Advanced Pharmacist, Paediatrics Specialist

2 months ago

Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Northampton General Hospital Full time
Job Summary

This is a one-year fixed-term position to support the pharmacy team working in child health/paediatrics. The successful candidate will have experience in working in paediatrics and be able to provide a personal pharmacy service to the child health team, supporting work and developing initiatives. This may include prescribing, specialist pharmacist input for neonatal and paediatric parenteral nutrition, attendance at multidisciplinary team meetings, neonatal care, governance work including preparation of guidelines.

Main Responsibilities
  • To be a 'Child Health Advanced Pharmacist', ensuring that the Child Health directorate has the pharmaceutical support and information necessary to manage medicine cost-effectively.
  • To support the Directorate in developing the Service, including:
    • Being a Clinical Specialist - to have and continue to develop specialist expertise in paediatric and neonatal pharmacy, have a working knowledge of current practice and protocols within Child health and how these relate to national and other guidance.
    • Supporting the Directorate - deputise for the Lead Pharmacist, Child Health, lead the development and implementation of medicine-related guidelines, policies and procedures, lead the process for new medicines being integrated into the Trust by Formulary submissions, develop, implement and lead on the auditing of medicines within Child health, attend appropriate Directorate meetings to ensure that pharmaceutical issues are considered, lead pharmaceutical developments within the specialist area, produce quarterly reports summarising the Directorate's activities and achievements, monitor interventions in treatment to identify training and information needs, provide training to Directorate staff.
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
Person Specification

Qualifications

  • Essential
    • Masters Degree, MPharm
    • Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council
    • Diploma/MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
    • Mandatory CPD Portfolio
    • Independent prescribing or willing to work towards Independent Prescribing qualification
  • Desirable
    • MSc in Clinical Pharmacy
    • Formal Management training
    • Formal Management training X Diploma Tutor accreditation
    • Working towards RPS faculty recognition
    • Member of NPPG, UKCPA, other clinical organisations

Knowledge

  • Essential
    • Extensive operational experience at a Senior Hospital Pharmacist level, demonstrating a high degree of autonomy
    • Experience in Paediatric specialities
    • Experience of supporting Directorate Pharmacist or equivalent, to include expenditure reporting, formulary application, guideline writing
    • Experience with working as part of a multidisciplinary team
    • Good core clinical knowledge of therapeutics and pharmacology
    • Teaching, supervising and training staff
    • Skill mix issues/role of Technicians in Clinical Services
    • Appraisal/personal development
    • NHS arrangements eg, CCG, NICE, Clinical Governance
    • Participation at Consultant Lead ward rounds
    • Recruitment of staff
    • Change Management
    • Risk Management
    • Knowledge of current NHS and national priorities
  • Desirable
    • Experience of managing others

Skills

  • Essential
    • Demonstrates a level of clinical reasoning, problem solving and judgement
    • Good Interpersonal/excellent communication
    • Ability to work under pressure
    • Ability to work independently and as a member of a multidisciplinary team
    • Ability to prioritise
    • Ability to delegate
    • Ability to manage time effectively
    • Information appraisal
    • IT skills with Word, Excel
  • Desirable
    • Advanced IT skills (database, spreadsheets etc.)

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