists to ensure all documents meet the required standards.
* Support the Lead Pharmacist Governance and Medicines Safety to ensure the outsourced pharmacy service is compliant with governance processes and standards (local and national).
* Take part in multidisciplinary Medicines Management walkarounds, acting as an expert for Pharmacy and medicines governance and safety.
* Support the Lead Pharmacist for Governance and Medicines Safety and assist with the in-depth investigation of specific medicines incidents as requested by senior pharmacy or medical colleagues or the Trust Serious Incident Review.
Please see attached JD for a full job description and main responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Master's Degree (or equivalent) in Pharmacy.
* Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Certificate.
* Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
* Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma.
* Non-medical prescriber (or must be willing to undertake this when requested).
* Current registration with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
* Member of the United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association (UKCPA).
* An active member of a clinical group within UKCPA or equivalent pharmacist specialist interest group.
Knowledge & Experience
* Excellent proven knowledge of clinical pharmacy and drug use.
* Demonstrable experience in a range of clinical specialties.
* Excellent proven knowledge of general clinical pharmacy and drug use.
* Demonstrable experience in patient safety issues and clinical governance.
* Knowledge of current external drivers for the patient and medication safety agendas in the NHS.
* Good communication skills, written and verbal, with the ability to demonstrate fluency, clarity, and effectiveness at all levels.
* Organizational skills.
* Demonstrate potential management ability.
* Proven knowledge and understanding of medicine safety and patient safety agendas.
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.
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