Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Anticoagulation and Thrombosis (XR08)

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Leeds is seeking an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist specializing in anticoagulation services. In this role, you will be pivotal in providing a patient-centered approach, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to enhance patient safety and outcomes through effective anticoagulation management and quality improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Registered General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) member.
• Postgraduate diploma in Clinical Pharmacy is required.
• Non-medical prescriber status is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver specialized clinical pharmacy services to anticoagulation patients.
• Work with healthcare professionals on anticoagulation management.
• Support education and training for healthcare staff.

Skills

Advanced clinical pharmacy knowledge

Negotiation skills

Team collaboration

Exceptional communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

Masters qualification in Pharmacy

Postgraduate diploma in Clinical Pharmacy

Job description

Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Anticoagulation and Thrombosis (XR08)

Afabulous opportunity to join the multidisciplinary anticoagulation team as an advanced clinical pharmacist, has arisen. You will join pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, doctors, nurses, phlebotomists, business managers, and admin staff in providing a high-quality, patient-centered anticoagulant service to in-patients and out-patients in Leeds. This post is for someone passionate about working in a patient-focused service, helping patients make decisions on their anticoagulation. If you enjoy education and training and want to support healthcare professionals in the Trust and across Leeds (and beyond) with anticoagulation queries, this post is for you. If you want to use quality improvement tools and audit to improve patient pathways and safety in anticoagulation for all patients, we would love to hear from you.

This role has arisen due to changes within the pharmacist anticoagulation team, and you will work alongside the current postholder, consultant pharmacist, specialist, and foundation pharmacists, as well as the wider team described above.

Expected Shortlisting Date

10/07/2025

Planned Interview Date

24/07/2025

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work alongside other members of the anticoagulant team in daily outpatient clinics reviewing patients on vitamin K antagonists, direct oral anticoagulants, and injectable anticoagulants. This may include INR monitoring and dosing, other anticoagulant monitoring, discussing suitable anticoagulation options, switching anticoagulation, or planning for anticoagulation over a procedure. Clinics run from St James Hospital. They will support the rest of the anticoagulant team and healthcare professionals across the Trust with advice and guidance on anticoagulation. They will also support primary care teams with anticoagulation advice. They will regularly participate in education and training for all healthcare professionals on anticoagulation and support pharmacists and nurses as a DPP. They will also lead and participate in quality improvement and audit of the anticoagulation service to enhance patient safety and experience.

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country, offering a range of general and specialist hospital services with excellent clinical outcomes. We have an international reputation for excellence in specialist care, research, and academic training.

Our vision is to be the best for specialist and integrated care, underpinned by our values - The Leeds Way. The Leeds Way defines who we are, what we believe, and how we work together to deliver the best outcomes for our patients.

MMPS is nationally recognized as an exemplar service. The CSU responsibilities span the provision and use of medicines across all patient pathways. We offer diverse opportunities to all our staff - https://youtu.be/yxygQFQZcr0.

Our vision is making it easy for people to get the most from their medicines, and we are continually innovating to improve our services for patients and staff.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to redeploying 'at risk' members of our workforce to new roles. All our job adverts are subject to this policy, and we reserve the right to close, delay, or remove adverts while this process is completed. Please bear with us if there is a delay in the shortlisting stage, and contact the named contact with any questions.

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose:

To lead, deliver, develop, and evaluate highly specialized clinical pharmacy services to patients on anticoagulation within the Trust.

Job Dimensions

Lead the highly specialized clinical pharmacy service to patients and the multidisciplinary team within a given clinical specialty. Ensure medicines are used appropriately, safely, and cost-effectively in accordance with Trust policy, SOPs, and legislation. Determine how outcomes are best achieved in specific circumstances.

Manage other pharmacists providing specialized clinical pharmacy services within your clinical specialty depending on the size of the area.

Work directly and regularly with consultants, senior nursing staff, and managers within the clinical specialty.

Provide the Directorate with regular reports to assist in the safe use of medicines, management of the drug budget, and clinical governance issues, including risk management such as recording significant clinical interventions and near misses.

Supervise, along with other team members, the development and implementation of treatment protocols and guidelines for drug use within the clinical area.

Responsible for training pharmacists and other healthcare professionals on aspects of drug use within the clinical area.

Provide a minimum of one 4-hour session of service cover each week. Participate in evening, weekend, and bank holiday rota, and where appropriate, out-of-hours services.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience Required

• Masters qualification in Pharmacy (4 years) or equivalent plus one year pre-registration experience.
• Registrant of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Postgraduate diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent.
• Non-medical prescriber status.
• Substantial post-registration experience as a practicing clinical pharmacist. Ability to demonstrate foundation-level competencies in all 6 domains of the ACLF.
• Experience dealing with highly complex clinical issues requiring analysis from multiple sources and possibly finding novel solutions. Developed negotiating and persuasive skills.
• Experience working with a wide variety of hospital staff, including senior medical and managerial staff.
• Specialist knowledge of the clinical area, demonstrating ability to manage a caseload, preferably within the specialty.

Principal Duties & Areas of Responsibility

Clinical support, prescribing, management, research, and education activities as detailed in the original description, focusing on safe, effective, and cost-efficient medicine use, team collaboration, and professional development.

Person Specification

Experience

• Advanced clinical pharmacy knowledge in a relevant area.
• Understanding of local and national pharmaceutical and clinical strategies.
• Understanding of NHS/government policy and its applications.
• Ability to demonstrate foundation-level competencies in all 6 domains of the ACLF.
• Team dynamics and effective leadership strategies.

Skills and Behaviours

• Team player and able to work independently.
• Highly adaptive to changing circumstances.
• Exceptional communication skills (written, verbal, listening).
• Effective planning of own workload and team activities.
• Lateral thinker and problem solver.

Qualifications

• Registrant of the GPhC.
• Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent.
• Non-medical prescriber.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, requiring a Disclosure to be made to check for any previous criminal convictions.