Job summary
Highly Specialist Cardiac Pharmacist - St Bartholomew's Hospital - Cardiometabolic prevention & early optimisation
Band 7
(37.5 hours a week including back-up on call and weekend commitments)
This is a 1 year fixed term contract, secondment.
Job summary
Do you want to join an award-winning department that puts clinical pharmacists at the forefront of medicines optimisation and patient care?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the cardiac team at Barts Heart Centre within Barts Health NHS Trust as our prevention service expands.
The post holder will work alongside primary care clinicians and the wider multidisciplinary team to optimise the care of patients with cardiometabolic risk factors across North-East London (NEL). The post provides several opportunities for professional and personal development, contributing to quality improvement projects, supervising a variety of staff and supporting the delivery of world-class and innovative cardiovascular services.
You will also be expected to contribute to the research agenda working with staff across the Pharmacy departments and student placements. You should have experience in services within cardiac and/or cardiometabolic care and have a clear vision of how you see the future of clinical pharmacy services within the specialty.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will carry out the full range of duties as a specialist clinical pharmacist to deliver patient focused, quality care across NEL. The principle objective of this role is to provide patient focused pharmaceutical care, defined as the responsible provision of medication to achieve definite outcomes that improve patient's quality of life for patients in the community.
The post holder communicates effectively with patients to help optimise their pharmaceutical management and through liaising with other health care professionals to design, implement and monitor therapeutic plans to optimise health outcomes.
To assist lead pharmacists for the relevant clinical area, in promoting high quality, cost effective and safe prescribing. The post holder will provide pharmaceutical services to the clinical areas relevant to the specialist area of the rotation and to the hospital site involved.
The post holder will participate in education and training to primary care clinicians across NEL and will assist in the provision and development of clinical pharmacy within the service.
About us
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.
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
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.
Job description
Job 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.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
Job description
Job 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.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant Experience post registration in cardiovascular medicine
- Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care
- Demonstrate successful performance in a previous clinical post
Desirable
- Experience of providing hospital - based clinical service within cardiac services at Band 7 level or equivalent
- Successful experience of managing & leading projects
- Experience of successfully managing staff
- Experience of delivering professional training and education
- Experience of using GP clinical systems such as EMIS, SystemOne and Vision
Skills
Essential
- Effective verbal and written communication skills with all disciplines, colleagues and patients and their families.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
- Able to be Assertive and Diplomatic
- Effective problem-solving skills
- Persuasive with ability to negotiate
- Effective pharmaceutical care skills
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self
- Ability to manage time effectively and work to deadlines
- Ability to work unsupervised and under pressure
- Demonstrates initiative, innovative
- Ability to motivate and act as a role model
- Clinical appraisal skills
- Computer literacy, word processing, data handling, presentations and spreadsheet skills
Desirable
- Management of risk in the clinical use of medicines
- Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training
Knowledge
Essential
- A sound knowledge of drug and therapeutics at Diploma level or equivalent
- Thorough understanding of clinical governance and clinical risk management
- Knowledge and awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to the speciality
- 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 the medication issues at the interface of primary and secondary care
- Awareness of wider NHS Policies e.g. NHS long term plan
- Able to demonstrate a good understanding of patient safety initiatives
Desirable
- Knowledge of the medical management of issues around the use of antimicrobial and Infection control management plans
- Good knowledge of risk management issues relevant to the patient group and root cause analysis
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent
- Registered as a pharmacist with GPhC
Desirable
- Postgraduate Pharmacy Qualification or equivalent experience (minimum postgraduate diploma level)
- Independent prescribing qualification, or willing to undergo training to become an IP
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant Experience post registration in cardiovascular medicine
- Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care
- Demonstrate successful performance in a previous clinical post
Desirable
- Experience of providing hospital - based clinical service within cardiac services at Band 7 level or equivalent
- Successful experience of managing & leading projects
- Experience of successfully managing staff
- Experience of delivering professional training and education
- Experience of using GP clinical systems such as EMIS, SystemOne and Vision
Skills
Essential
- Effective verbal and written communication skills with all disciplines, colleagues and patients and their families.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
- Able to be Assertive and Diplomatic
- Effective problem-solving skills
- Persuasive with ability to negotiate
- Effective pharmaceutical care skills
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self
- Ability to manage time effectively and work to deadlines
- Ability to work unsupervised and under pressure
- Demonstrates initiative, innovative
- Ability to motivate and act as a role model
- Clinical appraisal skills
- Computer literacy, word processing, data handling, presentations and spreadsheet skills
Desirable
- Management of risk in the clinical use of medicines
- Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training
Knowledge
Essential
- A sound knowledge of drug and therapeutics at Diploma level or equivalent
- Thorough understanding of clinical governance and clinical risk management
- Knowledge and awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to the speciality
- 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 the medication issues at the interface of primary and secondary care
- Awareness of wider NHS Policies e.g. NHS long term plan
- Able to demonstrate a good understanding of patient safety initiatives
Desirable
- Knowledge of the medical management of issues around the use of antimicrobial and Infection control management plans
- Good knowledge of risk management issues relevant to the patient group and root cause analysis
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent
- Registered as a pharmacist with GPhC
Desirable
- Postgraduate Pharmacy Qualification or equivalent experience (minimum postgraduate diploma level)
- Independent prescribing qualification, or willing to undergo training to become an IP
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
