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Job summary

At LGT we are currently seeking a highly motivated, resourceful pharmacist to join our energetic and well-motivated team to lead on the provision of a clinical pharmacy service to Specialist Medicine (namely Dermatology and Neurology) at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH).

Following the repatriation of patients with multiple sclerosis from Kings College Hospital, we have an opportunity to manage our patients and give access to novel therapies at QEH, with the successful candidate working closely alongside Neurology consultants and specialist nurses.

In addition, there will be the exciting opportunity to be involved in the upcoming implementation of a Pharmacy Led Homecare Hub, with the aim of centralising the prescribing of homecare medicines for dermatology, neurology, rheumatology and gastroenterology at LGT.

The successful applicant will be responsible for the pharmacy service offered to specialist medicine at the QEH site, including representing the Trust at... regional integrated medicines optimisation committee meetings, supporting the roll out of biosimilar switching programmes, participating in MDTs, engaging with commissioners and ensuring clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs.

The ability to provide support and provide education to the wider clinical pharmacy team and other healthcare professionals is fundamental to this post. The post-holder is also expected to have a ward based commitment working within a small team (cluster) of pharmacists.
Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be expected to lead on the pharmacy service provided to dermatology and neurology, help to mentor a team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, implement policies and procedures to ensure safe and effective medication management, provide education and training to staff and patients on safe and effective medication use and to participate in research and quality improvement initiatives to improve patient outcomes.

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated team player with excellent problem-solving & time management skills. They will be responsible for supporting the delivery and development of a patient focused clinical pharmacy service Trust wide; and assisting in the promotion of the cost effective use of medicines, as well as identifying and delivering drug cost savings and achievement of any national CQUIN or iURP programmes as necessary.

Applicants must be currently registered with the GPhC as a pharmacist and completed the clinical pharmacist diploma. An independent prescribing qualification is desirable but not essential. Successful candidates will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, be able to engage with key stakeholders throughout the Trust. The post-holder must be able to represent the Trust at relevant offsite network or regional meetings as required.
About us

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Date posted

17 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum plus HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

197-UT5932

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Stadium Road

London

SE18 4QH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary:
• To be responsible for the coordination and delivery of a responsive, proactive, patient-focused clinical pharmacy service to clinical Divisions across the Trust within defined area. This includes the promotion of safe, effective and cost effective drug use to facilitate patient admission and enhance continuity of care across the primary and secondary care interface. To provide support and direction to the band 7s in Medicine cross site.
• To act as a role model and provide a consistently high standard of pharmaceutical service to patients in line with the Trust and Departmental objectives.
• To be the main pharmacy contact for Dermatology and Neurology within the clinical divisions.
• To support Dermatology and Neurology in managing their drugs budget. Support service development that involves medicines or pharmacy services in these directorates.
• To provide operational and clinical support to the pharmacy department as dictated by the needs of the clinical pharmacy service across the Trust. This includes supervision, training and support to junior pharmacists, trainee pharmacists and other pharmacy staff as necessary.
• To deputise for the Principal Pharmacist for the respective site.

Key Result Areas & Performance:

Clinical Services and Patient Care
• To participate in the front-line provision of Pharmacy Services as appropriate and when To act as a clinical pharmacist in an appropriate area and participate in consultant ward rounds as required.
• To be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a pharmacist independent prescriber.
• To practice as a pharmacist independent prescriber, where appropriate to improve patient care and safety, and to continue to develop the role of pharmacist independent prescriber within the specialty.
• To act as a clinical role model for other pharmacists within the team and demonstrate the ability to provide service that ensures the safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of drugs and the ability to check clinically screened dispensed prescriptions.
• To provide a safe and patient-focused clinical pharmacy service to wards. This includes undertaking medicines reconciliation, assessing pharmaceutical needs, assessing and facilitating the use of patients own drugs, ensuring appropriate drug supply, maintaining both the one stop dispensing system and ward based dispensing service by pharmacy
• To participate in consultant post-take ward rounds to identify and resolve pharmaceutical care needs of patients and ensure that any follow up plans are shared with the ward based pharmacy team and medical staff as
• To lead the training program for pharmacists providing service to wards within general medicine and post-take ward rounds to ensure efficient and safe provision of the clinical pharmacy
• To support the investigation of medication related incidents and formulation/delivery of action plans to address any problems identified within Medicine.
• To contribute to the development and implementation of strategies to improve safe medicines use across the
• To liaise with primary care colleagues to gather and disseminate patient medication issues to other healthcare

Leadership & Service Development
• To lead and develop the clinical pharmacy service to Dermatology and Neurology across the Trust. This includes setting and monitoring quality standards for clinical pharmacy services and the provision of feedback to the Principal Pharmacist for Medicine.
• To provide the Director of Pharmacy with details of output, performance and activity at specified time intervals in a format agreed with the Director of Pharmacy.
• To identify resources required to improve pharmacy services within the specified directorates.
• To support the development, implementation and adherence to local and national guidelines/policies to ensure cost-effective and safe prescribing within the division.
• To collaborate in the development of Integrated Care Pathways, Standard Operating Procedures and Patient Group Directions within the division as necessary.
• To liaise with other senior pharmacy staff to ensure the effective provision of Pharmacy Services.

