Job summary
The post holder will be responsible for providing a dynamic, high quality clinical pharmacy service to the Care of the Older People services at Whittington Health NHS Trust. They will work closely with colleagues from the Emergency and Integrated Medicine and Adult Community Services team to shape pharmacy services in these directorates and develop new ways of working.
They will facilitate the efficient and cost effective use of medicines within the team, and be responsible for providing a pharmacy service to the Care of the Older People wards and support newer initiatives around medicines management for complex frail older people (including prescribing and pharmacist led clinics, if appropriate).
Main duties of the job
- To develop, maintain and manage a Clinical Pharmacy service to the Care of Older People
- To develop, maintain and support Clinical Pharmacy services to patients requiring pharmaceutical support once discharged from the hospital
- To support Medicines Management activities within the Care of the Older People wards and providing support to the wider Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) in this area, when needed.
- To support promote good practice over the ICS
- To work with local care partners (such as GP federations, Primary Care Networksand community pharmacy colleagues)to strengthen and further develop pathways to provide seamless care to our patients based in NCL.
- Demonstration of expert clinical knowledge, reason and judgement
- To supportimp lementation of national guidance in medicines management for older people and those with complex pharmaceutical care needs.
- To act as a leader, mentor and role model to junior staff within Pharmacy.
- Promote high quality and cost-effective prescribing, along with identifying and promoting best practice.
- Support the provision of clinical pharmacy working within our current Care of the Older People wards and ensure clinical provision to any new care pathways developed (i.e. Frailty or polypharmacy pathways)
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further detail around job description and responsibilities please see the attached documents for full details.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm (or equivalent)
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Great Britain or an equivalent EU body
- Further post graduate qualification Diploma/MSc in Pharmacy Practice or Clinical Pharmacy, or equivalent
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Independent Prescriber
- Member of relevant professional clinical groups (e.g. UKCPA)
- Leadership or Management qualification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Good written and oral communication skills.
- Able to communicate with patients and all grades of healthcare staff (verbally and in writing)
- Prioritisation and time management, and when under pressure
- Able to influence and inform decisions about the pharmaceutical management of patients
- Experience of providing education and training to pharmacy and nursing staff, doctors and other AHPs.
- Computer literate and able to lead future developments in the use of Information Technology in Medicines Management Good interpersonal skills
- Confident & assertive when dealing with other professionals
- Good problem solving skills
- Demonstrates the ability to communicate complex information combined with good negotiating and presentation skills
- Ability to communicate with patients particularly on sensitive or complex issues.
- Ability to manage difficult and ambiguous situations including those that may require prompt decisions when faced with highly complex drug information and situations.
- Ability to work alone and as part of a team
- Ability to identify and manage risk
Desirable
- Proven delivery of staff assessment and appraisal
- Able to interpret financial reports and predict any spending trends and potential cost saving projects
- Excellent numeracy skills and analysis and interpretation of data
- Ability to interpret local or national guidance and translate them to front line clinical practice
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Appropriate post qualification experience in the acute NHS sector
- Previous experience of working within Acute Medicine or Elderly Care
- Knowledge of national priorities contributing to the development of Frailty and Acute Medicine services
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the principles of clinical governance
- Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy department providing a wide range of services.
Desirable
- Experience of working within Frailty units or Ambulatory Care environments
- Knowledge of the wider NCL healthcare system and priorities
- Knowledge of change management principles
- Experience of contributing or leading quality improvement projects
- Previous participation in audit and / or research.
- Understanding of health service issues in primary and secondary care.
- Experience of identifying cost saving opportunities
- Experience of line management and / or team leadership
- Experience of MDT working
- Experience of development of clinical policies and guidelines
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Reliable
- Demonstrates initiative, motivation & enthusiasm for the post
- Demonstrates an active appreciation of the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion
- Self-motivated
- Flexible
- Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining accuracy and attention to detail
- Able to work on own initiative or as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Commitment to continuing personal development
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
Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Address
Whittington Hospital
Magdala Avenue
London
N19 5NF