Advanced Specialist Pharmacist - Respiratory Support Unit
| Posting date: | 28 March 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £50,952 - £57,349 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 April 2024 |
| Location: | Leicester, LE3 9QP |
| Company: | University Hospitals of Leicester |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6190157/358-5524664-CSI-E |
Summary
A Vacancy at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
Advanced Specialist Pharmacist
Band: 8A
We are looking for a dynamic, organised and motivated individual who is keen to support medicines optimisation and patient education in the management of patients with complex respiratory disease or acute respiratory conditions requiring enhanced support e.g. acute severe asthma, acute severe pneumonia, acute pulmonary embolus including thrombolysis etc.
The post involves:
• Participation in the multidisciplinary team delivering and promoting high quality, cost-effective, patient-focused pharmaceutical care to patients.
• Acting as a clinical role model in their clinical areas and supervising rotational staff at ward level.
• Promotion of safe drug use within the specialty.
We have well established links with the specialist respiratory clinical teams and work closely with them to provide support to our respiratory patients to achieve optimal care for them. The post holder will work closely with and be supported by our Consultant Respiratory Pharmacist who has a passion for educating patients and other healthcare professionals. Her years of clinical knowledge and expertise at a national level enable her to act as a mentor and support career development in this specialist area.
Team-working, innovation, communication and influencing skills will be essential to being effective in the post.
The post holder will work closely with medical staff, nursing staff, allied health care professionals and management teams providing an enhanced clinical service to inpatients on the Respiratory Support Unit (RSU). You will be involved in supporting the delivery of safe, high quality and patient-centred care as well as the development of relevant policies & guidelines. The post holder will need to undertake audit, service improvement projects and review clinical practices to affect positive change in medicines management on the unit.
The post holder will be required to attend clinical meetings when appropriate, maintain and develop formal links with clinical teams, support junior pharmacy staff and provide relevant specialist medicines information as requested to healthcare professionals on the unit.
The post holder will monitor drug expenditure within the directorate, advice on the most effective treatment options and be responsible for the production of financial & annual reports to the service leads and relevant teams.
The role will include line managing the band 7 pharmacists, training and
development of less experienced team members including the medicines
management technicians, trainee pharmacists, band 6 and 7 pharmacists in
cardiorespiratory.
As part of the job, the post holder will be expected to contribute to core pharmacy services including weekends, bank holidays early evening shifts and on-call on a rotational basis.
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/
• Maintain and develop an expert clinical practice in area of Specialty.
• To lead and develop the specialist clinical pharmacy service to the specialist area in line with local and national standards and policies, ensuring the safe, clinical and cost effective use of medicines within UHL and the wider Health Community.
• To deliver highly specialised pharmaceutical care to patients and to support other healthcare staff in meeting risk management, financial management and clinical governance responsibilities around the use of medicines.
• To evaluate errors made with high risk medicines used by Specialty, to communicate these errors with relevant teams and to help reduce future occurrence of such errors throughout the Trust and wider Healthcare Community.
• To undertake clinical supervision and mentoring of junior pharmacists, medicines management technicians and trainee pharmacists.
• To be a source of expert specialist advice for other pharmacists, patients and all other healthcare professionals within the speciality, including participation in multidisciplinary and governance meetings.
• To lead and develop clinical pharmacy audit and practice research within the specialist area.
Please see attached job description(s) for more details.
This advert closes on Thursday 11 Apr 2024
Advanced Specialist Pharmacist
Band: 8A
We are looking for a dynamic, organised and motivated individual who is keen to support medicines optimisation and patient education in the management of patients with complex respiratory disease or acute respiratory conditions requiring enhanced support e.g. acute severe asthma, acute severe pneumonia, acute pulmonary embolus including thrombolysis etc.
The post involves:
• Participation in the multidisciplinary team delivering and promoting high quality, cost-effective, patient-focused pharmaceutical care to patients.
• Acting as a clinical role model in their clinical areas and supervising rotational staff at ward level.
• Promotion of safe drug use within the specialty.
We have well established links with the specialist respiratory clinical teams and work closely with them to provide support to our respiratory patients to achieve optimal care for them. The post holder will work closely with and be supported by our Consultant Respiratory Pharmacist who has a passion for educating patients and other healthcare professionals. Her years of clinical knowledge and expertise at a national level enable her to act as a mentor and support career development in this specialist area.
Team-working, innovation, communication and influencing skills will be essential to being effective in the post.
The post holder will work closely with medical staff, nursing staff, allied health care professionals and management teams providing an enhanced clinical service to inpatients on the Respiratory Support Unit (RSU). You will be involved in supporting the delivery of safe, high quality and patient-centred care as well as the development of relevant policies & guidelines. The post holder will need to undertake audit, service improvement projects and review clinical practices to affect positive change in medicines management on the unit.
The post holder will be required to attend clinical meetings when appropriate, maintain and develop formal links with clinical teams, support junior pharmacy staff and provide relevant specialist medicines information as requested to healthcare professionals on the unit.
The post holder will monitor drug expenditure within the directorate, advice on the most effective treatment options and be responsible for the production of financial & annual reports to the service leads and relevant teams.
The role will include line managing the band 7 pharmacists, training and
development of less experienced team members including the medicines
management technicians, trainee pharmacists, band 6 and 7 pharmacists in
cardiorespiratory.
As part of the job, the post holder will be expected to contribute to core pharmacy services including weekends, bank holidays early evening shifts and on-call on a rotational basis.
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/
• Maintain and develop an expert clinical practice in area of Specialty.
• To lead and develop the specialist clinical pharmacy service to the specialist area in line with local and national standards and policies, ensuring the safe, clinical and cost effective use of medicines within UHL and the wider Health Community.
• To deliver highly specialised pharmaceutical care to patients and to support other healthcare staff in meeting risk management, financial management and clinical governance responsibilities around the use of medicines.
• To evaluate errors made with high risk medicines used by Specialty, to communicate these errors with relevant teams and to help reduce future occurrence of such errors throughout the Trust and wider Healthcare Community.
• To undertake clinical supervision and mentoring of junior pharmacists, medicines management technicians and trainee pharmacists.
• To be a source of expert specialist advice for other pharmacists, patients and all other healthcare professionals within the speciality, including participation in multidisciplinary and governance meetings.
• To lead and develop clinical pharmacy audit and practice research within the specialist area.
Please see attached job description(s) for more details.
This advert closes on Thursday 11 Apr 2024