Job summary
An exciting job-share opportunity has become available for an experienced pharmacist to lead the pharmacy services to the Acute and Emergency Care Clinical Group at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust, a large acute NHS Trust serving a large and diverse population in North East London.
The pharmacy department at Barking, Havering and Redbridge has undergone a restructure with the creation of new lead pharmacist posts aligned to each Clinical Group within the Trust. With the support of the Heads of Pharmacy and the Chief Pharmacist, the Lead Pharmacist(s) for Acute and Emergency Care will lead the team through this change, further developing the services and roles of the specialist pharmacists within the Clinical Group and providing excellent care patient care and clinical outcomes.
This post would suit a pharmacist highly experienced clinical pharmacist who is looking for an opportunity to utilise their leadership skills, management, and clinical knowledge in an exciting and challenging environment. With significant change in the pharmacy team at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust comes a unique opportunity for the successful applicant to shape the future of the service provided at the Trust. This post will provide flexible and challenging opportunities for professional and personal development, both clinically and managerially.
Main duties of the job
Working as a job-share, lead, deliver, develop, and evaluate a consistently high-quality clinical pharmacy and medicines management service to Acute and Emergency Care, incorporating Emergency Departments and Acute Assessment areas. Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, clinical leads and clinical group managers for Acute and Emergency Care, the post holder will develop initiatives and guidelines to ensure safe and cost-effective use of medicines in this area, and across the interface between primary and secondary care. The postholder will ensure appropriate use and reimbursement of drugs within Acute and Emergency Care. This post holder will manage the Band 8a Admissions pharmacists on both sites and other staff rostered into the clinical area as well as putting forward business cases for gaps identified in resources available.
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we're no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and that our patients are happy with.
Many of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London - more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.
Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.
We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It'll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main duties of the job
To lead the Clinical Pharmacy service to Acute and Emergency Care. This will include responsibility for the Emergency Departments and the Acute Assessment wards cross-site.
To lead and manage the Acute and Emergency Care pharmacy team.
To lead the development of policy, guidelines and protocols within Acute and Emergency Care.
To contribute to the management of the drugs budget for Acute and Emergency Care and the implementation of any drug savings.
Our major sites, King George Hospital in Ilford and Queens Hospital in Romford, are in excellent locations less than 30minutes from Central London.
For further information or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Sinead Tynan, Lead Pharmacist, Head of Pharmacy, Hospital Services (Flow, Service Delivery and Resilience) 01708 435 0000 Ext 2861 or Dinesh Gupta, Head of Pharmacy, Quality, Governance and Service Development on 01708 435142.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Amanda Vickers, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5926. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice/Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent qualification)
Desirable
- Non-medical Prescribing Qualification - (Pharmacist Independent Prescriber)
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Able to identify a vision for the delivery of pharmaceutical services to Emergency/Acute medicine and the Emergency Care pathway
- Demonstrates an advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement.
Desirable
- Previous experience of leading pharmacy services in the Emergency Department/Acute admissions setting or alternative Emergency Care pathway.
- Understanding of current national standards, guidelines, and service delivery issues relevant to patients in medicine
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Queen's Hospital
Romford
RM7 0AG