Division support
• To actively contribute to the management of the drug budget for Dermatology and Neurology through drug expenditure monitoring, forecasting, drug use audits and feedback to the service and general managers to ensure the most effective use of resources.
• To identify areas of potential cost-savings within the areas, and to implement systems to realise savings and contain prescribing costs.
• To educate healthcare professionals on the costs associated with drug therapy and promote the use of evidence-based, cost-effective prescribing within the division.
• To participate in the preparation of business cases to support service developments within Pharmacy and clinical areas as necessary.
• To actively participate in divisional meetings, if required.

Staff Management and Training
• To manage the induction and development of pharmacy staff, according to their identified needs and the development and funding frameworks of the department in liaison with the Lead Pharmacist for Education and Training.
• To undertake regular performance reviews of all staff managed according to Trust procedures:
• Appraisals and objective setting
• Sickness absence
• Disciplinary and grievance matters
• Recruitment and selection
• Personal development
• Departmental workload allocations
• To support the education and training of other healthcare professionals, including medical staff, nursing staff and allied health professionals.
• To participate and contribute to clinical training programmes at a local and national level e.g. summer students, pharmacy undergraduates.
• To evaluate and develop own management and professional knowledge competencies by attendance to in house/external training programmes, self-education and practice research.
• To undertake CPD to ensure that knowledge is continually updated.
• To arrange and/or deliver relevant departmental meetings across the Trust that will enable staff to be brought up to date on current issues and to address staff development needs for Specialist Medicine
• To be a postgraduate tutor (trainee pharmacist or diploma) for pharmacy staff as appropriate and required.

Research & Development
• To lead in audit and practice research to investigate, and where appropriate, improve the quality of service for patients in the Trust.
• To encourage research conducted to be published or presented at local, national or international meetings.
• To develop working relationship and research links with academic units to promote collaboration in pharmacy practice and risk management research.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Job Summary:
• To be responsible for the coordination and delivery of a responsive, proactive, patient-focused clinical pharmacy service to clinical Divisions across the Trust within defined area. This includes the promotion of safe, effective and cost effective drug use to facilitate patient admission and enhance continuity of care across the primary and secondary care interface. To provide support and direction to the band 7s in Medicine cross site.
• To act as a role model and provide a consistently high standard of pharmaceutical service to patients in line with the Trust and Departmental objectives.
• To be the main pharmacy contact for Dermatology and Neurology within the clinical divisions.
• To support Dermatology and Neurology in managing their drugs budget. Support service development that involves medicines or pharmacy services in these directorates.
• To provide operational and clinical support to the pharmacy department as dictated by the needs of the clinical pharmacy service across the Trust. This includes supervision, training and support to junior pharmacists, trainee pharmacists and other pharmacy staff as necessary.
• To deputise for the Principal Pharmacist for the respective site.

Key Result Areas & Performance:

Clinical Services and Patient Care
• To participate in the front-line provision of Pharmacy Services as appropriate and when To act as a clinical pharmacist in an appropriate area and participate in consultant ward rounds as required.
• To be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a pharmacist independent prescriber.
• To practice as a pharmacist independent prescriber, where appropriate to improve patient care and safety, and to continue to develop the role of pharmacist independent prescriber within the specialty.
• To act as a clinical role model for other pharmacists within the team and demonstrate the ability to provide service that ensures the safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of drugs and the ability to check clinically screened dispensed prescriptions.
• To provide a safe and patient-focused clinical pharmacy service to wards. This includes undertaking medicines reconciliation, assessing pharmaceutical needs, assessing and facilitating the use of patients own drugs, ensuring appropriate drug supply, maintaining both the one stop dispensing system and ward based dispensing service by pharmacy
• To participate in consultant post-take ward rounds to identify and resolve pharmaceutical care needs of patients and ensure that any follow up plans are shared with the ward based pharmacy team and medical staff as
• To lead the training program for pharmacists providing service to wards within general medicine and post-take ward rounds to ensure efficient and safe provision of the clinical pharmacy
• To support the investigation of medication related incidents and formulation/delivery of action plans to address any problems identified within Medicine.
• To contribute to the development and implementation of strategies to improve safe medicines use across the
• To liaise with primary care colleagues to gather and disseminate patient medication issues to other healthcare

Leadership & Service Development
• To lead and develop the clinical pharmacy service to Dermatology and Neurology across the Trust. This includes setting and monitoring quality standards for clinical pharmacy services and the provision of feedback to the Principal Pharmacist for Medicine.
• To provide the Director of Pharmacy with details of output, performance and activity at specified time intervals in a format agreed with the Director of Pharmacy.
• To identify resources required to improve pharmacy services within the specified directorates.
• To support the development, implementation and adherence to local and national guidelines/policies to ensure cost-effective and safe prescribing within the division.
• To collaborate in the development of Integrated Care Pathways, Standard Operating Procedures and Patient Group Directions within the division as necessary.
• To liaise with other senior pharmacy staff to ensure the effective provision of Pharmacy Services.

