- Leadership
- Expert clinical practice
- Management of the Acute and General Medicine (AGM) pharmacy service
- Personnel Management, Training and Development
- Evaluation of the AGM service
- Research and development
- Education and training
- Put patients first
- Take pride in what they do
- Respect others
- Strive to be the best
- Act with integrity Job description
- Acute Medical Admissions
- Older Persons Unit / Stroke
- A&E and Urgent Care
- General Medicine
- MPharm degree (or recognised equivalent)
- Postgraduate qualifications in Clinical Pharmacy Practice (PGCert, MSc or equivalent)
- Non-medical prescriber qualification
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Leadership or management qualification
- Member of relevant professional groups (RPS, UKCPA)
- Ability to prioritise and plan work effectively, alone and for a team, including the ability to delegate
- Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment, whist remaining focused and effective.
- Ability to work with ambiguity and uncertainty in a complex environment
- Able to make informed and logical decisions, sometimes under periods of intense pressure.
- Ability to provide highly complex information on pharmaceutical issues and impart knowledge to all levels of healthcare professionals (up to and including senior consultants/professor/executive director level)
- Able to appropriately challenge current practice using negotiating, motivational and influencing skills
- Able to confidently manage risk
- Ability to use data to inform any change to practice
- Ability to identify and analyse changes (including horizon scanning) in prescribing practices that may impact on the drug and wider budgets across the South East London Geography
- Able to support the development and education of others.
- Ability to communicate effectively with others, using a variety of mediums (written, spoken and digital technology)
- Able to compile and present a business case to support service / team development.
- Able to demonstrate innovation
- Extensive recent post-registration hospital experience as a clinical pharmacist in a speciality aligned to AGM
- Evidence of working as a non-medical prescriber, either at ward level or within an outpatient capacity
- Experience of working as a part of clinical and operational leadership MDT
- Experience of managing staff / acting as a line manager
- Experience of working with senior healthcare professionals within and external to Pharmacy to deliver a service and achieve service improvements
- Experience of developing and implementing policies, procedures, guidelines and patient group directions
- Experience of clinical governance and risk management
- Knowledge of how budgetary monitoring can inform service delivery and improvement
- Knowledge of the wider NHS landscape and how introduction of ICBs / ICS structures influence service design and delivery
- Knowledge of how medicines are commissioned
- Detailed understanding of the clinical audit process and how this can support service development and improved patient care.
- Understanding of the principles involved with Quality Improvement and examples of delivering a QI project.
- Understanding and demonstrable knowledge of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
- Experience of managing organisational change and re-designing services.
- Experience of managing organisational change and re-designing services.
- Experience of management a budget linked to the delivery of a clinical service
- Experience of delivering clinical pharmacy services across an interface to a defined speciality, including working closely with peers and healthcare colleagues (GPs, Community Pharmacy, Primary Care).
- Supported or led on the development of a clinical pharmacy strategy
- Led on the implementation of a new medicine (including governance and financial considerations)
- Demonstrable involvement with the delivery of CIPs and cost saving initiatives.
- Been involved / led on a Pharmacy related research project
- Experience of service transformation / redesign
- Knowledge of local Health Inequalities and Public Health Priorities
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Principal Pharmacist - London, United Kingdom - Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Description
Job summary
Come and join the team at GSTT in the role of Principal Pharmacist for Acute and General Medicine
This role is responsible for leading the GSTT Acute and General Medicine Pharmacy team and developing pharmacy services within their portfolio to ensure patients receive the safest and most effective pharmaceutical care.
At all times, the post holder will work closely with the Associate Chief Pharmacist - ISM to ensure that the services are developed in a strategic and forward-thinking manner and be provided with ample personal and professional developmental opportunities. The post will provide a dynamic link between clinical practice and service development by creating new models for delivering care and ensuring the best outcomes from pharmaceutical care are obtained.
The post holder will act as a role model for the wider pharmacy team and be a pharmacy expert in this field to ensure a consistently high clinical pharmacy service in line with corporate objectives and the NHS long term plan.
The role will be responsible for managing all pharmacy aspects of the AGM service, including governance, quality and safety, effective transfer of care between health care providers and a close management of the AGM pharmacy budget. They will work closely with the Acute and General Medicine clinical leadership team and have opportunity to represent the department at high level, strategic meetings.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the job will be structured around the key areas outlined below:
For more information relating to each of the above areas, please see the attached Job Description.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts, providing specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.
Organisational Values:
Our values help us to define and develop our culture, what we do and how we do it . It is important that you understand andreflect these values throughout your employment with the Trust.
The post holder will:
Job responsibilities
As the Principal Pharmacist for Acute and General Medicine (AGM), the post holder will be responsible for providing leadership, and line management when necessary, to the GSTT AGM Pharmacy team, inclusive of the following areas:
The post holder will work collaboratively with the Associate Chief Pharmacist Integrated and Specialist Medicine and relevant members of the clinical Directorate Management Team to strategically develop pharmacy services in line with national, regional and local priorities.
The post holder will act as a role model for the wider pharmacy team and be a pharmacy expert in this field to ensure a consistently high clinical pharmacy service in line with corporate objectives and the NHS long term plan. The role will be responsible for managing all pharmacy aspects of the AGM service, including governance, quality and safety aspects and a close management of the AGM pharmacy budget.
The role will work collaborative with members of the wider Pharmacy Seniors Group to contribute to the development of the wider Pharmacy Clinicals services agenda and associated workforce and departmental innovations.
This is an excellent opportunity for an aspiring leader to take on service development projects, work collaboratively across the MDT, undertake financial planning and management of a pharmacy service, oversee the development of appropriate pharmacy governance pathways for this speciality and undertake and support research in this clinical area.
See the JD and PS for more details and the full range of duties
Person SpecificationQualifications / Education
Essential
Desirable
Skills and Abilities
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
Desirable
