Specialist Clinical Pharmacist IUC

Are you a Clinical Pharmacist wondering what other roles are out there? Would you like to broaden your knowledge into pre-hospital medicines and find out how you can make a difference to the ambulance service?

Then come and join us! Work with our multi-disciplinary team, responsible for leading and delivering excellent clinical care and advice across the Trust, both in our 999 and 111 services.

As the Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Integrated Urgent Care (IUC), you will provide leadership and advice on all matters associated with medicines optimisation and clinical pharmacy services across the Trust and within our NHS 111 service; driving service improvement using technology to enable the best and most efficient use of resources.

Quality improvement is a key part of this role and you will use incidents, national guidance and best practice to develop education programmes that meet the needs of our staff and our patients.

Main duties of the job

The core responsibilities for this role are:

• To ensure that the Trust is compliant with the legal and statutory requirements in relation to all matters that pertain to medicines governance, management and optimisation.
• To support the Deputy Chief Pharmacist with 111 medicines optimisation, IUC antimicrobial stewardship and IUC non-medical prescribing workstreams such as quarterly prescribing reports, extracting and analysing data from NHSBSA and supervising pharmacy student audit projects and placements.
• To support activities in the Medicines Distribution Centre (MDC) as required for high quality service delivery.
• To deliver teaching sessions to paramedics, medical and nursing staff and other health care professionals as requested.
• Provide expert and specialist knowledge in relation to medicinal products and their use as well as assist in the development of new clinical protocols and treatment options including the development of patient group directions (PGDs).
• Develop guidelines, policies and procedures for medicines use within the Trust as required.
• Represent SECAmb Medicines Optimisation Team at relevant meetings and working groups across the system.
• Act as a supervisor and mentor for projects and audits, including those with relevant pharmacy undergraduate students.
• To plan and review pharmacy undergraduate placements.

About us

• Option to join NHS pension scheme
• A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing after 5 years' service.
• Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
• Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
• Access to occupational health and counselling services.
• Back up buddy App
• Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.

Job responsibilities

You will also:

• Develop systems to ensure medicinal products are stored appropriately and securely on all Trust premises and vehicles, complying with national, statutory and local requirements
• Assist the Chief and Deputy Chief Pharmacists on all matters relating to medicine management and governance within the Trust
• Contribute to medicines management within designated areas to ensure the requirements of CQC and other key governance frameworks are met.

Contact Rachel Howatson, DeputyChief Pharmacist, for a chat to find out more about this exciting and developing role.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Master's degree in pharmacy (MPharm)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy or Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent)
• Has/Working towards a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent)
• Has/working towards and independent prescribing qualification

Experience

• Previous employment or experience in a primary or secondary organisation in a education/clinical advisory/supervisory role
• At least four years post qualification experience
• Track record of successful multidisciplinary team working
• Experience of continual training or supervising staff
• Evidence of track record in supporting and promoting effective prescribing in primary and secondary care
• Experience of managing the delivery of operational services and achievement of performance targets
• Experience of using risk management reporting systems and undertaking clinical investigations into incidents and complaints
• Experience of influencing change

Knowledge

• Understanding of National and local priorities
• Able to interpret and summarise a wide range of clinical information and demonstrate appropriate clinical knowledge and application
• Good knowledge and understanding of the formulation, preparation, and therapeutic action of medicines
• Understanding of clinical and information governance and underpinning guidance, processes and policies
• An understanding of the nature of primary and secondary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing, medicines optimisation and strategies for improving prescribing
• Understanding of the wider healthcare community and the interface with emergency care services

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.