Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best People?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.
Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
Job overview
Division: Cancer & Core Clinical Services
Care Group: Diagnostics and Therapies
Band: 8a
We are recruiting for a Specialist Pharmacist who shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
Join our pharmacy department and you will work as part of an innovative and well-respected team within the Trust. You will have the opportunity to contribute to transformational changes leading to better care for our patients and better experience for our staff.
Here within pharmacy, we have a strong and forward-thinking senior leadership team and our transformational work has been presented at national and regional events, most recently at the Health Education England regional Workforce and Quality day.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies/procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
Working for our organisation
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time ?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and a half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B – Bold
E – Every person counts
S – Sharing and open
T - Together
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be responsible for providing and overseeing the pharmacy clinical service provided to the cardiology (including respiratory) wards within the hospital.
Carry out education and counselling of new patients at the start of newly started high-risk medicines.
Ensures the provision of a proactive, high quality, cost-effective, safe and responsive service to cardiorespiratory wards.
To actively develop the cardiology pharmacy service, exploring opportunities for clinically advanced services, such as review of patients in clinic.
To provide a clinical ward pharmacy service to the cardiology ward and lead on the education and training of other members of pharmacy and MDT in the pharmaceutical management of these patients.
Check the clinical accuracy and appropriateness of prescriptions for patients.
To ensure the appropriate ordering of medicines for cardiology (including respiratory) patients to ensure medicines are available for patients and to minimise wastage from unused or expired medicines.
Attend the board rounds and MDTs where applicable within specialist medicine, providing expert pharmaceutical advice.
To actively lead on efficiency savings within cardiology/respiratory department.
To support with the screening of Homecare prescriptions.
To be the pharmacy department liaison within cardiology/respiratory department.
To identify and implement opportunities for the efficient use of medicines in cardiology/respiratory.
To support with the late night, weekend and bank holiday rota as part of the department’s 7-day services.
To develop a personal audit and research portfolio.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Masters degree in pharmacy or equivalent
* Higher degree/Diploma in clinical pharmacy (or equivalent experience)
* Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Knowledge
* Specialist clinical knowledge and skills relevant to the area of practice, or demonstration of an ability to develop a highly specialist knowledge in a therapeutic area
* Expert clinical knowledge and skills relevant to area of practice, or demonstrated ability to do so
* Knowledge of and ability to apply all aspects of regulatory legislation and guidelines
Experience
* Previous relevant clinical experience
* Experience of working with healthcare professions outside of pharmacy
* Proven experience of delivering responsibilities and objectives to time
* Experience in providing and receiving highly complex and contentious information
Skills
* Demonstrable collaborative leadership skills
* Demonstrates ability to identify problems, analyse root cause and propose solutions for complex problems
* Able to solve difficult and ambiguous problems by advanced reasoning and sound technical judgement
* Advanced IT skills – including word, excel, email and PowerPoint
Values Based Question
* How would you ensure you represent MFT in a positive way?
Please note that we do not accept applications via CV or recruitment agencies.
This post will close before the intended closing date should a sufficient number of suitable applications be received. Therefore, if you are interested in applying for this role, we suggest that you do so at the earliest opportunity.
Applications are welcomed from applicants who wish to apply for a position on the basis of a smarter or flexible working arrangement. Where candidates are successful at interview, such requests will be taken under consideration and accommodated where the needs of the service allow.
We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
All staff no matter where they work or which age group of patients they work with must be aware of their responsibility to act when they feel a child, young person or vulnerable adult has been or is at risk of abuse.
We are a fully non-smoking Trust. Smoking is completely prohibited in all Trust buildings, grounds and car parks for patients, visitors, staff and contractors.
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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.
Name Bukky Francis Job title Lead Pharmacist - Respiratory and ILD Email address adebukunola.francis@nhs.net Telephone number 01634 976 941 Additional information
Niksha Patel -Lead Pharmacist - Clinical Services
niksha.patel@nhs.net
If you have problems applying, contact
Address Residence 13a
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Windmill Road
Gillingham
Kent
ME7 5NY
Telephone 01634 976537
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