An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic pharmacist to lead our well established critical care pharmacy team.

The postholder will lead the critical care pharmacy team, providing clinical pharmacy services to our critical care areas. You will ideally be a current band 8a pharmacist with experience of working on critical care areas, who is ready to take the next step and lead a team.This role will allow you to lead and develop the pharmacy critical care team in a busy DGH. You will be part of a dynamic and supportive team providing a high level of care.

After several years of ever closer working, North Mid and Royal Free London are planning to come together as one organisation to enable them to go further and faster in improving services for patients and the health of the local community than they can achieve separately. The merger of North Mid into the RFL group is currently expected to take place on 1 January 2025, subject to NHS England and Secretary of State approval.

Main duties of the job

Managing a team of pharmacists and pharmacy technician , ensuring consistent delivery of clinical pharmacy services to critical care areas.

Participate in multidisciplinary ward rounds delivering and promoting high quality, cost effective and patient focused care.

Monitoring drug expenditure and forecasting new drug developments within the specialty.

To work closely with the band 8a critical care and formulary pharmacist to ensure the smooth running of the business arrangements of the monthly medicines management committee.

Developing and implementing policies and guidelines.

Delivery of teaching and training sessions to pharmacy, nursing and medical staff.

Develop and maintain highly specialist knowledge in medicines used within critical care.

About us

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about this role please open the job description and person specification located under the supporting documents heading.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• MRPharmS or equivalent
• Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
• Diploma/ MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
• Good Clinical Practice
• Current GPhC registration as a pharmacist

Desirable

• Management qualification or equivalent experience
• Advanced Clinical Practice qualification or working to or equivalent
• Independent prescriber

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Relevant Hospital Experience
• Critical Care Hospital Pharmacy Experience
• Relevant staff Management experience
• Ability to manage staff
• Leading and Implementing change
• Project Management Experience
• Ability to deal directly with public, senior clinicians & other health service & pharmaceutical industry staff
• Recent Clinical Pharmacy/Ward Pharmacy Experience
• Understanding of Formulary & DUR and clinical trial issues
• Experience of managing or advising on drug expenditure
• Understanding of risk management with medicines usage process
• Ability to work under pressure
• Effective verbal and written communication skills with all disciplines, colleagues & patients and good presentation skills
• Computer literate
• Ability to demonstrate appropriate clinical knowledge and application including where therapy maybe contentious or complex
• Ability to innovate and implement change
• Ability to carry out drugs usage review and drug expenditure analysis
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to lead service
• Ability to supervise the work of junior staff
• Ability to motivate, influence and persuade senior pharmacy and medical staff, the MDT team and management.
• Ability to work with the colleagues as part of a team
• Ability to resolve conflict
• Ability to show Initiative
• Time & project management skills
• Ability to monitor service provision and use performance indicators pro -actively
• Demonstrate analytical and reasoning skills
• Flexibility with regard to changes in work Schedule
• Able to work flexible and unsocial hours including
• Late duties , Weekend duties and bank holidays as rostered
• Able to do participate in out of hours service
• Interest in expanding knowledge and self development
• Enthusiasm
• Awareness of Equal Opportunities

Experience

Essential

• Ability to critically review services and Processes
• Effective organization and prioritisation skills in the workplace
• Ability to work unsupervised and alone
• Management experience
• Understanding of risk management with medicines usage practice
• Integrate research evidence into practice
• Identify training needs of staff in order to undertake the roles required

Values

Essential

• Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values

Employer details

Employer name

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

Address

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

Sterling Way

London

N18 1QX

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