About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic pharmacist to continue our work within integrated neighbourhood teams to optimise medicines for people living with multiple long term conditions including cardiovascular, renal and metabolic disease across South East London. The role will work collaboratively with primary and secondary care colleagues to create a person-centred, holistic integrated model of care for people with multiple long-term conditions to improve patient experience, change ways of working, improve outcomes and increase efficiencies.
The role will work across South East London for the first year with a primary focus within Lambeth and Southwark boroughs thereafter.
This post will lead on medicines optimisation and support integration of services and pathways across the interface for people living with multiple long term conditions.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will:
have significant experience as a specialist clinical practitioner in multiple long term conditions including chronic kidney disease and/or cardiovascular disease and/or diabetes
be able to demonstrate a commitment to patient care
act as a role model in the cardio-renal metabolic field
be able to demonstrate the ability to influence at consultant and senior leadership level
be able to demonstrate experience of service development and improvement across a system wide multi-disciplinary environment
have excellent leadership, facilitation and communication skills
be able to demonstrate the ability to work innovatively
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts, providing specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services. We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.
Organisational Values:
Our values help us to define and develop our culture, what we do and how we do it. It is important that you understand and reflect these values throughout your employment with the Trust.
The post holder will be:
Caring put patients first
Ambitious innovate and strive for excellence
Inclusive respect each other and work collaboratively
Job description Job responsibilities
In liaison with the Consultant Pharmacist for Diabetes and Consultant Pharmacist, renal and transplant and under the accountability of the Chief Pharmacist, the post holder will work across boundaries with a focus on multiple long term conditions (LTCs), including CVRM within neighbourhood teams in South East London Integrated Care System (ICS) to:
Be a role model and national expert in one or more of CVRM pharmacy field; they will accept case referrals and provide expert opinion on medicines issues to primary, intermediate and secondary care clinicians where appropriate. They will undertake research and ensure a consistently high clinical service is provided to patients Develop strategic intentions, and stakeholder engagement to establish clear priorities for service transformation for the management of multiple LTCs within Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs). Work in a collaborative manner as part of neighbourhood teams including secondary care and pharmacy departments as well as South East London Integrated Care Board medicines team, primary care networks and LTC teams to enable the delivery of safe, effective and informed medicines optimisation in the context of patient care pathways Use clinical and change management skills to undertake and implement care pathway redesign including provision of an overview of medicines usage and transfer of care issues across multiple patient pathways (and multiple providers and commissioners) Monitor, interpret and predict drug expenditure against budget Work with the Consultant Pharmacists and lead education and development in medicines management for the multidisciplinary team Provide expert advice to INTs including GPs, clinicians and managers to ensure that national guidance and best practice underpin and medicines usage and ensure compliance with the legal framework governing medicines use to ensure patient safety The role will work across SEL for the first year with a primary focus on Lambeth and Southwark boroughs thereafter.
See the JD and PS for more details and the full range of duties
Person Specification
Knowledge/Qualifications Essential
MPharm degree (or recognised equivalent) Postgraduate qualifications in Clinical Pharmacy Practice (PGCert, MSc or equivalent) Non-medical prescriber qualification Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Desirable
Project Management Qualification (or comparable experience) Member of relevant professional groups (UKRPG, UKKA)
Skills Essential
Expert advanced ability to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of drugs in multiple long term conditions (including chronic kidney disease and/or cardiovascular disease and/or diabetes). Hold expert advanced clinical knowledge in medicinal therapy in multiple long term conditions (including chronic kidney disease and/or cardiovascular disease and/or diabetes). Enhance the quality of patient care. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of commissioning. Plan, implement and evaluate programmes that impact across or within departments, services and organisational boundaries. Effectively challenge current practice using negotiating, motivational and influencing skills. Able to work collaboratively with senior pharmacy, medical staff, the multidisciplinary team, management and commissioners, outside and within organisational boundaries. Have evidence of the ability to educate, train and evaluate pharmacy staff and other health care professionals in medicinal therapy in multiple long term conditions (including chronic kidney disease and/or cardiovascular disease and/or diabetes).
Desirable
Manage difficult and ambiguous problems Develop recognition as a national and/or international expert within the speciality of clinical pharmacy. Proactively develop clinical pharmacy services in line with local and national objectives.
Previous experience Essential
Experience of having led a clinical pharmacy service for patients living with multiple long term conditions (including chronic kidney disease and/or cardiovascular disease and/or diabetes) or experience of running clinics or providing expert clinical advice for people living with multiple long term conditions (including chronic kidney disease and/or cardiovascular disease and/or diabetes). Experience of managing and making appropriate referrals. Broad experience of clinical pharmacy services within chronic kidney disease and/or cardiovascular disease and/or diabetes. Experience of partnership work across the wider health economy and outside of organisational boundaries.
Desirable
Senior member of recognised pharmacy organisation (e.g. UK Renal Pharmacy Group or United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association). Experience of working in neighbourhood teams
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship 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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address Guy's Hospital (across SE London)
Great Maze Pond
London
SE1 9RT
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)