An opportunity has arisen to join the acute frailty pharmacy team as one of the Specialist Clinical Pharmacists - Acute Frailty for 9 months covering the absence of the permanent staff member.
Along with the other two Specialist Clinical Pharmacists - Acute Frailty and the Chief Technician - Acute Frailty you will lead the pharmacy service provision to Acute Frailty Pathway at NUH.
The job will be based on the newly opened Geriatric Assessment at Queens Medical Centre where you will work as part of the MDT providing high quality medicines reconciliation and pharmaceutical knowledge. The post holder will work with the other members of the MDT to perform medicines optimisation, including deprescribing and prevention of harm from inappropriate polypharmacy.
The post holder will also work within the wider pharmacy Healthcare of the Elderly (HCOP) and medicine Integrated Care pharmacy team, receiving and giving support to the other team members.
This position offers the opportunity to make a real difference to the care of Frail patients admitted to NUH.
For any questions about the job please get in touch.
Main duties of the job
Key duties are:
* Provision of a clinical pharmacy service to the acute frailty pathway at Nottingham University Hospitals, including medicines reconciliation, medicines optimisation and safe transfer of care.
* Effective team working within the NUH Frailty team and wider pharmacy team to ensure good patient care.
* Support and provide education and training to other staff members.
* Provide specialist pharmacist input into the governance, guidelines and service development of the NUH Frailty service.
* Participation in the NUH pharmacy 7 day working rota and on call back up provision.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
* B.Pharm/ BSc (Pharmacy) or MPharm
* GPhC registered
* Clinical diploma or equivalent
Desirable
* Independent prescriber
* Active role in national network/specialist pharmacist group
* Leadership or management qualification
* Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Experience
Essential
* Extensive hospital pharmacy experience (post registration)
* Broad knowledge base of wide clinical areas
* Experience of delivering clinical pharmacy service and advice relating to the safe use of medicines
* Experience of leadership and management skills
* Experience of line management
Desirable
* Publication of audit/research/clinical work at national level
* Experience of project management, with evidence of completed outcomes
* Experience in undertaking, supervising and reporting/presenting audit / research work at local (Trust) level
* Effective liaison with relevant Trust level committees / groups
* Experience of leading and delivering a clinical pharmacy service to a specialty
Communication and relationship skills
Essential
* Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills, both verbal and written
* Empathy with patients, relatives and pharmacy customers
* Confident and assertive able to defend opinions in a constructive manner when challenged
* Experience of developing and implementing medicines and service related policies for a specialty
* Experience of multidisciplinary team working at Pharmacy, Trust and regional level
* Experience of training and education of both pharmacy staff and other health care professionals
* General understanding of healthcare policy and agenda
Analytical and Judgment skills
Essential
* Experience of assessing and minimising risk associated with service provision and within medication processes
* Ability to work alone and make decisions within agreed parameters and appropriate referral / escalation as necessary
* Experience in making judgements involving highly complex facts, which require analysis, interpretation and options appraisal
* Ability to maintain and monitor database of medicines and activity related information e.g. medicines expenditure and usage rotas etc
* Able to critically analyse information and evidence and to communicate the findings clearly in simple terms
* Evidence of incorporating innovative and 'best practice' into current practice.
Planning and Organisation Skills
Essential
* Ability to plan and organise existing and new clinical pharmacy services to a specialty. This may include creation and adjustment of plans based on research
* Ability to be flexible and manage change in a complex and changing healthcare environment
* Self-motivated with excellent organisational skills, able to motivate others, to manage time effectively and work to deadlines, even when under pressure
* Positive thinker, problem solver, ability to think laterally to develop new ideas
Physical skills
Essential
* Competent ICT skills
* Good level of computer literacy and word processing /keyboard skills.
* Sound MS Teams, Word, Excel and Power- point skills and be able to retrieve information from the internet.
Employer details
Employer name
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
Address
Queens Medical Centre
Derby Road
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
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