About this role
Job summary The post holder will work as an integral member of the Pharmacy Virtual Ward Team within South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, promoting the safe, rational, effective, and cost-effective use of medicines for patients managed within the Virtual Ward. The base working site is negotiable with the successful candidate. The role involves undertaking medicines reconciliation and making safe, appropriate clinical interventions, providing counselling and clear information to patients about their medication, and delivering pharmaceutical advice to members of the Virtual Ward multidisciplinary team with support from clinical pharmacists. The post holder will analyse and interpret pharmaceutical information, actively contribute to MDT discussions and virtual ward rounds, and provide training to MDT colleagues on the safe use of medicines and medicines optimisation to support high-quality patient care.
Main duties of the job
Develop, implement, and evaluate a patient centred pharmacy service to the virtual ward by supporting the supply of medicines and providing pharmaceutical care to patients in their own homes, both remotely using technology and by visiting patients in their own home. This could include terminally ill and distressed patients.
Contribute to ensuring patient safety in relation to medicines for patients managed in their own homes as part of the virtual ward. Provide advice and support to all members of the virtual ward MDT to facilitate the supply of medicines for virtual ward patients.
About us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; 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 leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:
Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role
After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities,
we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7
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 Essential
BTEC Level 4 Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Services and Therapeutics, or willingness to work towards BTec/NVQ level 3 in pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent. Any national or regional accreditation of medicines management modules. Any national or regional accreditation of accuracy checking technician training. Registration with General Pharmaceutical council as a Pharmacy Technician.
Desirable
Educational supervisor qualification
Expereince Essential
Significant previous experience working in pharmacy. Experience working in hospital pharmacy. Experience of working with other healthcare professionals.
Desirable
Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of health services.
Knowledge and Skills Essential
Able to deliver training to other healthcare professionals. Skills for communication on complex matters and difficult situations, requiring persuasion and influence. Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks. Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals, and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions.
Desirable
A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it.
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 The James Cook University Hospital
Marton Road
Middlesbrough
TS4 3BW
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)