Division support
• To actively contribute to the management of the drug budget for Dermatology and Neurology through drug expenditure monitoring, forecasting, drug use audits and feedback to the service and general managers to ensure the most effective use of resources.
• To identify areas of potential cost-savings within the areas, and to implement systems to realise savings and contain prescribing costs.
• To educate healthcare professionals on the costs associated with drug therapy and promote the use of evidence-based, cost-effective prescribing within the division.
• To participate in the preparation of business cases to support service developments within Pharmacy and clinical areas as necessary.
• To actively participate in divisional meetings, if required.

Staff Management and Training
• To manage the induction and development of pharmacy staff, according to their identified needs and the development and funding frameworks of the department in liaison with the Lead Pharmacist for Education and Training.
• To undertake regular performance reviews of all staff managed according to Trust procedures:
• Appraisals and objective setting
• Sickness absence
• Disciplinary and grievance matters
• Recruitment and selection
• Personal development
• Departmental workload allocations
• To support the education and training of other healthcare professionals, including medical staff, nursing staff and allied health professionals.
• To participate and contribute to clinical training programmes at a local and national level e.g. summer students, pharmacy undergraduates.
• To evaluate and develop own management and professional knowledge competencies by attendance to in house/external training programmes, self-education and practice research.
• To undertake CPD to ensure that knowledge is continually updated.
• To arrange and/or deliver relevant departmental meetings across the Trust that will enable staff to be brought up to date on current issues and to address staff development needs for Specialist Medicine
• To be a postgraduate tutor (trainee pharmacist or diploma) for pharmacy staff as appropriate and required.

Research & Development
• To lead in audit and practice research to investigate, and where appropriate, improve the quality of service for patients in the Trust.
• To encourage research conducted to be published or presented at local, national or international meetings.
• To develop working relationship and research links with academic units to promote collaboration in pharmacy practice and risk management research.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential
• B. Pharm / M. Pharm / BSc (Pharmacy) or equivalent.
• Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Postgraduate Diploma in either Clinical Pharmacy or General Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent).
• Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice.

Desirable
• Other postgraduate qualifications i.e. Independent Prescribing
• Management/Leadership courses i.e. Edward Jenner, Mary Seacole

Experience

Essential
• Substantial post registration experience in hospital clinical pharmacy or equivalent relevant area of practice.
• Demonstrable experience in supervising others.
• Demonstrable experience of managing staff/ teams.
• Demonstrable experience of co- ordinating and leading on clinical audit.
• Demonstrable experience of protocol/ guideline development.

Desirable
• Demonstrable experience in the delivery of formal education and training at postgraduate level.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential
• Knowledge of relevant local and national standards associated with medicines optimisation and integrated care
• Ability to work on own initiative and effectively as part of a team both within pharmacy and a multidisciplinary environment
• Ability to think strategically.
• Applies sound professional judgement to legal and ethical issues.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex information effectively using clear written and spoken English and overcome barriers to understanding.
• Ability to provide highly complex information on Pharmacy Services issues and impart knowledge to all levels of healthcare professionals (up to and including senior consultants/professor/executive director level).
• Ability to work positively and calmly under pressure.

Desirable
• Ability to manage difficult and complex issues or refer appropriately.
• Ability to prioritise and plan work effectively alone and for a team including the ability to delegate appropriately.

Person Specification
Qualifications and Training

Essential
• B. Pharm / M. Pharm / BSc (Pharmacy) or equivalent.
• Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Postgraduate Diploma in either Clinical Pharmacy or General Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent).
• Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice.

Desirable
• Other postgraduate qualifications i.e. Independent Prescribing
• Management/Leadership courses i.e. Edward Jenner, Mary Seacole

Experience

Essential
• Substantial post registration experience in hospital clinical pharmacy or equivalent relevant area of practice.
• Demonstrable experience in supervising others.
• Demonstrable experience of managing staff/ teams.
• Demonstrable experience of co- ordinating and leading on clinical audit.
• Demonstrable experience of protocol/ guideline development.

Desirable
• Demonstrable experience in the delivery of formal education and training at postgraduate level.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential
• Knowledge of relevant local and national standards associated with medicines optimisation and integrated care
• Ability to work on own initiative and effectively as part of a team both within pharmacy and a multidisciplinary environment
• Ability to think strategically.
• Applies sound professional judgement to legal and ethical issues.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex information effectively using clear written and spoken English and overcome barriers to understanding.
• Ability to provide highly complex information on Pharmacy Services issues and impart knowledge to all levels of healthcare professionals (up to and including senior consultants/professor/executive director level).
• Ability to work positively and calmly under pressure.

Desirable
• Ability to manage difficult and complex issues or refer appropriately.
• Ability to prioritise and plan work effectively alone and for a team including the ability to delegate appropriately.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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
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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Stadium Road

London

SE18 4QH

Employer's website

https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Stadium Road

London

SE18 4QH

Employer's website

https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab

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