Highly Specialist Pharmacist, Antimicrobial and OPAT, St Bartholomew's Hospital

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our expanding antimicrobial team at Bart's Health NHS Trust based at St Bartholomew's Hospital. This is an exceptional career opportunity for an experienced, high calibre pharmacist looking to develop their career, leadership as well as clinical skills in antimicrobial stewardship and Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT).

The successful candidate will liaise closely with the Lead Pharmacist for Antimicrobials and be a core member of the Barts Health antimicrobial / microbiology team. They will work closely with microbiology, clinical teams, OPAT team and infection control team at St Bartholomew's Hospital. The postholder will provide specialist advice to patients, medical and multidisciplinary care teams on antimicrobial treatment by attending ward rounds or OPAT MDT meetings and be a key active member of the Trust Antimicrobial Review Committee.

Main duties of the job

To lead, deliver, and develop pharmacy services to the Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) team across St Bartholomew's Hospital in accordance with national standards and local priorities. To ensure that antimicrobials are used safely and effectively in OPAT.

The aim of this post will be to assist the Head of Pharmacy in the provision of antimicrobial stewardship and responsibilities in line with the priorities of the team across St Bartholomew's Hospital and as directed by the clinical network boards. The post holder will work under the leadership of the Lead Antimicrobial Pharmacist, and with the core antimicrobial pharmacist team to support with its duties. The postholder will be a key member of the trust Antimicrobial Review Committee and actively participate in activities.

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

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

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.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of working as a registered clinical pharmacy practitioner at a minimum of Band 7 level or equivalent
• Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care
• Ability to undertake and facilitate quality improvement, reflective practice, teaching and CPD
• Experience of leading and supervising research, quality improvement or audit projects

Desirable

• Operational management experience in a complex environment
• Experience of providing hospital -based clinical services to antimicrobial and Infection control teams at Band 7 level or equivalent
• Experience of managing a budget

Skills

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self, and others
• Effective problem-solving skills
• Excellent clinical and managerial critical appraisal skills
• IT literate able to use Microsoft office with intermediate IT skills including, accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programmes
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of audiences, including chairing of meetings.

Desirable

• Demonstrated ability to negotiate with and influence senior medical staff and senior management
• Management of risk in the clinical use of medicines
• Demonstrates strong leadership skills
• Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training

Knowledge

Essential

• Sound knowledge of drugs and therapeutics in antimicrobials at Diploma level or equivalent
• Thorough understanding of clinical governance, patient safety initiatives, and clinical risk management
• Knowledge and awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to antimicrobials

Desirable

• Knowledge of the medication issues at the interface of primary and secondary care. Awareness of wider NHS policies, e.g. Long Term Plan
• Knowledge of rationing decisions in the NHS, Payment by Results (PbR) and commissioning

Qualifications

Essential

• MPharm or equivalent
• Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
• Postgraduate Pharmacy Qualification or equivalent experience (minimum postgraduate diploma level)

Desirable

• Independent prescribing qualification,
• MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
• Management qualification or equivalent experience
• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Faculty

Other

Essential

• Leads by example, promoting the Bart's health values
• High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
• Decisive, using sound judgement in decision making in a timely and confident manner
• Commitment to developing culture of openness and partnership
• High self-awareness, understanding own emotions, strengths and limitations
• Models, and is able to encourage others in being innovative in finding ways of improving the quality of services

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

St Bartholomew's Hospital

London

EC1A 7BE

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