Consultant Pharmacist - Antimicrobials | Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 16 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £70,417 - £81,138 pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 May 2024 |
| Location: | Grimsby/Scunthorpe /Goole Based Trustwide, DN33 2BA |
| Company: | Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6231279/208-308B4E-24-2 |
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and dynamic Consultant Pharmacist for Antimicrobials to lead on the antimicrobial stewardship agenda across Northern Lincolnshire and working with our Group partners Hull University Teaching Hospital and wider, with United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
You will influence strategic management of antimicrobial prescribing and develop frameworks for all healthcare staff, through practice-based development linked to the clinical governance and performance framework. You will provide leadership across the antimicrobial stewardship agenda through the Infection, Prevention and Control Team and working with other local healthcare economy organisations across the Trust and community wide.
Health and Care Worker Visa’s & Relocation Packages available (where eligible) and On-Boarding team support. Affordable housing, outstanding schools, good transport links and in an area of outstanding natural beauty.
For further information and an informal discussion about the role, please contact Simon Priestley, Chief Pharmacist.
• Support the Consultant Microbiologists and the Infection Prevention & Control team in developing a Trust-wide culture that reduces healthcare-associated infection and supports excellent antimicrobial prescribing.
• Responsible for managing and implementing Trust strategy for improving antimicrobial prescribing throughout NLAG consistent with the requirements of the Health Act (2006, revised January 2008).
• To enhance links and collaboration between Pharmacy and Microbiology within the Trust.
• Contribute to the wider healthcare community's management of antimicrobials and influence Pharmacy practice
• Provide expert advice at highly specialist level on pharmaceutical matters relating to antimicrobials and support the development of guidelines in the use of antibiotics.
• Lead, plan and undertake clinical audit and research in relation to improving antimicrobial prescribing and infection prevention and control, including reviewing the appropriateness of clinical directorate audit programmes with respect to antimicrobial prescribing.
• Provide leadership on antimicrobial stewardship at a regional and national level for primary and secondary care.
• Provide national leadership for Consultant Pharmacists with liaison with the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England.
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.
• Fulfil the role of Consultant Clinical Pharmacy Practitioner, improving the use of antimicrobials in the Trust. Provide information and advice on therapeutic and cost-effectiveness measures and guide doctors in the composition of appropriate drug treatments for individual patients in accordance with Trust Antimicrobial Policy and guidelines. Able to communicate clearly the rationale for advice where this is challenged.
• Lead the service for NLAG for the blood level monitoring and pharmacokinetic analysis of antimicrobials with a narrow therapeutic range.
• Work with Consultant Microbiologists, the Director of Infection Prevention and Control, and the Head of Infection Prevention and Control, in the ongoing development of strategies for multi-professional support for patients requiring antimicrobials.
• Use advanced skills in drug utilisation review/evaluation analysing drug usage patterns and trends to advise on budgetary issues, inform business-planning processes and to support the Director of Pharmacy in the management of antimicrobial usage and spend in the Trust.
• Responsible for the provision of specialist teaching and the delivery of core training to nurses, pharmacists, doctors and other healthcare staff. In particular, ensure that junior medical staff understand and can apply the anti-biotic guidelines and know where to obtain further advice in relation to their prescribing.
• Represent antimicrobial pharmacy on the Department of Health’s Antimicrobial Resistance & Healthcare Acquired Infections, Antimicrobial Stewardship Group. This has the remit of improving antimicrobial prescribing in England. Assist the development of the annual European Antimicrobial Awareness Day activities for the UK.
• Represent antimicrobial pharmacy on the Health Protection Agency’s Primary Care Group. This provides antimicrobial guidance for primary care. Contribute to the Antimicrobial Stewardship
in Primary Care (ASPIC) Project group.
• Represent the Antimicrobial Pharmacists for Yorkshire & Humber at the Regional Microbiology Group.
• Be a spokesperson for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (Professional Body) on Antimicrobials.
• Be an active member of the UK Consultant Pharmacists Group, liaising with the Department of Health for Consultant Pharmacists and for Modernising Pharmacy Careers for Advanced
Practice.
• Contribute to the development of corporate infection reduction programmes and plans in collaboration with the infection prevention and control team.
• Design, plan and organise practice research relating to medicines management of antimicrobials in collaboration with the Consultant Microbiologists.
• Provide strategic advice to the Assistant Chief Pharmacist, Clinical Services and Governance regarding the planning of future clinical pharmacy workforce requirements.
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/
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This advert closes on Monday 6 May 2024