Advanced Theatre Pharmacist

NHS; East Grinstead; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Theatre Pharmacist at a leading NHS hospital in East Grinstead. This pivotal role involves leading and developing pharmacy services for surgical patients, ensuring optimal medication management and outcomes in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. The successful candidate will have a strong clinical pharmacy background and a commitment to delivering high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• GPhC registered pharmacist with a postgraduate clinical pharmacy diploma.
• Proven experience in hospital clinical pharmacy.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop medicines optimisation in Theatres and Pre-Assessment.
• Manage and prescribe medicines for surgical patients.
• Establish key relationships with clinical teams.

Skills

Negotiation and influencing

Good keyboard and IT skills

Excellent communication skills

Analytical ability

Education

GPhC registered

Post-graduate certificate in clinical pharmacy or equivalent

MPharm in Pharmacy or equivalent

MSc in clinical Pharmacy or equivalent practical experience

Management Qualification

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinical pharmacist to take on this new position, to lead and develop the pharmacy service to our theatres and pre-assessment at the QVH site.

This is a new key role offering a novel model of working within our hospital, by placing the right person, with the right skills in the right place at the right time. Our trust is dedicated to the principals of GIRFT (Getting It Right First Time) ensuring our patients receive the best care, the best experience and the best outcomes from their surgery and recovery.

As the Theatre Pharmacist for the theatre block you will be working closely with our reputable clinical teams to ensure patients are ready for their surgery. You will be prescribing medicines appropriately, accurately and timely on the day of their surgery. You will liaise closely with consultant teams regarding necessary omissions or amendments of medications as well as counsel and educate patients on medicines during their hospital stay to ensure patients are well prepared and surgical outcomes can be maximised.

As an experienced senior prescribing pharmacist, you will be required to establish key relationships quickly; develop and take ownership and accountability for implementing clinical pharmacy processes that run smoothly; lead on the generation of guidelines, projects, audits and service improvements related to medicines and antimicrobials, as well as support the Trust with its Green Plan within Theatres.

Main duties of the job

Lead, develop and evaluate medicines optimisation in Theatres and Pre-Assessment

• Provide and manage medicines optimisation for surgical patients which includes prescribing appropriate medicines for them on admission to Theatres and in Pre-Assessment and antimicrobial stewardship.
• Manage own case load and provide expert opinion on medicines where appropriate
• Accept case referrals from Pre-Assessment and provide expert opinion on medicine(s) issues.
• Provide a framework for medicines governance including auditing activities within Perioperative services ensure their monitoring and adherence.
• Plan, manage, prescribe, monitor and review therapeutic programmes and demonstrate expert clinical knowledge in management of perioperative medicines some of which may be complex.
• Line manage a member of the pharmacy team and be part of the senior pharmacy team.
• Monitor and report on drug expenditure for perioperative services.

You will not be expected to have experience of the specialist services covered by the Trust, but you must have self-motivation, enthusiasm, ability to lead with minimal direction, have clear, sound judgement, practice evidence-base medicine, have broad general clinical pharmacy knowledge and skills and be willing to lead from the front.

About us

Rated GOOD overall with outstanding care by the CQC. A specialist NHS hospital providing life-changing reconstructive surgery, burns care and rehabilitation services across the South of England and beyond.

A centre of excellence, with an international reputation for pioneering advanced techniques and treatments. Everything we do is informed by our passion for providing the highest quality care and the best clinical outcomes.

At QVH we are proud of our achievements and our specialist services continue to record excellent clinical outcomes for patients. We regularly receive excellent results from patient satisfaction surveys and on average 98% of inpatients say they would recommend the hospital to their family or friends.

Our success is underpinned by the skills and enthusiasm of our staff and a strong culture of partnership. We are fully committed to training and development of the workforce with support for continuing education and learning.

Job responsibilities

You must be a GPhC (GB) registered pharmacist and have gained a post-graduate clinical pharmacy diploma or equivalent experience. Excellent verbal and written English communication and presentation skills are also essential.

This is for an experienced pharmacist with a proven record of being a flexible team player able to cope with unpredictable work patterns.

Currently there are no weekend duties, but you are expected to provide some bank holiday cover. You may also be expected to work some weekends or late nights in the future.

If you enjoy working in a small friendly and ambitious hospital that provides challenges and opportunities and you have a proven record of being a team player, flexible and able to cope with unpredictable work patterns as well as able to work on your own initiative, you should consider applying for this unique opportunity.

The role is a permanent full-time post.

Person Specification

Qualification

• GPhC registered
• Post-graduate certificate in clinical pharmacy or equivalent
• MPharm in Pharmacy or equivalent
• MSc in clinical Pharmacy or equivalent practical experience
• Management Qualification

Skills

• Negotiation and influencing people ability
• Good keyboard and IT skills

Attributes

• Flexible and effective teamworker
• Self motivated and able to motivate others
• Excellent all round communication skills and able to tailor style to suit audience
• Effectively tackles conflict
• Good time management and persistence
• Good analytical and organisation ability
• Vision to improve services
• Decisive, using sound judgement in decision in timely and confident manner

Experience

• Extensive hospital clinical pharmacy experience
• Multidisciplinary working, able to collaborate successfully
• Involvement in medicines audit
• Involved in service improvement or change management project
• Staff management
• Training / teaching

Knowledge

• Broad clinical knowledge of medicines and pharmacology with ability to apply in practice
• Working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Extensive delivery of pharmaceutical care to acute medical and surgical patients
• Involvement in service improvement and change
• Managed a clinical pharmacy service

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.

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