Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

4 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom NHS Full time
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Critical Care Expertise

Are you eager to enhance your professional capabilities within a progressive and innovative pharmacy team? We invite you to explore the opportunity to contribute to our Pharmacy Vision, which emphasizes excellence through efficient, safe, and compassionate care. You will collaborate with our dedicated and dynamic team to deliver optimal clinical services for patients by engaging closely with other healthcare professionals.

An exciting position has become available for a motivated Senior Pharmacist with vision and leadership qualities to join our team, focusing on critical care and formulary management.

The ideal candidate will be a driven and experienced professional possessing teaching and clinical expertise. Strong interpersonal, leadership, and managerial skills are essential. A postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy or its equivalent, along with hospital pharmacy experience in critical care, is required.

Main Responsibilities
  • Oversee, implement, and evaluate the pharmacy critical care service within the organization, collaborating with the multidisciplinary team.
  • Develop and sustain the web-based hospital formulary in partnership with the Lead Pharmacist for Medicines Information.
  • Provide training in critical care competencies to clinical staff.
  • Act as a mentor for trainee pharmacists and diploma candidates as requested by the Education and Training Lead.
  • Coordinate and assist in the creation and review of pharmacy information bulletins.
  • Deliver a highly specialized service to critical care, ensuring mechanisms are in place to promote high-quality medication use, effective risk management, patient safety initiatives, and compliance with organizational policies and guidelines.
  • Offer guidance in this domain, manage the drug budget, and lead, develop, and assess the clinical pharmacy service provided to this specialty.
  • Maintain a regular ward pharmacy presence and contribute to the advancement of clinical pharmacy services, including training and implementation of relevant policies and risk management strategies.
  • Support clinical pharmacy services, dispensary operations, production, and medicines management programs as needed.
  • Initiate and contribute to relevant practice research or audit projects within the pharmacy and disseminate the findings as appropriate.
Qualifications and Training
  • Registered with GPhC and MRPharmS or equivalent
  • Completion of a postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy/Pharmacy Practice or equivalent
  • Mandatory Continuing Professional Development to maintain fitness to practice
  • Independent Non-Medical Prescribing qualification
  • Membership in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Knowledge
  • Experience in Critical Care
  • Ability to manage and supervise staff effectively
  • Leading and implementing organizational change
  • Ability to engage directly with the public, senior clinicians, and other healthcare and pharmaceutical industry personnel
  • Experience in managing or advising on pharmaceutical expenditures
  • Understanding of formulary management and clinical trial considerations
  • Knowledge of risk management processes related to medication usage
  • Project management experience
Experience
  • Ability to critically evaluate services and processes
  • Effective organizational and prioritization skills in a professional setting
  • Capability to work independently and autonomously
  • Integrate research evidence into clinical practice
  • Identify training needs for staff to fulfill required roles
  • Utilization of medical databases for information retrieval
  • Experience with formulary management
  • Conducting literature evaluations
  • Understanding of risk management in medication practices
Skills
  • Ability to perform under pressure
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills across all disciplines, along with effective presentation abilities
  • Demonstrated clinical knowledge and application, particularly in complex therapeutic scenarios
  • Capacity to innovate and implement changes
  • Ability to conduct medication usage reviews and analyze drug expenditures
  • Leadership capabilities in service delivery
  • Ability to motivate and influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, multidisciplinary teams, and management
  • Collaborative teamwork skills
  • Conflict resolution abilities
  • Proactive monitoring of service provision using performance indicators
  • Analytical and reasoning skills
Other Attributes
  • Flexibility regarding changes in work schedules
  • Able to work flexible and unsocial hours, including late shifts, weekends, and bank holidays as required
  • Willingness to participate in out-of-hours services
  • Awareness of Equal Opportunities
Values
  • Demonstrable commitment to meeting organizational values
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This position is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, necessitating a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Salary

£56,388 to £62,785 per annum, including HCAS Outer London

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working Pattern

Full-time

Reference Number

393-NMUH-1227-F

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