Job summary
Employer heading
Advanced Pharmacist for Critical Care and General Surgery
Band 8a
Job overview
This is based at the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. This will be a great opportunity for an experienced Pharmacist to develop the Clinical Pharmacy service, working closely with very enthusiastic speciality teams. This is also an opportunity to put your prescribing into practice working with pre-admission patients.
Critical care experience would be desirable but training can be provided in this speciality and you would be supported by other Advanced Pharmacists working in critical care.
Being an NMP would be essential and if needed, enrolment on the course will be fully supported by the department.
On a daily basis you will oversee a team of rotational pharmacists and clinical technicians supporting the Critical Care and Surgery. The role will work closely with the Lead Surgical Services Pharmacist, other surgical leads and the critical care team.
We will consider candidates able work at a band 7 to 8a progression
Main duties of the job
- To operate as an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist in Surgery across the Trust
- To be the speciality pharmacist for Critical Care, General Surgery and Hospital at Home supporting safe and effective use of medicines within these specialities to improve medicines safety
- To operationally oversee on a day to day basis the performance of the surgical team working within these specialities.
- To effectively manage and supervise pharmacists working within the surgical team and oversee the supervision of other pharmacy staff working on the surgical wards.
- To deputise for the Lead Pharmacist for Surgery at Pharmacy and Care Group level when required
Working for our organisation
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 695,000 people.
Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: ‘People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’.
We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called ‘We care’. It’s about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We’re looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
NHSEI have always been clear that staff have a professional duty to get vaccinated and it remains our best line of defence against COVID-19. As such NHS organisation including Primary Care, are encouraged to continue engaging with and supporting their staff to inform their decisions in order to drive vaccine confidence, protect themselves, patients, and everyone else. NHSEI has produced COVID-19 vaccine communication materials.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents'.
Person specification
experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience working with surgical specialties
- Teaching a variety of HCP
Desirable criteria
- management of staff and or service
qualification
Essential criteria
- mrpharms
- diploma or equivalent clinical knowledge demonstrated
Desirable criteria
- NMP or enrolled on a course
- Educational Supervisor or equivalent
skills
Essential criteria
- Communication skills demonstrated
- Problem solving skills
- time management demonstrated
Desirable criteria
- IT
other
Essential criteria
- Applying Trust values
knowlegde
Essential criteria
- Working with a speciality as a dedicated pharmacist
- Medicines use in surgery
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rebecca Tarrant
- Job title
- Lead Surgical Services Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07554330685
- Additional information
As a department, we encourage flexible working.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Rebecca Tarrant Lead Surgical Services Pharmacist
[email protected] 07554330685
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