Specialist Pharmacist - Surgery & Critical Care

Specialist Pharmacist - Surgery & Critical Care

Do you want to join an award-winning department that puts clinical pharmacists at the forefront of medicines optimisation and patient care? The Pharmacy Department at Barts Health covers a population of 2.5 million. We provide medicines management and medicines optimisation services from our four hospital sites across the City of London and East London.

We are looking for motivated and dynamic pharmacists to join the department at Barts Health to participate in the rotational band 7 pharmacist programme. The programme includes 9 month rotations across the four different sites of Royal London hospital, St Bartholomew's hospital, Whipps Cross hospital and Newham hospital. You will work closely with medical and nursing staff and the wider multidisciplinary team on a wide range of medicines optimisation matters, and to ensure standardisation of medicine policies and procedures wherever appropriate.

You will also be expected to contribute to the research agenda working with staff across the Pharmacy department and student placements.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will carry out the full range of duties as a Specialist Pharmacist in Surgery to deliver patient focused, quality care, based primarily at Whipps Cross Hospital.

The pharmacist will provide highly specialist and advanced clinical and professional pharmaceutical services to patients admitted to the Surgical assessment unit (SAU) and the surgical ward areas. The pharmacist will be critical care trained and will support in critical care.

You will be a core member of the Trust's surgical team providing professional pharmaceutical governance, medicines safety, medicines information, medicines finance, education and training and medicines optimisation support to the team and the service's patients. You will build relationships and work with internal stakeholders and external partners to support the delivery of high-quality pharmaceutical care to all patients.

The post holder might be required to work across the Trust at any time throughout the duration of his/her contract, which may entail travel and working at a different hospital site or in patients' homes to reflect the requirements and needs of the virtual ward pathway and standard operating procedures.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification Experience

• Significant experience post registration in a hospital based clinical post including experience in surgery
• Proven experience of good performance in previous posts
• Previous evaluations or reviews of medicines
• Evidence of basic teaching and tutoring in a hospital setting through training others e.g. pre-registration / foundation training pharmacists/other staff groups
• Experience of working at interfaces of care
• Experience of working with electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) systems
• Experience of successfully managing staff, performing appraisals and giving feedback
• Successful experience of managing & leading projects
• Experience of being involved in managing medication incidents

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrates numeracy skills and ability to perform accurate, complex calculations
• Data analysis skills
• Ability to manage time effectively and work to deadlines
• Demonstrates initiative to work independently and as part of a team
• Demonstrates critical appraisal skills
• Ability to work under pressure, dealing with peaks and troughs in workload
• Ability to identify when advice needs to be sought
• Experience in local implementation of national standards and guidelines
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate with and influence senior medical staff and senior management
• Experience of working across a network to adopt best practices

Knowledge

• Understanding of GPhC Revalidation requirements
• Knowledge of medicines management systems at ward level
• Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g. controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
• Understanding of stock control systems
• Has a good foundation knowledge of the medical management and pharmaceutical care needs of surgical care patient
• Awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to Critical Care and Surgery patients
• Understanding of stock control systems
• Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements
• Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation
• Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives
• Knowledge of drug and therapeutics at Diploma level or equivalent
• Understanding of clinical governance and clinical risk management
• Knowledge of interface issues relevant to the patient group
• Knowledge of risk management issues relevant to the patient group and root cause analysis
• Has a good foundation knowledge of the medical management and pharmaceutical care needs of critical care patients

Qualifications

• MPharm or equivalent
• Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
• Minimum of a post graduate certificate in clinical pharmacy or a Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy / Pharmacy Practice or equivalent
• Independent prescribing qualification or willing to work towards.
• MSc in clinical pharmacy or equivalent

Other

• DBS - Enhanced check with a check of the barred lists required as patient facing may interact with adults / children
• Reliable with a good attendance record
• Flexibility with regard to working hours for late and early meetings
• Ability to work evenings, weekends, bank holidays or backup on-call duties (as required by the department)
• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)

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.