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Lead Pharmacist for Surgery and Anaesthetics
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Trosolwg o'r swydd
A career opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic pharmacist to join our team here at Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as the Lead Pharmacist for Surgery and Anaesthetics. If you are a clinical pharmacist with demonstrable interest or experience for providing pharmaceutical care within surgery and anaesthetics, we would love for you to join us. Could you work with our forward-thinking clinical teams to improve pharmaceutical services and deliver sustainable change?
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
The successful candidate will be responsible for the provision, delivery and development of a clinical pharmacy across all hospital sites, to Surgery and Anaesthetics. They will:
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proactively contribute to delivery of outstanding patient care across the specialty
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co-ordinate, develop and participate in the provision of the ward clinical pharmacy service; thus facilitating the provision of a high quality and cost-effective pharmaceutical care service to patients and other service users
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provide specialist information, advice & training to support clinical colleagues
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Establish and develop strong and effective links with senior management of the clinical business units, in order to maintain and develop the contribution of pharmacy medicines optimisation
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participate in research activities and quality improvement initiatives
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.
Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.
Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.
A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.
Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
The post holder will:
- Undertake Lead Pharmacist duties for area of designated specialism – surgery & anaesthetics
- Be responsible for delivering on the Trust medicines optimisation strategy in respect to surgery & anaesthetics
- Perform risk assessments, clinical governance and provide assurance measures in areas of responsibility.
- Undertake relevant training to maintain competencies and further develop clinical or technical specialist knowledge in specialist area.
- Apply highly specialist knowledge to provide and develop clinical services, produce protocols or guidelines, undertake audits / research, act as a source of pharmaceutical expertise and promote cost effective use of medicines to other healthcare professionals.
- Be responsible for providing formal training / education for Pharmacy staff, other healthcare professionals (e.g. nurses, doctors, medical students) and patients, on medication use and expenditure in designated specialism and other areas at the request of the education lead.
- When registered as a non-medical prescriber, undertake the clinical management and drug treatment of designated patients.
- Take on responsibility for managing and developing staff.
- In the absence of the Clinical Pharmacist Team Manager/responsible pharmacist construct and/or amend the weekly service cover rota as required.
- Deal with issues that need senior input when acting as the most senior pharmacist available on site.
- Participate in the provision and development of pharmaceutical services to Warrington Hospital, Halton Hospital, Captain Sir Tom Moore Hospital, and for other units provided with services by the Pharmacy Department under service-level agreements.
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Manyleb y person
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Essential Masters qualification in Pharmacy (4 years), or equivalent qualification plus 1-year pre-registration training and experience.
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent documented clinical experience
- Evidence of Continuing Professional development
Meini prawf dymunol
- Independent prescribing qualification (V300 or equivalent)
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Validated post registration hospital experience or equivalent documented clinical experience
- Ward based, medicines management experience
- Experience in delivering training and supervising others
- Collaborative working in multidisciplinary settings
- Audit and / or practice research experience
- Management / leadership experience
Meini prawf dymunol
- Medicines information experience
- Risk management
- Project management experience
- Experience of policy, guideline and service development
- Staff management
Skills, knowledge and competencies
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Demonstrate team working and team management skills
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of medicines regulation and guidance
- Demonstrate ability to use initiative and solve problems
- Excellent Communication Skills Good IT skills
- Can assimilate complex information for decision making and prioritisation
- Excellent knowledge of clinical therapeutics and pharmacology
Meini prawf dymunol
- Ability to develop services in designated area.
- Ability to affect and manage change with an ability to motivate others.
- Ability to manage time, people and resources to deliver outcomes
- Identifies and manages risk
Gofynion ymgeisio
Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Louise Tyrer-Jones
- Teitl y swydd
- Principal Pharmacist (Planned Care Group)
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 01925662023
Rhestr swyddi gyda Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust yn Gwasanaethau gwyddor iechyd neu bob sector