Band 8a Lead Pharmacist- Patient Services

NHS; Chipping Barnet; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Barnet is seeking a Senior Pharmacist for patient services. This role involves leading the delivery of clinical pharmacy services, ensuring compliance with standards, and contributing to service development. The ideal candidate must have a Master's in Pharmacy and substantial hospital pharmacy experience. The position offers a competitive salary within the Band 8a and a fixed-term contract. Join a progressive team dedicated to excellence in patient care in a diverse environment.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Comprehensive training opportunities

Qualifications

• Considerable experience in hospital pharmacy as a specialist clinical pharmacist.
• Experience in policy, planning and service development.
• Track record in managing change and leading service developments.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality patient-focused clinical pharmacy service.
• Oversee governance and safe use of medicines across the Trust.
• Engage in quality improvement projects in patient services.

Skills

Clinical knowledge

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation skills

Teaching and training skills

Management skills

Education

Masters degree in pharmacy

GPhC registration

Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy

Job description

Job Summary

The Senior Pharmacist for patient services will assist in leading, delivering, developing and evaluating a high quality clinical and pharmaceutical service to inpatients and outpatient services. This includes the responsibility for overseeing the day‑to‑day service provision, including allocation of staff and provision of cover in the event of sickness.

The Trust takes pride as one of the major specialist centres for infectious diseases, liver and renal transplants, breast and plastic surgery, myeloma, and neuroendocrine tumours. Working in one of the main speciality centres brings exciting opportunities to see a range of patients at different levels of complexities. Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

The Pharmacy department is a friendly, progressive, and expanding unit dedicated to providing the highest standards of pharmaceutical care and service in this internationally renowned teaching hospital. Quality improvement and cost‑effective, safe use of medicines is at the forefront of everything we do.

Main Duties of the Job

This post holder will be responsible for promoting governance and the safe use of medicines across the Trust alongside providing a high‑quality patient focused clinical pharmacy service for patients within a defined clinical specialty. To work closely with the multidisciplinary teams, clinical leads, and divisional managers for inpatient MDTU and outpatient services. To oversee the operational, clinical and strategic components including being responsible for optimising digital pathways related to Patient Services. To have overall responsibility for Patient Services, including ensuring compliance with relevant local, Trust, professional, ethical and regulatory standards. To assure compliance of Patient Services with relevant Key Performance Indicators. Be involved in quality improvement projects which aim to improve performance within patient services. To support with education and training activities of all pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals in the context of patient service activities. To support with compliance with external governance requirements relating to patient services. Develop tools to capture and analyse performance and report this month. Leading on the training and induction of pharmacy staff, ensuring they are adequately trained and supported to carry out their duties.

About Us

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward‑thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Pay and Contract

Pay scheme: Agenda for change. Band: Band 8a. Salary: £61,631 to £68,623 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS. Contract: Fixed term, duration 12 months, working pattern full‑time. Reference number: 391‑RFL‑7666172. Job location: Barnet Hospital, Wellhouse Lane, Barnet, EN5 3DJ.

Person Specification

Education & Professional Qualifications (Essential)

• Masters degree in pharmacy (or equivalent)
• GPhC registration
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent

Education & Professional Qualifications (Desirable)

• Registered supplementary or independent prescriber
• Advanced qualification in specialist area

Experience (Essential)

• Considerable experience working in hospital pharmacy and proven experience as a specialist clinical pharmacist
• Experience of contributing to policy, planning and service development
• Experience of managing own workload
• Experience of managing change and leading service developments
• Experience of managing and analysing drug expenditure and high cost drugs
• Experience of writing / implementing clinical guidelines and government directives
• Experience of multidisciplinary working
• Evidence of clinical audit/drug evaluation/practice research and the promotion of evidence based practice
• Experience of appraising staff and giving feedback
• Comprehensive band 6/7 rotation
• Experience as a clinical pharmacy tutor
• Experience of clinical risk and clinical governance

Experience (Desirable)

• Experience of on‑call commitments

Personal Qualities & Attributes (Essential)

• Identifies own training needs actively seeks training opportunities and maintains a portfolio of practice
• Demonstrates teamwork

Skills and Aptitudes (Essential)

• Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and pharmaceutical care skills in the specialist areas
• Demonstrates written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills
• Demonstrates good negotiation skills and the ability to influence medical, pharmacy and management staff
• Ability to communicate with patients and staff of all levels
• Ability to manage difficult and ambiguous situations
• Demonstrates good teaching and training skills
• Demonstrates good management skills
• Ability to justify and reason any advice given should this be challenged
• Ability to communicate with patients/carers and staff of all levels
• Ability to manage time, people and resources to deliver timely outcomes
• Ability to work accurately under pressure
• Ability to integrate in a multidisciplinary forum
• Demonstrates initiative particularly in relation to problem‑solving
• Ability to identify and implement best practice using critical appraisal skills
• Ability to identify and manage risk and understand clinical risk and clinical governance
• Ability to contribute to business plans, policies and clinical protocols
• Understanding of NHS national and local priorities
• Understanding of processes and commissioning of medicines and services

Skills and Aptitudes (Desirable)

• Undertakes own research
• Previous experience of electronic prescribing system

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit https://www.ukvisa.gov.uk/.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here https://www.gov.uk/guidance/criminal-checks-for-overseas-applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website https://www.nhs.uk/careers/.

Employer Details

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Barnet Hospital
Wellhouse Lane
Barnet
EN5 3DJ

Employer website: https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/