Job summary
If you want to
broaden your experience of hospital Pharmacy whilst contributing towards the
work of a busy department, then this is the job for you. We are pleased
to offer an opportunity for an enthusiastic clinical pharmacist to join the
pharmacy team at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust at this exciting time in the
development of our services.
You will be part of our progressive Pharmacy team and
contribute to the implementation of the Medicines Optimisation and Pharmacy
Services strategy, striving for excellence to provide the highest standards of
care for our patients.
In addition to excellent communication and clinical skills
you will have previous experience of working within a clinical environment. You
will have completed a post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy, be near to
completion, or have the equivalent relevant clinical experience and skills to support
your work as a specialist clinical pharmacist. Evidence of multi-disciplinary
teamwork would be advantageous. You must be registered as a pharmacist with the
General Pharmaceutical Council.
You will contribute to the weekend rota, late night rota and
emergency duty rota.
You will also be encouraged to undertake the Non-Medical
Prescribing course if you have not already done so.
For more information please contact Shenaz Mulla, Advanced Clinical Pharmacist on 01924 319164 ([email protected]) or Rania Ishak, Lead
Pharmacist - Clinical Services on 01924 541364 ([email protected]).
Main duties of the job
To deliver a high quality specialist clinical Pharmacy service.
To provide specialist clinical support to Advanced
Clinical Pharmacist(s) in a specific clinical specialty area.
To undertake routine clinical Pharmacy duties in
designated areas of work, both clinical and operational and ensure compliance
with medicines legislation.
To support pharmacy service areas in the
department on a rotational basis. This
may include dispensaries, technical services and medicines information.
Departmental duties will require the individual
where appropriate to take a clinical supervisory role. Day to day management of
the whole staff group will rest with the Specialist pharmacy technician/manager
of that area.
To undertake the professional duties of a
pharmacist within the Trust's service.
To ensure, under the guidance of the relevant Pharmacy manager, appropriate supervision of Pharmacy Technicians, Assistant
Technical Officers and Trainee pharmacists and to provide mentoring of junior
pharmacists in order to maintain strict compliance with checking and working
procedures.
About us
We provide care and support to over half a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, in community settings and across our three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (in Wakefield).
Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of innovation and research and we invest in teaching and the development of our workforce.
We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid Yorkshire the best place to work and the best place to receive care.
In line with this, we welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, mental health problem, addiction or other health and care need.
We have a clear vision, and you could be part of this! If you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Area of responsibility
The Specialist Clinical Pharmacist
will work closely with the Advanced Clinical Pharmacist to support the delivery
of Medicines Optimisation and Pharmacy services to Dewsbury and District
Hospital. This includes:
- Contributing
to the development and maintenance of policies and guidelines.
- Liaising with all grades of medical and nursing
staff over relevant aspects of the pharmacy service. Helping to implement
necessary service changes as a consequence of these consultations.
- Identifying, reporting on and responding to risk management issues or clinical incidents, referring to peers as necessary.
- Generating
and reviewing reports in order to assist Advanced Clinical Pharmacists to
inform the Trust about medication usage and expenditure and/or safety issues
related to medicines.
- Participating
in audits to demonstrate the effectiveness or identify development needs of all
systems relating to the use of medicines.
- Deliver, in
collaboration with staff in the Medicines Information department, support for
Formulary & Drug Usage Audit initiatives.
- The post holder will be required to work at any location
where the Trust provides services.
The day to day clinical service
commitments may include the following clinical areas:
- Elderly medicine
- Acute admissions (surgical and medical
- Cardiology
- Respiratory
- Surgery
- Orthopaedics
- Rehabilitation
- Spinal injuries
- Gastroenterology
- Plastic & burns
- Critical care
- Women's and children's services
- Community Services, visiting patients in their
own homes or care homes to conduct clinical medication reviews and improve
adherence.
This list is not exhaustive and
the clinical specialty areas may change according to service development needs.
Person Specification
Other
Essential
- Must be physically able to visit wards and departments across the Trust as required by the activities of the job.
- Willing and able to travel throughout the Wakefield District area to cover community services roles.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- The postholder must be equally at ease talking to patients, medical and nursing staff of all grades in both primary and secondary care and will need to present written and verbal reports to senior hospital staff.
- The post holder must have standard keyboard skills and a familiarity with routine office software word processing, spread sheeting and PowerPoint.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Exhibits an enthusiasm for development of the practice of Pharmacy.
- Able to work as an individual and within a team.
- Possesses personal organisational attributes.
- Responds positively to service deadlines.
- Able to plan and manage own workload.
- Possesses good verbal and written communication skills.
- The post holder must display an understanding of and ability to deal with the confidential and sensitive information with which they will come into contact on a daily basis.
- The post holder will need the necessary skills to be able to communicate complicated medication issues to patients and carers in order that they may understand and make best use of their medicines.
- The post holder must display an understanding and ability to communicate and deal with all patients and/or carers some of whom may have language, sensory or learning difficulties, or who may be dying or distressed because of their diagnosis or state of health.
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's Degree in pharmacy obtained through four years undergraduate training.
- Registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
Desirable
- Membership of the United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacists Association.
- Membership of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists.
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
- Non-medical prescribing or working towards a prescribing qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in pharmacy practice obtained through pre-registration training and examination.
- A broad experience of clinical working in a number of specialty areas at a developed level.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team and experience in hospital pharmacy.
Knowledge and Awareness
Essential
- Awareness of own limitations.
- Good Clinical Knowledge.
Desirable
- Knowledge of JAC dispensing system and other clinical systems.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address
Dewsbury and District Hospital
Halifax Road
Dewsbury
West Yorkshire
WF13 4HS