Advanced specialist clinical pharmacist, paediatrics and maternity

Advanced Specialist Clinical Pharmacist, Paediatrics and Maternity North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

The postholder will provide a highly specialist clinical pharmacy service to paediatrics and maternity and be responsible for ensuring that appropriate mechanisms are in place to promote high quality drug use, effective risk management, clinical governance and adherence to trust policies and guidelines concerning medicines use.

Main Duties of the Job

• To provide a high level of expert clinical pharmacy input as part of the multidisciplinary team within paediatrics and maternity medicine to improve and enhance the quality of patient care. To provide pharmaceutical support and advice to paediatric and maternity inpatients and outpatients.
• To promote best practice through giving proactive advice and supervision on drug use and interactions to inpatient and outpatient clinicians and nursing and midwifery staff, for example by:

1. Participating regularly in consultant ward rounds.
2. Being an active participant of relevant clinical teaching sessions.
3. Partaking in relevant directorate meetings.
4. Partaking in relevant governance meetings.
5. Updating clinicians on new developments in pharmacology, auditing drug use.
6. Initiating and auditing the proper use of therapeutic drug monitoring.
7. Critically appraising new evidence to inform best practice.

• To act as a role model for clinical pharmacy practitioners within the trust and to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacy services.
• To oversee the safe prescribing and supply of medicines for paediatric and maternity specialties.

Job Responsibilities

Please see full details of this post and the essential experience in the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification Education and Qualifications

• MRPharmS or equivalent.
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Postgraduate diploma in pharmacy practice or equivalent.
• Non-medical prescriber.
• Advanced qualification in specialist area.
• Member of RPS.

Experience

• Significant demonstrable experience of working in hospital-based pharmacy, and significant experience as a specialist clinical pharmacist in Paediatric/maternity specialties.
• Experience working as a Band 7/8a hospital pharmacist.
• Experience of managing change and leading service developments.
• Experience of writing/implementing clinical guidelines and government directives.
• Experience of multidisciplinary working.
• Experience of appraising staff and giving feedback.

Skills and Aptitudes

• Effective verbal and written communication skills with all disciplines, colleagues & patients and good presentation skills.
• Excellent teaching and training skills.
• Ability to communicate with patients/carers and staff of all levels.
• Ability to manage time, people and resources to deliver timely outcomes.
• Ability to work alone and as part of a team.
• Ability to work accurately under pressure.
• Ability to motivate and act as a role model.
• Demonstrates initiative particularly in relation to problem solving.
• Understanding of NHS national and local priorities.
• Understanding of clinical risk and clinical governance.

Personal Qualities and Attributes

• Enthusiastic, well-motivated, hardworking, punctual.
• Identifies own training needs; actively seeks training opportunities and maintains a portfolio of practice.
• Flexibility to work weekends, Bank Holidays, late duties and on-call and potential 7-day working.
• Reliable with a good attendance record.

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.

Salary: £67,950 to £78,028 per annum inclusive of HCAs.