Specialist Pharmacist - Medicine | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 12 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £49,178 - £55,492 per annum incl HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 May 2024 |
| Location: | Twickenham Road, TW7 6AF |
| Company: | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6079819/289-CSS-1411 |
Summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a pharmacist to join the medicine team at the West Middlesex site of Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust. We provide clinical pharmacy services to the Acute Assessment Unit, Ambulatory Care and Emergency departments, as well as a range of specialties including Care of the Elderly, Endocrinology, Respiratory, Gastroenterology. The post-holder will rotate between different specialties, taking responsibility for the provision of clinical services to a specialist team.
This role provides an excellent opportunity to develop clinical, managerial and leadership skills.
• To provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service to patients within the Emergency and Integrated Care Division (EIC).
• To ensure the safe, effective, legal and accurate use of medicines within the specialty and to support and supervise less experienced pharmacists on rotation.
• To act as a role model and to deliver, develop and evaluate specialist clinical pharmacy services in accordance with the objectives set by the line manager.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England. We have two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.
General Clinical Practice• Liaise and work closely with the senior clinical pharmacy team to develop clinical pharmacy services to the Division including ward pharmacy and medicines management.
• Aim to provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in the patients as allocated.
• Make appropriate referrals where necessary; ensure the clear and effective communication of patients’ pharmaceutical needs to other pharmacists and health care professionals both within the trust and in other health care environments.
• Demonstrate and apply general pharmaceutical knowledge, and where applicable, specialist clinical pharmacy knowledge in core areas in order to plan, manage, monitor and review therapeutic programmes for patients allocated, thereby ensuring the quality of patient care.
• Participate in ward rounds to integrate into the multidisciplinary team and raise the pharmacy profile via contributions at consultant level.
• Demonstrate appropriate clinical reasoning and judgement.
• Work across traditional boundaries, including the transcription of discharge medication.
• Be readily available and keen to answer any general medicine related pharmaceutical queries from patients, pharmacists and other members of staff within pharmacy as well as from other health care professionals including medical staff.
• Proactively provide advice and information on any pharmaceutical issues within the directorate to pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals as needed.
• Demonstrate awareness and commitment to the Trust’s Clinical Governance Agenda.
• Support the maintenance and development of the Medicines Management Initiatives including use of patients own medicines and self-medication.
• Facilitate writing of discharge prescriptions according to prescribing or approved transcribing systems and develop accreditation schemes for this purpose.
Leadership• Act as a role model for junior pharmacists, trainee pharmacists and pharmacy students on placement in the rotation.
• Promote best practice e.g. evidence-based practice through prescription monitoring.
• Implement and/or follow agreed clinical governance initiatives such as incident/error reporting and investigation.
• Develop clinical pharmacy services in line with local and national objectives and contribute to pharmacy research initiatives being undertaken within the department.
• Be involved in the process of recruitment and selection of staff.
Management of service• Ensure national and local agendas are delivered.
• Follow and conform to relevant standards of care.
• Identify and manage risks in relation to medicines use according to policy/protocol.
• Delegate duties / responsibilities appropriately to junior staff.
• Evaluate the performance of junior staff against identified criteria using departmental/Trust IPR tools and General Level Competence Framework.
• Provide evaluated pharmaceutical and financial information in accordance with the needs of the directorate.
• Identify changes in prescribing practices that may impact on the drugs budget, thereby providing information on drug usage and expenditure to the Division.
• Deputize for the Advanced Pharmacist AMU/AEC and other senior clinical pharmacists as required and represent pharmacy at acute medicine specialty meetings.
Evaluation of Service• Monitor clinical pharmacy in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.
• Document the workload and quality of pharmacy services in line with departmental and corporate objectives.
• Perform audits of drug usage within the Directorate as part of the multi-disciplinary audit process, based on national and service priorities e.g. NICE, CLAHRC research and locally agreed requirements.
• Undertake assessments/evaluations as required e.g. of new products within the allocated speciality.
Research and Service Development• Demonstrate a critical approach towards pharmacy practice.
• Integrate research evidence into practice.
• Develop clinical pathways within the specialty area.
• Actively seek to improve the ward and clinical services provided.
• Undertake and participate in pharmacy practice research in accordance with the Collaboration for Leadership and Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) agenda and other relevant studies.
• Assist with the supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate projects.
• Adopt continuous improvement methodology and support Pharmacy in becoming a continuous improvement department.
Education and Training• Participate in the training and supervision of junior pharmacists, trainee pharmacists and pharmacy students on placement in providing a clinical pharmacy service.
• Identify training needs of junior staff in order to undertake their required roles.
• Develop strategies to meet the training needs of staff.
• Provide education and training to pharmacy and other staff.
• Evaluate the training provided.
• Participate in the clinical training of medical and nursing staff.
• Identify own training needs and maintain a portfolio of practice.
• Participate in the Departmental Education and Training Programme and ensure that a written record of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is maintained for review at appraisal.
• Participate in in-service clinical pharmacy teaching and multi-disciplinary teaching as appropriate.
• Act as a GPhC trainee pharmacist Practice Supervisor/ Designated Supervisor (depending on experience).
• Actively participate in the development of current and future pharmacy workforce
• Participate in and help co-ordinate pharmacy department clinical meetings and lunch time teaching sessions.
Other• To provide dispensary cover to inpatient and outpatient pharmacy in accordance to the pharmacy standards, as per rota
• To be responsible for the clinical pharmacist oversight and management of Patient Services in the absence of the Dispensing Services manager.
• To be responsible for the accurate clinically screening and final checking of medicines including oral chemotherapy, HIV and clinical trials.
• To ensure appropriate and effective use of the local formulary and prescribing policies as necessary.
• Maintain a broad level of pharmacy practice through ensuring a sound base of pharmaceutical knowledge.
• Ensure all communication, which may be complex, contentious or sensitive, is undertaken in a responsive and inclusive manner, focusing on improvement and ways to move forward.
• Ensure all communication is presented appropriately to the different recipients, according to levels of understanding, type of communication being imparted and possible barriers such as language, culture, understanding or physical or mental health conditions.
• Participate in education and training programmes to develop skills as part of a commitment to continuing education and the concept of lifelong learning.
• Be aware of, and apply, relevant legislation such as the H & SAWA, COSHH, Medicines Act, GMP etc.
• At all times practice in accordance with the Standards for Pharmacy Professionals of the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Follow legal, ethical, professional and employers’ codes of conduct.
• Any other duties as reasonably required within the band and overall scope of role
• To participate in on-call, weekend/bank holiday and shift working as well as 7 day working when required on a rotational basis.
• To participate in Practice Research as required
This job description may be subject to change according to the varying needs of the service. Such changes will be made after discussion between the post holder and their manager.
All duties must be carried out under supervision or within Trust policy and procedure. You must never undertake any duties that are outside your area of skill or knowledge level. If you are unsure you must seek clarification from a more senior member of staff.
This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Apr 2024