About this role
Job summary
Specialist Pharmacist - Women, Children & Young People
Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services
Care Group: Pharmacy
Band: NHS AfC Band 8a
Salary: £57,528 - £64,750 per annum/ pro rata
Medway NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to offer and exciting opportunity to work as part of an expanding pharmacy team delivering care to Women, Children & Young People.
We are recruiting a Specialist Pharmacist who shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
The specialist pharmacist will provide advanced clinical and professional pharmaceutical services to WCYP under the care of Medway NHS Foundation Trust. The aim is to promote optimal, safe and cost-effective use of medicines.
The post holder will be passionate about improving the pharmacy service delivered to WCYP. The role encompasses working closely with the Lead Pharmacist and other pharmacy team members to provide high quality care for NICU Level 3, Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, shared care patients and to support the implementation of an Enhanced Level A POSCU service You will be a core member of the pharmacy department, providing professional pharmaceutical governance, medicines safety, medicines information, medicines finance, education and training and medicines optimisation support to the team. You will have the opportunity to contribute to transformational change and enhance the delivery of care to our WC&YP population.
Our values areBold,Every Person Counts,Sharing and Open andTogether. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust. We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process. To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
About us
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Careby the Best of People providing excellent care, every time? Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared visionis achieved for our patients. As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient Firstdeployment.
We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey. Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach: B - Bold E - Every person counts S - Sharing and open T - Together Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Please refer to the job description for full details
- To provide a high quality, safe, cost-effective and responsive clinical pharmacy service to wards and clinical areas in their speciality.
- To deputise for the lead clinical pharmacist in the care group, where appropriate.
- Work as part of a collaborative clinical pharmacy team, utilising collective expertise to proactively develop clinical pharmacy services.
- Be an integrated member of the specialist area, attending relevant meetings and advising on medicines governance, formulary, finance, safety and pathways.
- To aspire to work as an advanced practitioner to provide enhanced prescribing and assessment support to the care group in an area of specialist practice on wards and in clinic, as appropriate. Training and guidance to achieve this will be given, if required.
- Line manage and contribute to the training of pharmacy staff and the multi- disciplinary team working in their speciality.
- Review medicines use and expenditure data, in liaison with relevant members of the specialist area to explain, interpret and horizon scan changes in medicines use and expenditure.
- To develop a research and audit portfolio.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Essential
- Masters degree in pharmacy or equivalent
- Higher degree/Diploma in clinical pharmacy (or equivalent experience)
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
Desirable
- Independent prescribing qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- demonstration of an ability to develop a highly specialist knowledge in a therapeutic area
- Expert clinical knowledge and skills relevant to area of practice, or demonstrated ability to do so
Experience
Essential
- Previous relevant clinical experience
- Experience of working with healthcare professions outside of pharmacy
- Experience in providing and receiving highly complex and contentious information
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates ability to identify problems, analyse root cause and propose solutions for complex problems
- Able to plan, organise and manage services
Values based questions
Essential
- Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
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
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Windmill Road
Gillingham
ME7 5NY
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.medway.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)