Job Description
Band 8A
Main area: Pharmacy
Grade: Band 8A
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Including out of hours and seven day working)
Job ref: 213-CAY-6539185
Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: King's College Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £61,927 - £68,676 Per annum pro rata including HCA
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/09/2024 23:59
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.7 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
Job overview
The post holder will work as part of a dedicated pharmacy team to lead, provide and develop specialist clinical pharmacy services to Gastroenterology. The post holder will also support the Principal Pharmacist for Surgery, Gastroenterology & Ophthalmology in managing the team. The post holder will liaise between wards, departments and pharmacy to ensure that pharmacy services are tailored to meet the Care Groups needs wherever possible.
Main responsibilities
- Deputise for the Principal Pharmacist Surgery, Gastroenterology & Ophthalmology.
- Act as a specialist role model and an expert in the medical management within Gastroenterology.
- Lead and manage clinical pharmacy services in Gastroenterology & in conjunction with the Principal Pharmacist.
- Participate regularly in outpatient clinics to deliver and promote high quality, cost-effective and patient-focused pharmaceutical care.
- Act as a pharmacist independent prescriber to optimise the care of patients within Gastroenterology.
- Ensure a high level of clinical pharmacy input to the care of patients within Gastroenterology, providing interface and discharge liaison and support.
- Actively participate in multidisciplinary ward rounds, delivering and promoting high quality, cost-effective, patient-focused pharmaceutical care.
Main duties of the job
- Deputise for the Principal Pharmacist.
- Act as a specialist role model and an expert in the medical management within the Gastroenterology Care Group.
- Lead and manage clinical pharmacy services in the gastroenterology Care Group in conjunction with the Principal Pharmacist.
- Develop and participate in outpatient clinics to deliver and promote high quality, cost-effective and patient-focused pharmaceutical care.
- Act as a pharmacist independent prescriber to optimise the care of patients within the Care Group.
- Actively participate in multidisciplinary ward rounds, delivering and promoting high quality, cost-effective, patient-focused pharmaceutical care.
- Promote safe drug use within the gastroenterology Care Group specialities.
- Development, implementation and audit of local guidelines.
- Supervise and train pharmacy staff at ward level.
- Provide education and training of healthcare professionals within and outside the Trust.
- Financial reporting, drug usage and expenditure forecasting, drug budget management and work on CIPs (cost improvement programmes).
- To participate in practice and clinical research and audit.
Person specification
Knowledge, skills and experience
- MPharm (Masters Degree)
- Registered Pharmacist (1 year competency assessed and examined professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council)
- Postgraduate Diploma in pharmacy practice or equivalent qualification / experience
- Specialist clinical knowledge and skills relevant to area of practice
- Experience of working with senior healthcare professionals outside of pharmacy
- Experience of supervising others
- Experience of protocol/guideline development
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Be able to provide highly complex Information on medicines use, clinical pharmacy and financial issues to all levels of healthcare professionals (up to and including senior consultants/professor level)
- Able to implement and manage change
- Ability to work well under pressure by prioritising and managing time effectively
- Registered independent prescriber or willingness to complete
- Problem-solving skills
- Able to motivate self and others
- Be able to influence junior medical staff, the multidisciplinary team
- Member of the RPS faculty
- Demonstration of advanced practice using evidence mapped to the RPS Advanced Practice Framework