About this role
Job summary
Would you like to play a part in the Hospital at home service in the beautiful location of Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland.
We have a rare opportunity for permanent position to lead and oversee clinical pharmacy input to the Urgent Community Response (UCR) and frailty virtual ward team to deliver care to the virtual ward and Urgent Care Response teams.
You will contribute to patient care both within the unit base setting, and via patient home visits where appropriate.
Lead on medication provision and delivery across organisational boundaries.
Complete Medication reviews, medicines reconciliation and pharmaceutical care plans for patients admitted to the virtual ward.
Successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.
Main duties of the job
You will work as an independent prescriber, optimising medicines and promoting appropriate, evidence-based, and cost-effective prescribing and deprescribing as part of the wider hospital at home team.
You will be using your clinical skills and knowledge in investigations, analysing, and implementing actions for medication related incidents within the virtual ward.
The provision of specialist clinical pharmacy knowledge to a range of health and social care professionals on the safe prescribing, handling, and administration of medicines.
About us
Leadership and Improvement TrainingWe support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
o Your Leadership Impacto Leading your Team to Successo Leading Into the Futureo Service Improvement for Beginnerso Developing your Service Improvement Skillso Lean Practitioner
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
o Explore leadership within the NHSo Promote Trust values and behaviourso Develop your leadership effectiveness and skillso Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications & training Essential
oQualified to a degree level (MPharm or equivalent) oRegistration with the General Pharmaceutical council or Great Britain as a practising pharmacist. oPost graduate Diploma in clinical pharmacy, or equivalent. oNon-medical prescriber qualification
Desirable
oRPS Faculty membership.
Knowledge and skills Essential
oProfessional knowledge acquired through vocational degree in pharmacy oSignficant pre-registration training and experience oSignificant post-qualification experience in a relevant role, practising as a pharmacist in hospital or primary care oGood all-round clinical knowledge and practical clinical skills oExperience of supervising staff and leading a team oAble to work autonomously and within a team
Desirable
oExperienceof community services.
Experience Essential
oWorked as a clinical pharmacist at a high level oCreating, developing, and reviewing protocol and/or guidelines oSupervising and undertaking audit andreportingresults appropriately oExperience and involvement of service development, teaching, tutoring, or mentoring of pre-registration pharmacists. oAbility to travel independently throughout the area.
Desirable
oExperience prescribing in a specialist area
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 South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Low Grange Health Village
Normanby Road,
Middlesbrough
TS6 6TD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)