Pharmacist to support Homecare Team - Epsom - ref. z85534115

Job overview

The Trust’s mission is ‘to put the patient first and deliver great care to every patient, every day’. Our priorities are to create a “one team, one trust” culture and focus on the delivery of the following five objectives to ensure we provide high quality, compassionate care to all of our patients:

• Delivering safe and effective care across our sites
• Creating a positive experience that meets the expectations of our patients, their families and carers
• Providing responsive care that delivers the right treatment, in the right place at the right time
• Being financially sustainable
• Working in partnership with our patients, commissioners, other health and care providers, local authorities, the voluntary sector, the NHS TDA, NHS England and Monitor in the interests of our patients and a sustainable local health and social care economy.

1. To act as a role model and ensure all pharmacists, medical and nursing staff and other health care professionals are trained in the safe and effective use of biologics and adhere to best practice.
2. To lead in the development and delivery of the Biologics and Infusion Centre services, within the Trust, including biologics supplied via homecare, ensuring a safe and patient focused approach within this specialist area
3. To develop, implement, evaluate and monitor medicines management guidelines, policies and procedures related to biologics and regular infusions, in collaboration with appropriate specialists and in line with National Guidance.
4. To provide highly specialist individualised advice to consultants, clinical nurse specialists and other clinicians regarding these medications, their use, adverse effects and interface issues.
5. To provide highly specialised pharmaceutical information, advice and support to the multi-disciplinary team to ensure care is optimal, individualised and that timely medication reviews are undertaken as determined by relevant protocols.
6. To provide advice, counselling, oral and written information to patients and their carers about all aspects of their medication to improve concordance and aid self management of conditions as appropriate.
7. To horizon scan for new drugs in development and liaise with specialists regarding likely local impact, preparing business cases to secure funding for drug and service developments as appropriate.
8. To maintain appropriate data bases of patients receiving biologics and regular infusion therapy, coordinating the admission of patients into the unit to ensure the most cost effective use of biologics.
9. To ensure the quality of biologics prescribing is optimised and sustained and that local and national guidelines are being adhered to, by a cyclical process of audit within the Trust.
10. To provide education and training about the service to new pharmacy staff and other health care professionals as required.
11. Manage the Homecare Service Team
12. Screen Homecare prescriptions for clinical accuracy and appropriate funding

1. In liaison with the Lead Pharmacist for Medicine, manage issues relating to staff performance and sickness absence in line with Trust policy and allocate work appropriately within the team.
2. To supervise the pharmacists and ward based technicians and assistants ensuring appraisals are carried out setting and agreeing personal development objectives and including defined outcomes and agreed timeframes.
3. Work with the Lead Pharmacist for Medicine on the recruitment of pharmacists/pharmacy staff for the team and assist other pharmacy teams as needed.
4. To identify, report and investigate issues relating to medicines risk management as appropriate, in liaison with the Medication Safety Officer, contributing to rapid response reviews as needed.
5. To be a proactive and engaged member of the senior pharmacy team, providing department wide senior support to the Lead Pharmacist(s), Deputy Chief Pharmacist(s) and Chief Pharmacist, when required.
6. Develop and maintain appropriate information gathering mechanisms in order to demonstrate achievement of key performance indicators and other data analysis as required by the pharmacy department and specialist clinical area
7. Delegate authority appropriately to junior staff

Working for our organisation

ur ambition is to provide an outstanding level of care to our patients and communities.

Above all we value respect. This means everyone at the Trust – whether a member of staff, a patient or their loved ones – can expect to be treated with respect, whatever their role or background. This ensures kind, positive, professional teamwork, delivering great care to every patient, every day.

By choosing to work here, you also choose to value and role model respect. This means having respect for the Trust and your roles and responsibilities, as well as colleagues, patients and anyone who interacts with the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. To provide clinical advice to junior and trainee pharmacists, supporting them in their day to day work and acting as a mentor and role model.
2. To perform accompanied ward visits (in liaison with the Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Clinical Services and Principal Pharmacist, Education and Training), in order to monitor and improve the clinical ward pharmacy service, in line with Trust and national standards.
3. To act as rotational supervisor for rotational staff, carrying out appraisals as appropriate.
4. To participate in the education and training programmes for pharmacy, nursing and medical staff and all other health care professionals as required.
5. To provide clinical tutor support, as required, for pharmacists studying for certificates and diplomas, trainee pharmacists and pre-registration pharmacy technicians

1. Apply a critical approach towards pharmacy practice
2. To integrate research evidence into practice and actively improve clinical pharmacy services through an evidence based approach.
3. To lead and participate in the audit of prescribing practice and medicines usage with respect to national guidance and issues of local priority as identified by the divisions/pharmacy department.
4. To initiate, undertake and co-ordinate clinical research, audit projects or other service evaluations and improvements related to medicines use and the clinical pharmacy service, publishing or presenting these findings if appropriate.
5. Participate actively in practice research and clinical trials as appropriate in line with service requirements of the specialist clinical area and pharmacy department.
6. Provide expert input and advice into clinical trials within the specialist clinical area.

Person specification

Skills

• knowledge- significant post registration hospital pharmacy
• qualification and education - GPHC & clinical pharmacy diploma
• personal attributes -excellent time management & commitment

• other requirements- able to travel to venues off site when required

experience

• experience
• Experience of managing complex projects
• Significant post registration hospital pharmacy experience at a senior level

Our mission: ‘to put the patient first by delivering great care to every patient, every day.’

There’s never been a better time to join the Epsom and St Helier team. Our hospitals are facing a bright and busy future, and our staff have a proven track record in providing high quality, compassionate care for our patients.

Boasting incredible staff benefits and dedicated training schemes, working for us will not only take your career forward, but could help to transform the lives of our patients and visitors.

We offer all employees some fantastic staff benefits, and are the only hospitals in Surrey to offer staff the London high cost area supplement. Our hospitals also benefit from great locations, so whether you're attracted to the bright lights of the city or the countryside of Epsom Downs, both are within easy reach.

FURTHER INFORMATION

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For new entrants into the NHS, your pay under the Agenda for Change or Medical & Dental Pay Bands, will normally be set at the minimum of the pay band as advertised.

If you apply for this position and do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been short-listed for interview on this occasion.

ESTH values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Internal applicants from underrepresented minority groups are encouraged to seek development support such as work shadowing and interview skills coaching. Please contact the recruitment team for more information.