About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, forward thinking and enthusiastic clinical pharmacist to join our CDDFT orthopaedic team based at Darlington Memorial Hospital.
Our pharmacy department is dedicated to delivering high-quality, integrated care, with a strong emphasis on enabling our clinical pharmacy staff to spend the majority of their time in direct patient-facing roles.
In this role, you will be a key member of the orthopaedic multidisciplinary team (MDT), with the opportunity to shape and develop the clinical pharmacy service across both acute and elective surgical pathways. As an independent prescriber, you will have a strong interest in perioperative care and proactively support pre-assessment services and enhanced recovery pathways to drive improved patient outcomes.
The role may require cross-site working, including attendance at Bishop Auckland Hospital, to support delivery of key service objectives.
You will join a supportive and forward-thinking team that prioritises staff wellbeing and professional development, empowering you to reach your full potential.
We encourage you to get in touch if you have any questions about the role.
Main duties of the job
Should you be successful, you will work closely with the consultants and wider MDT to deliver the trust values of safe, compassionate and joined up care. Our mission is 'right first time, every time'.
You will demonstrate leadership in the orthopaedic speciality and provide specialist advice on medicine use. This will include professional collaboration to contribute to safe peri-operative care and to support the team with evidence-based practice and pharmaceutical issues.
You will build on well established relationships between pharmacy and the orthopaedic team. A key part of the role will be to deliver the governance agenda, teaching, quality improvement, service development and sustainability. We will support the successful candidate with mentoring and development opportunities including practicing as an independent prescriber, advanced/ consultant portfolio development and other further education opportunities.
You will provide leadership to other pharmacy staff and will support the Lead Pharmacists in moving the trust's pharmacy strategy forward. You need to be able to work autonomously, whilst motivating others and being a team player.
About us
If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.
You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.
We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.
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Job description Job responsibilities
Flexible working conversations are welcomed.
Key responsibilities:
To facilitate a 7 day pharmacy service, all pharmacists contribute to an on call, late night and weekend rota.
Lead and manage a team of pharmacy staff and be responsible for managing the delivery of safe, effective and efficient pharmacy and medicines management services to a defined group of patients and service users.
Provide and support the delivery and development of pharmacy and medicines management services within the trust, including involvement in research and audit.
Work closely with the other Trust specialist pharmacists to develop the service across all trust sites. This will include representing the directorate at speciality meetings, providing training to pharmacy staff, providing specialist advice and expertise to all members of the directorate, the Trust and the wider health economy.
Maintain and develop a portfolio of personal clinical activity within the trust at a level commensurate with a senior pharmacist.
Employ models of practice that recognises the needs of patients and carers whilst maintaining practice that is embedded in the principles of risk minimisation and patient safety
Supervise, support and develop other pharmacy staff, in particular junior pharmacists, trainee pharmacists, and other Trust personnel as required
Monitor the practice of other healthcare professionals, including medical staff, to ensure that prescribing and medicines use is safe and effective for patients. This would include the resolution of local prescribing issues and contribution to the education and training of clinical and non-clinical staff to promote safe and effective medicines use within the trust.
Work closely with patients and healthcare professionals including consultant staff and Care Group leads to ensure services are developed and delivered in a manner that is consistent with the priorities and needs of patients and other service providers.
Liaise with other pharmacy teams, healthcare professionals and agencies both within and external to the Trust to consider medicine management issues across boundaries
Influence local practice to ensure safe medication use, and to ensure that their own practice and the practice of others effectively acknowledge good prescribing practice, patient safety and risk minimisation.
Act as a member of the site based senior pharmacy management team, contributing to strategy, policy development, operational delivery and financial planning
Person Specification
Statutory Registration Essential
Registered member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Desirable
Membership of a pharmacy professional body e.g. RPS, UKCPA, BOPA, NPPG.
Qualifications Essential
Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent. Relevant post graduate clinical qualification (to at least diploma level) or portfolio evidence of attainment to the same standard. Evidence of CPD. Pharmacist Independent Prescriber or currently working towards.
Desirable
Supervision, leadership or management training. Evidence of an up to date portfolio of personal professional activity. Additional training or qualification relevant to the post eg. PGCert.
Special Requirements Essential
Able to work with colleagues and to influence the practice and behaviours of others in a positive way. Motivated to develop personally and professionally through self-audit, reflection and learning. Good oral and written communication skills. Able to travel independently across Trust sites to meet the requirements of the post.
Experience Essential
Extensive experience of providing pharmacy services in a clinical setting at an advanced level. Regular experience of day-to-day registered pharmacy staff supervision. Experience of using computer software to produce reports or presentations to healthcare professionals. Involvement in development of clinical guidelines or protocols. Participation in the delivery of education and training in a clinical setting. Experience of providing clinical supervision to pharmacists.
Desirable
Relevant experience for this role. Experience of supporting staff through HR processes. Experience of providing directorate pharmacist services eg. drug reviews, specialist drug information. Experience of service development, research or quality improvement. Experience of presenting an audit or research at a conference. Experience of being a Prescribing or Educational supervisor to Foundation pharmacist trainees. Experience of teaching healthcare professionals in a classroom setting.
Special Skills & Knowledge Essential
Able to manage, monitor, advise and review medicines reconciliation for patients. Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individual. Recognises personal limitations and refers to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary. Able to motivate self to achieve goals. Able to improve quality within limitations of service. Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and other professionals where possible). Able to plan and prioritise a pharmacy teams day-to-day clinical service which is a complex and changing environment. Demonstrates a good understanding of pharmacys role in governance processes. Demonstrates a working knowledge of evidence-based medicines information resources and the ability to interpret the information.
Desirable
Able to demonstrate an area of expertise within a field of pharmacy practice. Able to motivate individuals and/or the team. Able to successfully manage a project at team and/or service level
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 (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Address Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust
Hollyhurst Road
Darlington
County Durham
DL3 6HX
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.cddft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)