Employer University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site University Hospital of Leicester Town Leicester Salary £46,148 - £60,504 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 10/01/2025 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are actively promoting flexible working options, helping you to manage a work / life balance
Job overview
JOB TITLE: Specialist/Advanced Specialist Pharmacist
BAND: 7 to 8A
BASE: Your primary base will be Leicester Royal Infirmary; however travel
between UHL’s hospital sites will be required
HOURS: Up to 37.5
An opportunity has arisen for motivated pharmacists to join our Antimicrobial Pharmacy Team. This post is offered as an advanced specialist pharmacist post but is also appropriate for candidates with less experience as a specialist to advanced specialist development/progression post. If appointed as a specialist pharmacist the post holders will be expected to develop a portfolio of evidence to support their progression in this post. They will be supported in their development by the Lead Antimicrobial Pharmacist and other colleagues in the organisation.
Applications are welcome from pharmacists with relevant hospital experience - experience in antimicrobial pharmacy is not essential.
You can expect benefits including:
* Full training and support, including for those moving from other sectors,
returning to practice and international candidates.
* We look to offer our team members relevant training and developmentopportunities, such as Independent Prescribing and leaderships qualifications.
* Equivalent of 1 day per month protected development time (pro rata for parttime staff)
* Working with and learning from a diverse and forward thinking pharmacyteam; we currently have 5 Consultant Pharmacist and 5 Advanced PharmacistPractitioners and are seeking to grow this further in the future.
* Flexible working options and a strong focus on work-life balance.
* Access to UHL staff benefit schemes including Vivup and Wage stream with a range of offers and discounts of products and services, plus a salary sacrifice schemes for cars and bikes.
* Relocation expenses available where relevant.
Main duties of the job
Successful candidates will be joining a team of pharmacists providing and developing the antimicrobial stewardship programme at our Trust.
Working closely with microbiologists and clinicians, the post holder will be involved with many aspects of our antimicrobial stewardship programme including guideline development, clinical audit, provision of web-based resources and training/education.
The post holder will apply their clinical skills in reviewing patients and will have an opportunity to attend multidisciplinary team meetings and stewardship ward rounds.
The successful applicants will be a champion for antimicrobial optimisation across the Trust. As a clinical role model, you will need to consistently demonstrate the ability to provide safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of antimicrobials in your clinical role.
The role is predominantly based at the Leicester Royal Infirmary in the first instance; travel to and working from other sites is to be expected. The successful candidates will also participate in core pharmacy services including weekends, bank holidays and on-call working.
Developing your prescribing practice in antimicrobials is encouraged; if you are not already a prescriber support will be offered to develop this skill in the future.
Working for our organisation
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients,
and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
high-quality care for all,
being a great place to work,
partnerships for impact, and
research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the
avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership
with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an
everyday reality for all:
we are compassionate,
we are proud,
we are inclusive, and
we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already
do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference
for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To support the development of optimum pharmaceutical care to patients within theTrust and wider Health Community as partly of a multidisciplinary team within thearea of speciality.
* To lead, develop and deliver training for pre-registration and qualified pharmacistsand medicines management technicians within the area of speciality.
* To line manage other pharmacy staff as required
* To lead the education and training to all other health-care staff in accordance withnational and local recommendations.
* To deliver a highly specialised level of clinical input using advanced theoretical andpractical knowledge in area of Specialty, also demonstrating high level of knowledgein other areas so as to take relevant co-morbidities into account when makingtreatment decisions commensurate with the grade, including attendance on wardrounds.
* To demonstrate professional autonomy, involving highly complex facts or situations,which require analysis and interpretation of data, leading to the implementation of atreatment and management strategy,
* To initiate, organise and manage initiatives to promote prudent and cost effectiveprescribing within the speciality.
* To report on financial expenditure within Speciality, suggesting areas in which costsavings may be made and evaluating changes in expenditure resulting from policychanges
* To provide guidance and input into CMG prescribing action plans and monitorprogress where relevant to the speciality, adjusting the plans as necessary.
