Lead Pharmacist Women and Children's Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Camberley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a dedicated Paediatric Pharmacist to join their dynamic pharmacy team. This role offers the unique opportunity to lead your own clinic as an Independent Prescriber, enhancing your clinical governance skills while providing exceptional care to paediatric and neonatal patients. You will work closely with a compassionate team, developing pharmaceutical services and ensuring the safe use of medications. The organization values work-life balance and offers flexible working patterns to meet the needs of both staff and patients. If you are passionate about paediatric care and want to make a difference, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Leadership training

Clinical skills training

Qualifications

• Experience in hospital pharmacy with a focus on paediatrics and neonatology.
• Ability to lead a clinic as an Independent Prescriber.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with healthcare professionals to ensure safe medication use.
• Participate in the clinical training of junior pharmacists.

Skills

Paediatric pharmaceutical care

Clinical pharmacy skills

Teaching skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Education

Pharmacy degree

Independent Prescriber qualification

Tools

Patient Group Directions

Multi-compartment aids (MCAs)

Job description

We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Paediatric Pharmacist to join our dynamic pharmacy team. The ideal candidate will possess specialized knowledge and experience in pharmaceutical care for infants, children, and adolescents. This role involves collaborating with healthcare professionals to ensure the safe and effective use of medications in paediatric patients, educating staff and families, and contributing to the overall health and well-being of our younger population.

In this dynamic role, you’ll not only deliver essential pharmacy services to paediatric and neonatal patients but also have the opportunity to lead your own clinic as an Independent Prescriber.

Furthermore, you'll enhance your clinical governance skills at the Alexander De Vine Hospice, where you'll be part of a compassionate team dedicated to providing exceptional care.

Although based at Frimley Park Hospital, the role has cross-site responsibilities and leadership across the Trust.

The post holder must have hospital pharmacy experience involving clinical pharmacy skills as well as teaching skills. The role requires the ability to work effectively as part of a team, through excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as the ability to motivate themselves and others. To be successful in this application, the post holder must demonstrate confidence as a senior clinical pharmacist and be a role model to more junior staff.

Key Responsibilities:

1. To work closely with the senior pharmacists, clinicians, nursing and midwifery staff, and other senior managers to develop pharmaceutical services to patients within the relevant directorates.
2. To act as a source of expert advice and information on Women and Children’s medicines.
3. To participate in the development of Patient Group Directions when required.
4. To be responsible for the screening, monitoring, and ordering of parenteral nutrition for neonates and paediatric patients.
5. To cultivate links with tertiary and primary care, and to develop shared care agreements, working with the ICS and NHSE Pharmacist where necessary.
6. As a NMP to fulfil this role within the individual’s area of competence, including medicines reconciliation on admission and prescribing of currently prescribed medicines on discharge. This will include prescribing for MCAs (Multi-compartment aids) on FP10s for supply by Community Pharmacists.
7. To take an active role in committees relating to specialist area e.g. paediatric clinical governance, Neonatal MDT, and the Maternity forum.
8. To evaluate, plan and implement service developments to improve the quality of the pharmacy service to the specialist area.
9. To participate in the clinical training of junior pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacists, and other pharmacy staff acting as an Educational Supervisor or Practice Supervisor.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first-class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management, leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work-life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours. We do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

This advert closes on Monday 16 Dec 2024.