The Barts Pharmacy Department are looking for a dynamic and energetic individual who is ambitious and forward-thinking with clinical experience in acute and emergency medicine to join our Pharmacy team at Whipps Cross University Hospital. The post holder will provide highly specialist and advanced clinical and professional pharmaceutical services to patients admitted to the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Unit and acute medicine with support to the Emergency Department to promote the optimised, safe and cost-effective use of medicines.

You will be a core member of the pharmacy team and the Trust's acute and emergency care 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.

Additionally, the successful candidate will play a key role in establishing a seamless 7-day working schedule, ensuring continuous pharmaceutical support and enhancing patient care. The goal is to develop a 7 day Pharmacy service across the acute and emergency areas and the post holder, along with other team members, would work towards supporting a flexible working pattern across 7 days. This would be negotiated with the post holder.

We welcome applications from individuals with excellent communications skills who demonstrate a patient-centred focus and compassionate and collaborative leadership.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will carry out the full range of duties as the Highly Specialist Pharmacist for Emergency Medicine to deliver patient focused, quality care, based at Whipps Cross University Hospital.

The pharmacist will provide highly specialist and advanced clinical and professional pharmaceutical services to patients admitted to the Emergency Department, Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Unit and acute medicine areas under the care of Barts Health NHS Trust to promote the optimised, safe and cost-effective use of medicines. You will be a core member of the Trust's emergency care 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

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.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

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

Essential

• oSignificant experience post registration in a hospital based clinical post
• oProven experience of good performance in previous posts
• oPrevious evaluations or reviews of medicines
• oExperience and knowledge of developing guidelines/protocols
• oExperience of developing and reviewing patient group directions and shared care guidelines
• oExperience of providing evaluated information on drug expenditure
• oEvidence of basic teaching and tutoring in a hospital setting through training others e.g. pre-registration / foundation training pharmacists/other staff groups
• oSuccessful experience of managing & leading projects
• oExperience of providing prescribing advice

Desirable

• oExperience of working at interfaces of care
• oExperience of working with electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) systems
• oExperience of successfully managing staff, performing appraisals and giving feedback

Skills

Essential

• oEffective verbal and written communication skills
• oAble to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
• oAssertive, diplomatic, persuasive with ability to negotiate.
• oDemonstrates numeracy skills and ability to perform accurate, complex calculations
• oData analysis skills
• oAbility to plan, prioritise and organise self, and others
• oAbility to manage time effectively and work to deadlines
• oDemonstrates initiative to work independently and as part of a team
• oAble to work unsupervised, follow written instruction and work under pressure
• oIT literate able to use Microsoft office with intermediate IT skills including, accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programmes
• oAble to communicate complex information effectively to all health and care professionals, colleagues, patients and their loved ones
• oDemonstrates ability to deliver staff training
• oAbility to motivate and act as a role model
• oAbility to identify when advice needs to be sought

Knowledge

Essential

• oUnderstanding of GPhC Revalidation requirements
• oKnowledge of medicines management systems
• oUp to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g. controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
• oUnderstanding of stock control systems
• oKnowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements
• oUnderstanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation
• oDemonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives
• oKnowledge of drug and therapeutics at Diploma level or equivalent

Desirable

• oKnowledge of interface issues relevant to the patient group
• oKnowledge of risk management issues relevant to the patient group and root cause analysis

Qualifications

Essential

• oMPharm or equivalent
• oRegistered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
• oDiploma in Clinical Pharmacy / Pharmacy Practice or equivalent
• oIndependent prescribing qualification, or willing to work towards
• oAccreditation on the RPS Advanced Specialist Curriculum, Advanced Pharmacy Framework or equivalent, or willing to work towards

Desirable

• oMSc in clinical pharmacy or equivalent

Other

Essential

• oDBS - Enhanced check with a check of the barred lists required as patient facing and may interact with adults / children
• oReliable with a good attendance record
• oFlexibility with regards to working hours for late and early meetings
• oAbility to drive and make patient home visits when necessary
• oAccess to a vehicle
• oAbility to work alone - as may be required for patient home visits
• oDemonstrable commitment to CPD
• oHighly motivated and reliable
• oDemonstrates values consistent with those of the Trust
• oAbility to work evenings, weekends, bank holidays or backup oncall duties (as required by the department)

Desirable

• oMember of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Whipps Cross Hospital

London

E11 1NR

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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