* To provide expert advice and support the submission of new medicine requests tothe UHL Therapeutic Advisory Service (TAS), as necessary and to advise andsupport initiatives relating to Specialty for the Leicestershire Medicines StrategyGroup
* To provide specialist advice to patients, medical and other clinical staff on any drugelement of specialist guidelines and to multidisciplinary care teams, to optimisequality of patient care.
* To develop shared guidelines / care agreements for medicines within the area ofspeciality to reduce risks associated with transition between secondary and primarycare.
* To provide highly specialised medication related advice. This will includeindividualisedadvice on medication dosing, drug choice, administration, drug level monitoring anddose adjustment, the use of unlicensed medicines, the use of medicines outside theterms
of their product licence and advice on the safety and storage of medications.
* To support medicines optimisation within the area of Speciality, to include review ofmedicines-related errors and formulation of strategies to reduce these errorsthroughout the Trust, developing strategies to promote safe medicines use andsupporting patient education.
* To work with the wider Health Community and multidisciplinary team to develop andimprove medicines-related aspects of patient care pathways to reduce admission andreadmission to hospital in area of speciality
* Collate data and produce reports on drug use within the specialty and prescribingaudits as required by the service
* Assist in the production of Patient Group Directions (PGDs), with appropriatemedical/nursing staff. Ensure PGDs are regularly reviewed, and provide PGD trainingfor CMGs as required.
* Actively pursue audit, research and development within the area of speciality and thePharmacy Department. Publicise the results of such work through presentations andpublications.
* Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patientneeds and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practiceprotocols, and within scope of practice
* Work with patients in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments
* Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication onmedication regimens, side-effects and interactions
* To undertake other such duties as required commensurate with the post includingdispensary duties, evening and weekend working and on call-when required.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
* Pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
* Postgraduate certificate in Clinical Pharmacy/Pharmacy Practice or evidence of equivalent clincial experience
* Working towards completion of (or have completed) a postgraduate diploma/MSc in Clinical Pharmacy/Pharmacy Practice
* Membership of a professional body e.g. MRPharmS or UKCPA
* Registered as an independent prescriber
* Evidence of leadership training and skills, particularly change management.
Experience
* Approaching 2 years (minimum) post registration experience in pharmacy practive with relevent clinical experience
* Experience of teaching/tutoring
* Experience working in antimicrobials/infection management
* Evidence of teaching or training healthcare professionals
* Evidence of involvment in service development
* Experience of leading or working within a multidisciplinary team
* Experience of supervision/management of staff
Skills
* Evidence of verbal presentations made to professional groups
Additional Information
Please submit yourapplicationform without delay toavoiddisappointment; we will close vacancies prior to the publishing closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
Please check the email account (including your junk mail) that you supplied as part of your application on a regular basis following the closing date and throughout the recruitment process, as this is how we will communicate with you.
UHL is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds who match our job criteria.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
UHL is committed to helping colleagues balance the demands of both their work and personal needs through flexible working arrangements wherever reasonably practicable and subject to service needs.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check.
The Trust will pay for the check initially and the money will then be deducted from your salary over a three month period commencing on your first month's payment.
The current price of a check is £38 for an enhanced and £18 for a standard check.
Due to the current Covid pandemic we have introduced a staff risk assessment into our pre-employment process. This now forms part of the mandatory pre-employment checks that will be carried out if you receive a conditional offer.
The risk assessment is intended to ensure you are able to safely perform your duties in any of our work areas, and if you have been identified as being particularly vulnerable to coronavirus. Our main aim is to reduce risk and to ensure the safety of all new starters to the Trust as well as current staff, patients and visitors.
If it is identified that you are within a vulnerable category, we will endeavorto make reasonable adjustments to accommodate this through discussions with both Occupational Health and your recruiting manager.
Covid-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. We therefore continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated.
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust holds the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything it does and all that it stands for. We are committed to developing a workforce that is representative of the community we serve. We welcome applications from the diverse community of Leicester, Leicester and Rutland, to help deliver healthcare services that meets the needs of our diverse communities.
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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.
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