Highly Specialist Pharmacist Paeds Critical Care/Specialist Medicine

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks a Highly Specialist Pharmacist for paediatric critical care. Candidates should have substantial clinical pharmacy experience and a MPharm degree. The role includes managing pharmacy services and supporting the multidisciplinary team. Ideal for those looking to advance their career in a dynamic healthcare environment.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Continuous professional development

Qualifications

• Substantial hospital clinical pharmacy experience.
• Extensive experience in provision of clinical pharmacy service to paediatrics.
• Management/supervisory experience of staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of pharmacy services in paediatric critical care.
• Support the multidisciplinary PCCU team.
• Train and supervise junior staff.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Problem-solving

Persuasion

Numeracy

Education

MPharm or equivalent

Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC

Postgraduate Pharmacy Qualification

MSc in clinical pharmacy practice or equivalent

Job description

Highly Specialist Pharmacist Paeds Critical Care/Specialist Medicine

A great opportunity has arisen for an experienced pharmacist to join the women's and children's pharmacy team at Barts Health. This post offers an ideal opportunity to extend your expertise in paediatric critical care and specialist paediatric services.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated clinical pharmacist to join our pharmacy team. You will work with a team of highly specialist pharmacy staff to deliver patient-centred pharmaceutical care to paediatric patients across Barts Health. You will also support the development and implementation of clinical guidelines, liaising with clinicians and nurses and support the children's services in the effective usage of medicines with a specialty in Paediatric Critical Care and paediatric specialist medicine.

If you have experience delivering & leading paediatric pharmacy services and are interested in developing your career, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be supporting the Service Lead Pharmacist in leading a team of staff in the delivery of high quality clinical and directorate related pharmacy services to paediatrics, in particular at the Royal London Hospital. The job description is not intended to be exhaustive and it is likely that duties may be altered from time to time in the light of changing circumstances and after consultation with the post-holder. The post holder might be required:

To be the lead pharmacist and manage the professional, clinical and technical input to the Paediatric Critical Care Service (PCCU) and paediatric specialist medicine.

To support the multidisciplinary PCCU team

To be actively involved in developing the PCCU pharmacy service

To train and supervise junior staff in paediatric services

To be the ward pharmacist and lead development of services for PCCU

To lead the development of pharmacy services to the paediatric specialist medicine team including pain, neurology, immunology, antimicrobial and theatres

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Person Specification

Experience

• Substantial hospital clinical pharmacy experience
• Extensive experience in provision of a clinical pharmacy service to paediatrics and neonates
• Experience in provision of a clinical pharmacy service to a critical care unit (PICU/NICU)
• Management/supervisory experience of staff
• Experience of training, pharmacists, nursing / medical staff
• Experience and knowledge in the provision of Paediatric and Neonatal bespoke PN

Skills

• Able to communicate complex information effectively using clear written and spoken English
• Demonstrated ability to influence others
• Able to work effectively in stressful situations
• Demonstrates ability to perform accurate complex calculations and numeracy skills
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self and others
• Demonstrates effective customer services skills
• Persuasive with ability to negotiate
• Good team worker
• Demonstrates initiative, innovative
• Demonstrated ability to deliver staff training
• Demonstrates ability to deliver lectures, workshops and formal presentations
• Demonstrates ability to assess risk and propose change
• Demonstrates ability to identify, analyse root cause and develop options for complex problems
• Ability to work with Children
• Effective team leaderships Skills
• Demonstrates ability to manage change

Knowledge

• Critical Appraisal skills
• Able to follow local Manual Handling procedures
• Demonstrates ability to identify pharmaceutical problems, prioritise and resolve them
• Demonstrates ability to formulate patient specific medicines to meet the clinical needs of patients
• Excellent knowledge of the medical management of complex paediatric, neonatal and critical care patients
• Awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to paediatric patients
• Good knowledge of Paediatric and Neonatal TPN

Qualifications

• MPharm or equivalent
• Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
• Postgraduate Pharmacy Qualification or equivalent experience (minimum postgraduate diploma level)
• Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: Paediatrics
• Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: Parenteral Therapy
• Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: Risk Management
• Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: Train the Trainer
• Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: Clinical Trials
• Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: Formulations
• Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: PICU
• Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: NICU
• Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: Neurology
• Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: Pain
• Clinical Modules or equivalent experience: Antimicrobial
• MSc in clinical pharmacy practice or equivalent

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.

Service Lead Pharmacist Women and Children