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    Senior Rotational Clinical Pharmacist - Northampton, United Kingdom - Northampton General Hospital

    Northampton General Hospital
    Northampton General Hospital Northampton, United Kingdom

    1 day ago

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    Description

    Job summary

    We are very excited to be able to offer a new rotational programme at a more senior level to you and our pharmacists at NGH. This will enable you to continue your development and increase your skills and knowledge across a wider portfolio before deciding to specialise. You will be working within the friendly and supportive Pharmacy Clinical Team to provide a comprehensive medicines optimisation and management service within a designated clinical area for a 6-month rotation. The specialities will include:

    Medicine - Admissions, ED, Renal, Cardiology, Respiratory, Gastroenterology, amongst others

    Surgery - General (inc. Vascular), Gynae, H&N, T&O, Critical Care, POAC

    ePMA/Digital with a clinical speciality

    Paediatrics

    Medicines Information / Safety / Training / High Cost Medicines

    Other clinical areas where service opportunities allow

    Main duties of the job

    To work within a clinical specialty for 6 months at a time, building relations with other staff to ensure safe and effective medicines optimisation for patients.

    To actively participate in ward rounds and fully integrate within the speciality multidisciplinary team

    If available within the speciality, to work in pharmacy led clinics

    To undertake projects or developments within the speciality eg Quality Improvements, Audits, Research.

    To contribute to guideline, PGD developments within the speciality.

    To carry out root cause analysis of medicine related incidents which have occurred within the speciality and attend or present at governance meetings.

    To undertake training of pharmacy and other healthcare professionals within the speciality.

    About us

    Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

    Our Excellence Values

    Compassion

    Accountability

    Respect

    Integrity

    Courage

    We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

    The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

    We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

    We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    To work with the Pharmacy Clinical Team to provide a comprehensive Pharmacy Service within a designated clinical area, specialities including:

    Medicine Admissions, ED, Renal, Cardiology, Respiratory, Gastroenterology, amongst others

    Surgery General (inc. Vascular), Gynae, H&N, T&O, Critical Care, POAC

    ePMA/Digital with a clinical speciality

    Paediatrics

    Medicines Information / Safety / Training / High Cost Medicines

    Other clinical areas where service opportunities allow

    Additional responsibilities within the clinical area as specified below:

  • Providing a Clinical and Specialist Pharmacist role
  • Managing (planning, organising, monitoring, controlling, developing staff etc)
  • Training of pharmacy staff and the wider multidisciplinary team
  • Service development including Quality Improvement projects, preparation of guidelines

    • Speciality Pharmacy Role

    To work within a clinical specialty for 6months at a time, building relations with other staff to ensure safe and effective medicines optimisation for patients.

    To actively participate in ward rounds and fully integrate within the speciality multidisciplinary team

    If available within the speciality, to work in pharmacy led clinics

    To undertake projects or developments within the speciality eg Quality Improvements, Audits, Research.

    To contribute to guideline, PGD developments within the speciality.

    To carry out root cause analysis of medicine related incidents which have occurred within the speciality and attend or present at governance meetings.

    Clinical Services

    To provide information, advice and guidance on the safe, effective and economical use of medicines and to challenge poor practice.

    To optimise medicines management by reconciling drug histories, performing structured medication reviews and using patients own medicines.

    To detect, record and report adverse drug reactions to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and via Datix as per Trust Policy or via practice policy, as appropriate.

    To record your clinical activity and to monitor the outcome of your advice.

    To monitor interventions in treatment to identify training and information needs.

    To fulfil the requirements of the Code of Ethics and Professional Standards for Hospital Service Optimising Patient outcomes from medicine.

    To participate in CQUINs and QIPPs at NGH.

    To implement countywide and local prescribing strategies within the Trust and your practices.

    Support the expansion of EPMA within the speciality.

    To undertake validation duties in the dispensary within NGH.

    To supervise, check and, if necessary undertake the supply of medicines in NGH. Technical checking is in place; pharmacists make initial validations and have a professional responsibility to decide on the need for their further involvement in the supply process.

    To optimise medicines through prescribing role operating within areas of competence (where appropriately qualified and authorised via the Trust NMP register).

    Person Specification

    Skills

    Essential

  • Excellent communication
  • Ability to prioritise
  • Ability to delegate
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Computer skills, eg databases
  • Presentation skills
  • Ability to work alone and as a team member
  • Time management

    • Knowledge and Experience

    Essential

  • Post-registration clinical pharmacy experience within hospital, PCN, community including at least four of the following specialties: Medicine (or medical specialties), Care of the Older Person, Surgery (or surgical specialties), Paediatrics, Medicines Information, Oncology/Haematology, Aseptics (this would normally be achieved over at least a 2-3 year period).
  • Good clinical knowledge
  • Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
  • Skill mix /role of Technicians in Clinical Services
  • Awareness of interface issues
  • Teaching, supervising and training staff
  • Undertaken service improvement / quality improvement projects / audits / research projects
  • Appraisals/personal development
  • NHS arrangements, eg CCGs, NICE, CQC, Clinical Governance, PCNs, NHS Digital

    • Desirable

  • Staff supervision
  • Attendance on Consultant-led ward rounds
  • Experience of prescribing within a speciality to optimise medicines for specific patient groups.
  • Recruitment process
  • Experience of electronic prescribing and administration systems and electronic patient records.

    • Educations, Training and Qualifications

    Essential

  • BPharm or MPharm degree
  • Member of General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Achieved (or working towards) postgraduate clinical qualification (or equivalent knowledge/experience)
  • CPD portfolio

    • Desirable

  • Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
  • Practice Certificate in Independent Prescribing
  • Member of UKCPA, PCPA, BOPA or other relevant specialist body

    • Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes

    Essential

  • Passionate and committed to bring our Dedicated to Excellence values to life, improving the way we work with each other, particularly focusing on empowerment, equality, diversity and inclusion of our staff, patients and service users.
  • Both full time and part time candidates should have the ability to work shifts that will cover 7 days of the week as the NHS moves towards 7 day service provision.
  • Smart appearance
  • Enthusiasm
  • Confidence
  • Influential
  • Integrity and personal credibility
  • Innovative
  • Willingness to learn and develop personally
  • Self-motivated and able to motivate others to achieve a high level of performance
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines where there are competing demands

    • Desirable

  • Effective leadership qualities
  • Strives for excellence
  • Ability to be flexible and respond to the needs of the organisation
  • Proactive and solution focused
  • Emotionally resilient
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