Advanced Pharmacist Medicines Safety and Antimicrobial Stewardship

2 months ago


Northampton, United Kingdom Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

We have a fantastic opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced pharmacist to join our friendly pharmacy team as the Medication Safety and Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist

NHFT is a combined mental heath and community Trust. We provide services to two mental health hospitals - Berrywood Hospital, Northampton and St Mary's Hospital, Kettering. We also provide services to community hospital sites in Corby, Wellingborough, Brackley and Danetre and hospices in Kettering and Northampton as well as a wide range of community-based services including community mental health, community nursing, children's services, sexual health, podiatry, therapy and specialist dental services.

This is a pivotal position in the Pharmacy Department and the post holder will support the Medication Safety Officer and Chief Pharmacist to progress the medicines safety agenda.

Along with Medicines Safety Officer (MSO) you will support the development, delivery and optimisation of the medicines safety agenda for the Trust. You will also lead, develop, deliver and evaluate input into antimicrobial stewardship and infection management throughout the Trust in accordance with local and national standards and policies, ensuring the safe, clinical and cost-effective use of antimicrobials.

Interviews are planned for Monday 9th September 2024.

Main duties of the job

You will support the MSO to co-ordinate medicines related Clinical Governance activities across the Trust ensuring governance of medicines management is fully integrated within the organisation. You will support the running of the Trust Medicines Safety Group, to produce Trust wide medicines safety communications.

You will work with the infection prevention and control team (IPC) and key clinicians to support the development of a Trust antimicrobial stewardship strategy and review antimicrobial prescribing data.

You will also have a clinical commitment in providing a clinical pharmacy service to an allocated wards within the Trust and will report to the Deputy Chief Pharmacist.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered with GPhC as a Pharmacist MPharm degree, or equivalent pharmacy qualification Post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy (or equivalent level of knowledge and experience) Evidence of recent continuing professional development

Desirable

Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Experience

Essential

Post registration experience within the NHS setting Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team Experience of planning, implementing, analysing, reporting and changing practice through audit Experience of teaching, mentoring and tutoring Experience of planning, implementing, analysing, reporting and changing practice through audit Experience of data collection, analysis and report writing

Desirable

Experience of prescribing within a specialty to optimise medicines for specific patient groups Experience of investigating incidents Management qualification relevant to the NHS Experience of developing and implementing medicines management policies and procedures

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