Highly Specialist Pharmacist – Specialist Medicine

4 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Barts Health NHS Trust Full time

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our department to expand our Specialist Medicine pharmacy team. The post holder will be working alongside our Highly Specialist Pharmacist – Rheumatology and Dermatology and our Specialist Medicine Pharmacy Technician within a MDT setting.

In collaboration with the Pharmacy and Specialist Medicine team, the post holder will be responsible for delivering and managing the pharmacy service to Rheumatology, Dermatology and Gastroenterology. You will be responsible for running a pharmacist led biologics clinic and supporting with biosimilar switches.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will carry out the full range of duties as the Highly Specialist Pharmacist for Rheumatology, Dermatology and Gastroenterology to deliver patient focused, quality care, based at Whipps Cross University Hospital.

You will be a core member of the Trust’s Rheumatology, Dermatology and Gastroenterology teams, providing professional pharmaceutical governance, medicines safety, medicines information, medicines finance, education and training and medicines optimisation support to the team and the service’s patients. The role will involve supporting with biosimilar switches across the services to assist with medicines efficiencies. You will build relationships and work with internal stakeholders and external partners to support the delivery of high-quality pharmaceutical care to all patients.

The post holder will support the Associate Director of Pharmacy, Deputy Head of Pharmacy and the Lead Pharmacist for Specialist Medicine, in managing the professional, clinical and technical input of pharmacy into Rheumatology, Dermatology and Gastroenterology.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

Significant experience post registration in a hospital based post. Proven experience of good performance in previous roles Experience of providing a hospital-based service to Gastroenterology patients at specialist pharmacist level or equivalent Experience of managing high cost drugs Good understanding of homecare process Previous evaluations or reviews of medicines Experience and knowledge of developing guidelines/protocols. Experience of developing and reviewing patient group directions and shared care guidelines Experience of providing evaluated information on drug expenditure Evidence of basic teaching and tutoring in a hospital setting through training others e.g. trainee pharmacists/foundation training pharmacists/other staff groups.

Desirable criteria

Experience of successfully leading and implementing service improvement and change projects Experience of working with electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) systems Experience of successfully managing staff, performing appraisal and giving feedback Experience of managing a budget Experience of providing a hospital-based service to Rheumatology and Dermatology patients at specialist pharmacist level or equivalent

Skills

Essential criteria

Excellent interpersonal skills Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail Effective verbal and written communication skills Assertive, diplomatic, persuasive with ability to negotiate. Demonstrates numeracy skills and ability to perform accurate, complex calculations Data analysis skills Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self, and others Ability to manage time effectively and work to deadlines Demonstrates initiative to work independently and as part of a team Demonstrates critical appraisal skills Able to work unsupervised, follow written instruction and work under pressure IT literate; able to use Microsoft office with intermediate IT skills including, accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programmes Demonstrates effective customer service skills Good team worker Evidence of good ward practice Able to communicate complex information effectively to all health and care professionals, colleagues, patients and their loved ones Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training Effective pharmaceutical care skills Ability to motivate and act as a role model Ability to work under pressure, dealing with peaks and troughs in workload Ability to identify when advice needs to be sought Reflective practice skills

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Understanding of GPhC revalidation requirements Knowledge of medicines management systems Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g. controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work Understanding of stock control systems Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives Knowledge of drug and therapeutics at Diploma level or equivalent

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of interface issues relevant to the patient group Knowledge of risk management issues relevant to the patient group and root cause analysis

Qualifications

Essential criteria

MR Pharm or equivalent Registered as a pharmacist with GPhC. Postgraduate Pharmacy Qualification or equivalent experience (minimum postgraduate diploma level) Independent prescribing qualification, or willing to undergo training to become an IP

Desirable criteria

MSc in clinical pharmacy or equivalent Management qualification (CMS / DMS) or equivalent experience

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