NHS Lead Pharmacist - Warwick, Warwickshire, United Kingdom - South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust

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Lead Pharmacist - Surgery, Theatres and Critical Care
Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours
Full time
Part time
Flexible working
5 hours per week Job ref 203-SS863 Site Warwick Hospital Town Warwick Salary £50,952 - £57,349 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 10/05/2024 23:59
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the top performing organisations within the NHS. We have recently been rated as 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following our most recent inspection.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the whole county.

This includes our Community Teams in North Warwickshire.

We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

People find they don't need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.
We are 'Trusted to provide inclusive, safe, effective and compassionate care'.

All new staff to the Trust will be subject to a standard 6 month probationary period, the details of which will duly follow in your contract of employment.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees.

We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – we value our employees, job applicants, students, patients and visitors as people.

Agile and Flexible Working

However the Trust operates as an Agile Working Team therefore staff may be working from home on a regular basis as required by the service.

However, occasionally travel around Warwickshire and into your base will be required so access to your own transport would be helpful.

The Trust also welcome staff to work flexibly and we would welcome the conversation at interview regarding flexible working.

Anyone who joins us on a substantive basis can assess things such as the Lease Car Scheme, Electronics Scheme, Discounted Leisure and Travel, Cycle to work scheme amongst many others available.

Car Parking
The Trust have recently completed the construction of a multi-storey car park at our Warwick Hospital site.

This ensures all new staff joining the Trust will have access to car parking facilities without the need to go on a waiting list.

The Trust have also been able to freeze car parking charges.

To keep up to date on our latest recruitment activity follow us on twitter @swftrecruit or look us up on Facebook (Recruitment - South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust).

ITU, Surgery and Theatres - Lead Pharmacist

We have a fantastic opportunity to join the pharmacy team at South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust for proactive pharmacist with knowledge for ITU and surgery and an interest in anaesthetics to join pharmacy team at the South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust.

The successful candidate will work alongside a multidisciplinary clinical teams to help achieve national, trust-wide and pharmacy digital strategies within this specialist areas.

You will need to have excellent communication, organisation and time management skills. We are a friendly, supportive and innovative team who are passionate developing services with surgery team.

To lead, develop, support and deliver a high level of specialist clinical pharmacy services to the surgical specialties, theatres and critical care working closely with other pharmacists, medical/ nursing staff and medicines management technicians.

To provide a high level of pharmaceutical support to the medical, nursing and other healthcare staff providing clinical care in the specialty areas and assisting in the clinical and cost-effective use of drugs.

To assist in the management of the drugs budgets for designated surgical wards, theatres, clinics and critical care, advising them on improvements in the clinical and cost-effective use of their drugs budgets.

To manage the provision of clinical pharmacy services to the designated wards at Warwick Hospital through nominated pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

To contribute to the strategic development of pharmacy services for surgical specialties, theatres and critical care throughout the Trust.

To provide clinical education and training to medical and nursing staff, pharmacy staff, both undergraduate and postgraduate, including tutoring and mentoring to designated pharmacists, pharmacists undertaking the clinical diploma and to pre-registration pharmacists.

As a senior pharmacist, to contribute to the provision of clinical services to other areas of the Trust undertaking some routine pharmacist duties in the Pharmacy Department.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC.

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.

In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county.

We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Pharmacy Operations Manager.
Service leads for all surgical areas, theatres and critical care within the Trust.
Consultant medical staff and their teams.
Matrons, senior nursing staff and other key professionals in the multi-disciplinary team.
Pharmacy staff.
Medicines Management Technicians for the specialty areas served.
Other senior healthcare professionals.
Divisional Manager and other senior Trust staff.

With the assistance of nominated pharmacists and medicines management technicians, to lead the provision of a high level, responsive, and developing clinical pharmacy service to designated specialist surgical wards, theatres, clinics and critical care at Warwick Hospital.

To design and deliver packages of pharmaceutical care to individual patients on the designated wards and assist other pharmacists to undertake such duties.

To assure the standards of pharmaceutical care provided to patients on the designated wards, ensuring that a satisfactory level of pharmacy service is provided within the staffing resources available.

To be actively involved in efficient discharge planning on the designated surgical wards by reviewing patient's discharge treatment, facilitating timely supply of discharge medication and, where necessary, liaising and communicating with relevant healthcare practitioners in intermediate or primary care to ensure safe transfer and continuity of care.

To be a lead pharmacist in advising the Principal Pharmacist - Clinical Services and the Director of Pharmacy on the strategic development of clinical pharmacy services to the designated specialist surgical services, theatres and critical care within the Trust.

To contribute to the development of pharmacy services and standards, the preparation of business cases and the implementation of agreed developments.

To maintain an awareness of current developments in pharmacy practice by liaising with relevant bodies, outside agencies, special interest groups and other pharmacists.

To inform and advise senior pharmacy staff as appropriate.

