Lead Cardiac Pharmacist St Bartholomew’s Hospital

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An opportunity with a leading NHS trust as a Lead Clinical Pharmacist in the cardiac department. The role involves leading a team in a major cardiovascular center, focusing on medicines management for patients with cardiovascular disease, requiring extensive experience and a vision for clinical pharmacy's future in this specialty. The position offers professional development in a supportive and inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• Experienced in cardiovascular medicine post-registration.
• Leadership and supervisory experience in clinical settings.
• Expert knowledge of regulatory legislation and guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Clinical Pharmacy service for Cardiology.
• Manage staff to optimize medicines use for patients.
• Ensure safe and cost-effective prescribing practices.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Problem-solving

Leadership

Communication

Risk management

Education

MRPharmS Registration

Diploma in Pharmacy Practice

Independent Prescribing Qualification

Management or Leadership qualification

Job description

Grade 8b

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join and lead the cardiac team at Barts Heart Centre - one of Europe's largest cardiovascular centres - at Barts Health NHS Trust. This is an exceptional career opportunity for an experienced, high calibre pharmacist looking to develop their career, leadership as well as clinical skills to cardiovascular medicine at the Barts Heart Centre, working from St Bartholomew's Hospital. You will work closely with medical and nursing staff on a wide range of medicines management matters and manage staff to optimise medicines use within the trust to patients with cardiovascular disease.

You should have extensive cardiology experience and have a clear vision of how you see the future of clinical pharmacy services within the speciality.

To discuss this role further please contact Paul Wright, Clinical Services Manager St Bartholomew's hospital 020 346 56356 or [e-mail]

Interviews will take place 2 weeks after the job offer closes with candidates being notified 7 days prior to interview

Main duties of the job

The post holder will carry out the full range of duties as Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Cardiac to deliver patient focused, quality care, based at one of the four main hospital sites.

To lead the Clinical Pharmacy service to Cardiology services in providing responsible, safe and cost-effective prescribing within the networks to:Optimise patient outcomesMinimise adverse reactionsImprove medicines safety

The post also helps to deliver the broader Medicines Optimisation and Governance Strategy across the Trust. These outcomes will be achieved primarily through leadership of clinical staff, and the publication and implementation of guidelines and procedures to encourage best practice.

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.

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.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band

Person Specification

Experience

• Post registration hospital experience in cardiovascular medicine
• Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care
• Ability to undertake and facilitate quality improvement, reflective practice, teaching and CPD
• Experience appraising staff and giving feedback
• Experience of leading and supervising research, quality improvement or audit projects
• Planning and implementing significant service developments and organisational change
• Experience of successfully leading and implementing service improvement and change projects
• Ability to understand complex issues, problem solve and propose solutions
• Operational management experience in a complex environment
• Experience of managing staff

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
• Able to accurately follow written procedures under pressure
• Demonstrates numeracy skills and ability to perform accurate, complex calculations
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self, and others
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate with and influence senior medical staff and senior management
• Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to details
• Able to accurately follow written procedures under pressure
• Management of risk in the clinical use of medicines
• Excellent clinical and managerial critical appraisal skills enabling effective decision making relating to the adoption of new therapies
• IT literate; able to use Microsoft office with intermediate IT skills including, accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programmes
• Effective problem-solving skills
• Demonstrates strong leadership skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills suitable for a range of audiences, including chairing of meetings
• Good analytical & organisational ability
• Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training A sound knowledge of drugs and therapeutics at MSc level
• Experience in local implementation of national standards and guidelines

Knowledge

• Demonstrated expert knowledge covering a range of services within cardiology
• Knowledge of and ability to apply all aspects of regulatory legislation and guidelines
• Excellent understanding of potential risks involved with sharing care of medicines at the healthcare interface
• Sound knowledge of drugs and therapeutics at Mastery/Diploma level
• Thorough understanding of clinical governance and clinical risk management
• Knowledge of the law and relevant guidance relating to medicines, pharmacy, rationing decisions in the NHS, Payment by Results (PbR) and commissioning
• Knowledge of the key literature
• Knowledge and awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to the directorate's patients
• Understanding of stock control systems
• Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements
• Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation
• Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives

Qualifications

• Professional Registration (1year competency based training with exam) MRPharmS
• Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent
• Independent Prescribing Qualification or willing to undergo training to become an IP
• Management or Leadership qualification or equivalent experience
• Member of royal Pharmaceutical Society and Member of faculty

Others

• Leads by example, promoting the Bart's health values
• High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
• Committed to the continuous development of staff and self
• Decisive, using sound judgement in decision making in a timely and confident manner
• Commitment to developing culture of openness and partnership
• High self-awareness, understanding own emotions, strengths and limitations
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of audiences, including chairing of meetings
• Able to move easily between the detail and the big picture on issues in understanding and explaining the complexity of challenges and possible solutions
• Models, and is able to encourage others in being innovative in finding ways of improving the quality of services
• Able to act as an Ambassador for the 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.