Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, innovative and hard-working individual to join us as a senior rotational clinical pharmacist. You will be supported in your role by our specialist Principal Pharmacists leading; Admissions, Specialist medicine, Patient services, ITU, VTE, Frailty, Surgery, and Women’s & Children’s directorates.
You will rotate across various specialities to help develop clinical pharmacy services at the Tunbridge Wells Hospital, working closely with the Principal Pharmacists and wider pharmacy team to promote and ensure best practice across all care groups.
You will play an essential role in optimising the patient’s care during their hospital stay and in preparation for discharge. The rotational role will give you enhanced clinical experience across different disciplines and will involve working in conjunction with the wider multidisciplinary team.
The Clinical Pharmacy Team endeavours to provide an outstanding service in medicines management and medicines optimisation, as well as supporting an effective training environment for our Foundation Pharmacists and other trainees. You will be supported to achieve agreed objectives within given deadlines and have the opportunity to develop more advanced clinical knowledge and negotiating skills as a senior clinical pharmacist.
Main duties of the job
You must have previous experience of working within a hospital clinical environment and will have completed at least foundation stage one of the post-graduate certificate in clinical pharmacy (or equivalent). Further study will also be encouraged e.g. prescribing, clinical, audit and leadership.
- To lead, develop, and participate in clinical pharmacy services across the Trust.
- To act as a role model and to provide specialist and general advice to the various specialties.
- To participate regularly in multidisciplinary ward rounds, including post-take ward rounds, delivering and promoting high quality, cost-effective, patient-focused pharmaceutical care.
- To ensure a high level of clinical pharmacy input to areas within the care groups.
- To promote safe and economic drug use, and identify and manage risk within the specialty.
- To develop, implement and audit guidelines, policies and procedures
- To be responsible for financial reporting, drug usage and expenditure forecasting, and drug budget management
- To provide education and training to clinical pharmacy staff, healthcare professionals, patients and carers within and outside the Trust
- To work across the interface to ensure continuity of pharmaceutical care at admission and discharge
- To participate in practice and clinical research and audit
- To work with the Principal Pharmacist to extend the boundaries of professional practice within the care groups.
About us
Pharmacy has a high profile in the Trust and we have well established clinical teams and clinical services. We are an enthusiastic and dynamic team and have developed new ways of working including the use of PGDsto facilitate patient care and experience in a number of departments. We also provide placements for year two and year three pharmacy undergraduates at Medway School of Pharmacy.The Main Pharmacy is purpose built and complete with a fully automated dispensary and excellent training facilities. The department benefits from; electronic discharge prescriptions, electronic inpatient transcription requests, TTO tracker and wireless laptops to facilitate our work. We also use summary care record to facilitate medicines reconciliation. We have also implemented the electronic sharing of discharge prescriptions with community pharmacists to facilitate post discharge MURs and help patients who have long term conditions, falls risk, new oral anticoagulants etc.
We have rolled-out our electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA) system to aid safer and timelier medicines optimisation and supply.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at enhanced level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
We are passionate in supporting our staff to develop and have great opportunities for career progression. We take equality and diversity seriously and seek to empower all diverse groups within our trust. We seek to develop a culture where diversity in all its forms is celebrated. We are committed to ensuring that women are empowered to work at all levels of management and that working patterns are as flexible as possible giving all members of staff opportunity to flourish in using their skills for our patients. We work across our trust to enable those who consider themselves to have a disability both visible and invisible to have access to all they need to thrive in their work environment. We work with Stonewall to embed an inclusive and accepting culture for all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender staff. We have 78 nationalities working in our trust and we are proud of this. We are active in embracing the ethnic and cultural diversity in our trust. We work to empower people with any protected characteristic to have opportunities to work in an environment that helps them to contribute to the best of their ability, recognising and valuing the unique contributions each of us brings for best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to supporting the delivery of the Equality Act with zero tolerance for any discrimination, harassment or victimisation of applicants and staff with these protected characteristics
Interviews: To be confirmed
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at enhanced level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
We are passionate in supporting our staff to develop and have great opportunities for career progression. We take equality and diversity seriously and seek to empower all diverse groups within our trust. We seek to develop a culture where diversity in all its forms is celebrated. We are committed to ensuring that women are empowered to work at all levels of management and that working patterns are as flexible as possible giving all members of staff opportunity to flourish in using their skills for our patients. We work across our trust to enable those who consider themselves to have a disability both visible and invisible to have access to all they need to thrive in their work environment. We work with Stonewall to embed an inclusive and accepting culture for all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender staff. We have 78 nationalities working in our trust and we are proud of this. We are active in embracing the ethnic and cultural diversity in our trust. We work to empower people with any protected characteristic to have opportunities to work in an environment that helps them to contribute to the best of their ability, recognising and valuing the unique contributions each of us brings for best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to supporting the delivery of the Equality Act with zero tolerance for any discrimination, harassment or victimisation of applicants and staff with these protected characteristics
Interviews: To be confirmed
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master (MPharm) degree in pharmacy
- Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Undertaking or completion of Foundation Stage 2 Training
- Independent/supplementary prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Post registration hospital experience or equivalent documented clinical experience
- Experience of delivering a high quality clinical pharmacy service to wards/departments
- Experience in Clinical Pharmacy training
- Excellent clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge relating to promotion of high quality, effective and cost effective use of medicines
- Understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk Management and their influence on current practice
Desirable
- Experience of clinical audit and/or practice research
- Experience of acting as a trainee pharmacist tutor
- Experience acting as a tutor/supervisor for clinical pharmacy certificate and diploma students
- Knowledge of the changing NHS environment and government initiatives e.g. NICE, NSF etc.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise workload
- Effective customer service skills – able to work to meet the needs of customers of the department.
- Good time management skills
Desirable
- Good word processing and IT skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master (MPharm) degree in pharmacy
- Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Undertaking or completion of Foundation Stage 2 Training
- Independent/supplementary prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Post registration hospital experience or equivalent documented clinical experience
- Experience of delivering a high quality clinical pharmacy service to wards/departments
- Experience in Clinical Pharmacy training
- Excellent clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge relating to promotion of high quality, effective and cost effective use of medicines
- Understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk Management and their influence on current practice
Desirable
- Experience of clinical audit and/or practice research
- Experience of acting as a trainee pharmacist tutor
- Experience acting as a tutor/supervisor for clinical pharmacy certificate and diploma students
- Knowledge of the changing NHS environment and government initiatives e.g. NICE, NSF etc.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise workload
- Effective customer service skills – able to work to meet the needs of customers of the department.
- Good time management skills
Desirable
- Good word processing and IT skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