To commission reports from the Pharmacy IT Manager, on drugs usage and costs by Division, specialty, drug, and / or prescriber.

To recommend increased investment in drugs budgets when this would be cost effective for the overall care of patients.

To supervise, contribute to and undertake research and audit projects in the specialty areas particularly those concerned with the clinical and cost effective use of drugs, compliance with safer prescribing and drug administration policies, procedures and guidelines, and implementation of pharmacy service developments.

To highlight any practice which has an implication for Primary Care, or which requires particular attention at the interface when patients are admitted or discharged.

To develop and maintain a training programme for clinical pharmacists allocated to the specialty areas and to develop and administer a competency assessment process to ensure the appropriate standards are achieved.

To undertake the formal duties of a pre-registration tutor/clinical coordinator for the Clinical Diploma in accordance with the requirements of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and Universities.

To ensure that all appropriate training is provided, reviews are undertaken at the specified times and liaison with the regulatory body and training providers is carried out as necessary.

To provide clinical pharmacy training for undergraduate pharmacy students, vacation students, pre-registration pharmacists (hospital and community-based) and hospital clinical pharmacists.

To contribute to the induction and in-service training of nursing, midwifery and medical staff as appropriate.

To contribute to the recruitment, induction, management and development of staff and where necessary in grievance and disciplinary matters.

To advise senior nursing staff on appropriate use of patient group directions in order to improve the efficiency of healthcare provision on the designated wards and to assist in the development of PGDs.

To undertake duties as a clinical pharmacist to other wards in the Trust when necessary, including occasional work at other pharmacies from which a pharmacy service is provided.

To advise medical, nursing, other professional staff, managers and patients on any aspect of drug therapy or drug control as required or when considered necessary.

To contribute to the audit work of the pharmacy service and developments in service quality.

To undertake the reporting of medication incidents when necessary according to the Trust's Incident Reporting Policy, to assist other pharmacists in reporting, to investigate medication incidents as necessary, to provide senior pharmacist input to incident report forms, to recommend improvements and implement agreed improvements.

To undertake routine duties within the dispensary as required and supervising the work of junior pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and (senior) ATOs.

To undertake Saturday, Sunday, Bank Holiday and Statutory Day working on rota and to contribute (if required) on rota to the Emergency Duty Commitment of pharmacists providing an out-of-hours emergency Pharmacy service.

To demonstrate and maintain through annual revalidation a commitment to continuing professional development and encourage members of the team to do likewise.

Master's Degree in Pharmacy (or equiv)
Membership of General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Clinical pharmacy diploma or equivalent advanced experience
Membership of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Faculty Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
4 years of hospital pharmacy experience (as a registered pharmacist)
~ Minimum of 3 years' experience of hospital clinical pharmacy practice
~ Recent clinical experience in a general hospital setting
~ Experience of managing a clinical service in pharmacy
~ Lectures, talks, training given (Medical/Nursing/Pharmacy staff and patients)

Good understanding of recent NHS and pharmacy reports and how they relate to surgery, theatres and critical care
Ability to demonstrate a very high level of specialist knowledge in surgery, theatres and critical care
Ability to advise and influence all grades of medical and nursing staff on therapeutic aspects of patient care
An understanding of the relevance of clinical governance and risk management
Able to understand clinical research data
Able to clearly communicate highly complex clinical information to all grades of medical, nursing and pharmacy staff
Ability to manage pharmacy team members
Able to give credible representation of pharmacy at very senior medical and management levels
Ability to work in teams – pharmacy teams and multidisciplinary teams
Sound judgement on clinical, pharmaceutical and ethical issues
Assertiveness skills - able to respond at very senior medical levels
Personal Qualities
Self-motivating and able to motivate a pharmacy team
Prepared to undertake regular clinical pharmacy and dispensary duties
Able to undertake Saturday, Sunday, Bank Holiday and Statutory Day working and (if required) Emergency Duty Commitment on a rota
Able to demonstrate through revalidation a satisfactory level of continuing professional development
Satisfactory computer keyboard skills
Competent in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Outlook
The Trust use an Applicant Management System called TRAC which helps us manage the recruitment process. All communications regarding your application will come via TRAC (even if you applied via NHS Jobs).

Please check your TRAC account regularly and ensure your email is set up to accept messages so they don't go into your junk/spam folder.

We aim to shortlist all vacancies within 2 days of the vacancy closing, we will get back to all candidates ASAP.

Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer who is committed to Equality and Diversity and does not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the grounds of any protected characteristic as defined by the Equality Act 2010.

All South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust sites are smoke free. We feel it's a great way to help our patients, visitors and staff stay healthy.

The Trust is part of a 'Foundation Group' through a strategic alliance with Wye Valley NHS Trust, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

This partnership is great for the sustainability of all four organisations and allows us to share learning and maximise opportunities to ensure the delivery of high quality health and care services for our local populations.