Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity cover post)
- Hours
- Full time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 249-6444786
- Employer
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Great Western Hospital
- Town
- Swindon
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 05/08/2024
Employer heading
Advanced Pharmacist (Medicines Effectiveness)
Band 8a
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.
Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.
We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.
If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Job overview
We are delighted to share this amazing opportunity for an enthusiast pharmacist to join our Pharmacy Medicines Effectiveness (PME) team, on a 12-month, fixed term basis, to provide maternity leave cover for our 8a Advanced Pharmacist (Medicines Effectiveness).
The role involves working collaboratively with pharmacy, clinical, finance and commissioning colleagues across our Trust, our integrated care system and beyond, to ensure we introduce safe, clinically- effective and cost-efficient medicines to our local formulary and our Trust, in line with national guidance, commissioning policies and contractual agreements.
The post holder will also lead our PME team in the absence of the Lead Pharmacist (Clinical Commissioning & Medicines Value), and will further advance their clinical skills with a regular commitment to our clinical pharmacy service, and opportunities for independent prescribing.
The successful candidate will join a team with a culture of improving together, inspiring up-and-coming team members, and embracing change, all with a clear line of sight to the safety, outcomes and experiences of the patients in our care. We will, in turn, support you in developing your specialty, clinical and leadership skills, and in your career development.
Main duties of the job
To work collaboratively with pharmacy & clinical colleagues across BSW Integrated Care Partnership to introduce safe, clinically- effective and cost-efficient medicines to BSW Formulary, in line with national guidance. This may include critical evaluation of the safety, efficacy and financial impact of new medicines, to inform formulary decisions, and production of treatment pathways / prescribing guidance / shared care agreements, to facilitate implementation of those decisions.
To work collaboratively with pharmacy, clinical, finance & commissioning colleagues across BSW Integrated Care Partnership, NHS England and Cancer Drugs Fund to introduce high-cost drugs to BSW Formulary and the Trust, in line with commissioning policies and contractual agreements. This may include redesign of Trust processes, review of monthly data challenges and identification, agreement, implementation and monitoring of agreed QIPP and Improving Value savings opportunities.
To act as an advanced clinical pharmacist, delivering clinical pharmacy services to an agreed ward or patient group, with opportunities for independent prescribing. This includes working as a pharmacist in our Dispensary as needed.
Working for our organisation
Our Pharmacy team provides procurement, distribution, dispensary, ward-based clinical, cancer, aseptic and homecare services to Great Western Hospital and several local community health services.
We embrace new technologies. Our pharmacy robots are invaluable members of our team; electronic prescribing is well-established in almost all inpatient and outpatient settings at Great Western Hospital; we use CareFlow EPR electronic patient records system and NerveCentre for electronic pharmacy handover notes; and all pharmacists are issued with their own laptop to capitalise on this connectivity.
We proudly uphold the Trust's STAR Values:
Service - We will put our patients first.
Teamwork - We will work together.
Ambition - We will aspire to provide the best service.
Respect - We will act with integrity.
and would expect successful candidates to also uphold these values.
Swindon has very good transport links. It is bordered by the Cotswolds to the North and West, the Upper Thames valley to the East, and the Marlborough Downs to the South, and the surrounding countryside is dotted with pretty villages and rural pubs. There are excellent local schools, sport and leisure facilities, a thriving local theatre and two large cinema complexes, with many more leisure activities available within an hour's travelling time in London, Reading, Oxford, Bath and Bristol.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To deputise for the Lead Pharmacist (Clinical Commissioning & Medicines Value), leading, managing and delivering the objectives and outputs of our highly specialist Pharmacy Medicines Effectiveness team, including formulary, high-cost drugs and homecare services, in his/her absence.
- As a specialist Medicines Effectiveness pharmacist, provide information and support the Lead Pharmacy Technician (Medicines Effectiveness) in managing the introduction of new formulary medicines to the Trust (including medicines with positive NICE TAs and PBR-excluded medicines). This may include providing information and advice to facilitate creation of new drug profiles, electronic prescription entries, and any additional materials necessary to facilitate introduction of new formulary medicines to the Trust.
- As a specialist Medicines Effectiveness pharmacist, provide information and support the Lead Pharmacy Technician (Medicines Effectiveness) in publicising key formulary changes, including changes to BSW prescribing guidance / treatment pathways, to healthcare professionals across the Trust.
- As a specialist Medicines Effectiveness pharmacist, provide information and support the Lead Pharmacy Technician (Medicines Effectiveness) in identifying themes from audits of non-formulary and unlicensed prescribing, and in designing and implementing mitigations and learning interventions to improve formulary adherence and unlicensed prescribing.
- To provide internal and external education and training, to pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals, in relation to formulary, commissioning and interface issues and evaluate training provided.
- To practice as an advanced Pharmacy practitioner with special interest in at least one clinical specialty.
- To provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service to patients in specified wards and clinical areas in line with clinical pharmacy standards and objectives.
8. To line manage a junior clinical pharmacist, with potential to be involved in recruitment, induction, appraisal, attendance management, performance review and management, discipline & grievance, rostering and annual leave allocation
Please see attached job descriptions for a more detailed description of the role and its responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- M Pharm Degree (or equivalent)
- Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy (or equivalent).
- Keeps professionally up to date including CPD.
Desirable criteria
- Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
- Management training / experience.
- Non-medical prescriber.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Highly experienced as qualified pharmacist in an NHS, ideally in multiple sectors.
- Experience of working across departmental and organisational boundaries to deliver specific targets and improve services for patients.
- Knowledge of financial systems and structures within the NHS.
- Understanding of current commissioning arrangements and national medicines effectiveness programs.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience working with medicines formularies, high-cost drugs and/or commissioning processes.
- Experience in change management.
- Experience in managing a team.
- Experience in service development.
- Knowledge of systems and strategies to minimise risk to patients receiving high-risk injectable medicines.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good communication, verbal and written (e.g. SOPs & reports)
- Good clinical knowledge backed up by extensive ward/practice-based experience.
- Able to prioritise on workload, delegate appropriately and manage time effectively.
- Good IT skills (e.g. Excel, Word and PowerPoint).
- Good presentation report writing skills.
- Evidence of strategic planning ability.
- Able to deal with unpredictable workload associated with on-call.
- Deal calmly and appropriately with emotional situations related to complaints, incidents.
- Use of financial systems to generate reports, analysis or review of medicine usage.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of producing Trust/network wide guidelines and/or policy documents.
- Use of database for collation of information.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Lisa King
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01793607105
- Additional information
Available for calls Mon-Fri 12.30 to 18.00 and for informal visits by appointment.
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