Senior Rotational Clinical Pharmacist - ref. u10369603
Job overview
King’s has a number of tertiary care specialities and our successful rotational programme is designed to offer clinical experience in providing high quality pharmaceutical care to patients across all sites of the Trust.
Rotations include anticoagulation, clinical services, hepatology, paediatrics, neurosciences, medicines finance, specialist medicine, cancer & aseptic services, acute medicine, surgery and clinical trials.
This post would be suitable for an individual who is looking to develop their clinical skills across a range of specialities, as well as their leadership and managerial skills.
The rotations have structured objectives designed to ensure that the participants gain sufficient experience and skills while contributing to the department and Trust priorities.
The successful applicant will be a team player with significant clinical experience as a registered hospital pharmacist, excellent interpersonal skills, a strong desire to learn and a meticulous attention to detail.
Main duties of the job
Key activities of the post holder in each rotation will be to:
- Act as a specialist practitioner and role model and manage the day to day pharmaceutical care of patients in the speciality.
- Attend daily consultant ward rounds in specific rotations.
- Respond to clinical queries both internally and externally.
- Produce monthly financial and activity reports including monitoring of cost savings initiatives.
- Conduct audit, quality improvement and research projects.
- Participate in activities such as risk management, clinical guideline development and staff training.
Working for our organisation
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites.The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus.Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities- The post holder will work as part of a dedicated pharmacy team to provide and develop specialist clinical pharmacy services to the Care Group. The post holder will liaise between wards, departments and
pharmacy to ensure that pharmacy services are tailored to meet the Specialty Care Group’s needs wherever possible.
The post holder will participate in the following:- Act as a deputy for Specialist Pharmacist when necessary.
- Participate in the multidisciplinary team delivering and promoting high quality, cost-effective, patient focused pharmaceutical care to patients.
- Provide interface and discharge liaison, and support to the wards & units within the Care Group.
- Consistently lead on the provision of clinical pharmacy services to the many sub-specialties within the Care Group and ensure a high level of clinical pharmacy input.
- Act as a clinical role model, and supervise rotational staff at ward level.
- Promote the safe use of drugs within the specialty.
- Develop, implement and audit local guidelines.
- Audit usage of medicines in the Care Group with the aim of promoting cost-effective prescribing
- Assist in the financial reporting to the Care Group and drug budget management.
- Ensure seamless pharmaceutical care on discharge, liaising with other pharmacists and healthcare professionals (i.e., primary and secondary) taking over care of the patient.
- Work with the Principal Pharmacist for the speciality to extend the boundaries of professional practice within the Care Group.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Registered Pharmacist (Significant competency assessed and examined professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent qualification/experience
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
- Registered Independent Prescriber or willingness to complete
- Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent qualification / experience
Knowldege & Experience
Essential criteria- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the clinical governance agenda
- Specialist clinical knowledge and skills relevant to area of practice
- Experience in directorate pharmacy
- Maintains a broad level of pharmacy practice
- Appropriate post registration experience in hospital Pharmacy or equivalent area of practice with assessed competencies
- Experience of supervising others
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Experience of practice research or audit
- Demonstration of advanced practice using evidence mapped to the RPS Advanced Practice Framework
Skills and Competencies
Essential criteria- Be able to communicate effectively in both written and verbal formats with staff and patients
- 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 consultants/service managers)
- Be able to use available evidence to make sound judgments in relation to patient-or drug-specific issues to motivate self and others
- To have basic keyboard and computer skills (word processing, spreadsheet, report generation and presentations)