Advanced Specialist Clinical Pharmacist – Antimicrobial Therapy

The Methodist Church in Britain; Stanton Hill; Vor Ort; GBP 42.000 - 58.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a senior specialist clinical pharmacist to lead antimicrobial stewardship across the trust's services. The post centres on writing and updating antimicrobial guidelines, auditing prescribing, and tracking antimicrobial use and spend.

It is part-time and senior, with a remit to influence clinical practice and shape how antibiotics are prescribed. Candidates need GPhC registration and a background in hospital pharmacy with specialist

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor-level pharmacy degree (BSc/BPharm/MPharm) and registration with a pharmacist body.
• Diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent postgraduate training/experience.
• Strong knowledge of antimicrobial stewardship and hospital pharmacy practices.

Aufgaben

• Develop, implement and monitor antimicrobial prescribing practices across the Trust.
• Develop and maintain antimicrobial guidelines.
• Audit clinical practice against antimicrobial prescribing standards.
• Monitor antimicrobial usage and expenditure.
• Support safe, rational and cost-effective antimicrobial use.
• Influence clinical practice and lead improvements in prescribing.

Kenntnisse

Antimicrobial stewardship

Audit & reporting

Clinical leadership

Communication

Team collaboration

Ausbildung

BSc/BPharm/MPharm

Postgraduate clinical pharmacy diploma

Tools

Microsoft Office

Electronic databases

Jobbeschreibung

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a senior specialist clinical pharmacist to lead antimicrobial stewardship across the trust's services. The post centres on writing and updating antimicrobial guidelines, auditing prescribing, and tracking antimicrobial use and spend. It is part-time and senior, with a remit to influence clinical practice and shape how antibiotics are prescribed. Candidates need GPhC registration and a background in hospital pharmacy with specialist experience.

What the job involves

• Take responsibility and accountability for developing, implementing and monitoring antimicrobial prescribing practice across the Trust
• Develop and maintain antimicrobial guidelines
• Audit clinical practice against antimicrobial prescribing standards
• Monitor antimicrobial usage and expenditure
• Support safe, rational and cost-effective antimicrobial use
• Help the Trust meet local, regional and national prescribing targets
• Influence clinical practice and lead positive change in antimicrobial prescribing

What's required

Qualifications

• BSc, B.Pharm or MPharm in Pharmacy
• Diploma in clinical pharmacy through postgraduate study, or equivalent experience

Registration & licences

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Experience

• Recent hospital pharmacy experience, including time in a specialist pharmacist role
• Drug usage evaluation, financial reporting and critical appraisal
• Audit experience
• Project work
• Experience developing and using electronic databases
• Experience working with a variety of professional groups, including multidisciplinary teams

Skills & knowledge

• Pharmacy knowledge from a degree course, pre-registration training and vocational practice
• Clinical and operational pharmacy knowledge from career to date
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher)
• Time management and organisational skills
• Strong written and oral communication and presentation, with negotiation and persuasion

Other

• Flexibility
• Able to work extended hours and on-call if required

Nice to have

• Specialist postgraduate qualification, particularly in antimicrobial drug therapy
• Qualified independent prescriber
• Evidence of commitment to CPD
• Experience teaching and delivering education in pharmaceutical knowledge to pharmacy staff
• Experience of staff supervision or management
• Experience providing drug usage reports and feedback to clinicians
• Experience of implementing change
• Experience of extended roles