Advanced Clinical Pharmacist-Antimicrobial Stewardship Intensive Care
1 week ago
Job summary
Are you looking to use your extensive clinical pharmacy skills and knowledge to influence prescribing to reduce unnecessary variation within two important specialties in our Trust?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and adaptable registered Pharmacist to join our small, friendly but progressive inpatient department at Weston General Hospital, which is part of the wider University Hospitals of Bristol and Weston NHS Trust (UHBW).The Advanced Antimicrobial and Intensive Care Pharmacist Band 8a is a full time post ( hours per week) which can be split into 2 x posts.
You will also support the pharmacy team to deliver a comprehensive, safe and cost effective clinical pharmacy service including oncology.
Main duties of the job
You will work closely with the consultants in both specialties to:
Promote safe and effective use of medicines and influence prescribing. Undertake audits and education and training of medical and nursing staff. Provide information on medicines use and costs to Directorates within the Trust and monitor the Trust's performance for national CQUINs and related local targets. Develop an independent prescribing role within both specialties.You will have recent hospital experience, preferably including antimicrobial stewardship and intensive care prescribing; have excellent communication, influencing and problem solving skills and preferably good mentoring, reaching and assessment skills to enable you to take on this influential role within our Trust.
Why Weston?
The team at Weston aims to deliver high quality, patient-focused clinical services to our patients. Our team is friendly, supportive of colleagues, open to developing and implementing new ideas. Weston enjoys all the benefits of a coastal location and is within 25 minutes of Bristol by train and 45 minutes by road.
About us
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
Masters degree (or equivalent) in pharmacy Postgraduate Diploma or MSc in Clinical Pharmacy Evidence of continuing professional development Computer literacy, including Pharmacy applications
Desirable
Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
Varied experience of working in NHS hospital pharmacy Experience of working in a variety of different sized teams Experience of communicating with and advising all healthcare professionals on drug therapy Experience of writing a wide range of documents including drug usage and audit reports, SOPs, protocols and guidelines and other information to healthcare professionals Experience of audit and project work. Drug expenditure analysis and reporting
Desirable
Previous experience of antibiotic stewardship Previous experience of working in intensive care
Skills and Abilities
Essential
Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills Can use initiative appropriately Innovative & creative problem identification and solving Self-organisational and time management Quality improvement techniques including clinical audit Good general awareness of finance such as drug expenditure trends, horizon scanning, and cost improvement targets Ability to plan, prioritise and organise own and others' work to meet agreed deadlines Influencing skills Ability to use judgement to challenge inappropriate prescribing and influence prescribing decisions to enable optimal therapy Ability to critically analyse prescriptions for clinical appropriateness, clinical risk, cost-effectiveness, adherence to local & national guidance and legality
Desirable
Research skills Health economics / pharmacoeconomics skills-
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