Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Critical Care (ICU)

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist in Critical Care at a leading healthcare provider. Join a dynamic team dedicated to delivering exceptional pharmaceutical care and advice. In this vital role, you will work closely with multidisciplinary teams, contributing to the development of pharmaceutical services and managing projects. This position offers the chance to enhance your clinical and management skills while being supported in your professional growth. If you're passionate about making a difference in patient care and thrive in a collaborative environment, this role is perfect for you!

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacist with a post-graduate diploma or equivalent.
• Experience in hospital pharmacy and training other staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical pharmacy services to Surgery and Critical Care wards.
• Supervise and support pharmacy staff, ensuring high standards.

Skills

Clinical Pharmacy Services

Leadership

Communication Skills

Task Prioritization

Change Management

Education

Registered Pharmacist

Post-graduate diploma in pharmacy practice

Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Member of UKCPA

Job description

Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Critical Care (ICU)

Band 7

Main area: Specialist Pharmacist Grade Band 7

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Late duty, weekends, bank holiday and emergency duty commitment (EDC) on rota with other pharmacists)

Job ref: 434-SCS6939403

Site: Stoke Mandeville Hospital

Town: Aylesbury

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 16/02/2025 23:59

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area. We care for over half a million patients every year.

Job overview

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 pharmacist to join our vibrant Surgery and Critical Care pharmacy team at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to work closely within the multidisciplinary teams to deliver a high level of pharmaceutical care, advice and medicines management service. You will have the opportunity to deputise for the lead pharmacists, be involved in directorate work including guideline development and lead on projects. You will have the opportunity to develop your clinical and management skills within the role and will be supported to continue to develop professionally through a diploma, prescribing course or other opportunities identified.

Main duties of the job

• Provision of clinical pharmacy services to the wards and departments within the Care Group of Surgery and Critical Care to a consistently high standard in line with the Trust strategic objectives and the NHS Long Term Plan.
• Day to day supervision and support of pharmacy staff working in those areas.
• Demonstrate a high level of specialist knowledge and practice in this field.
• Support the Lead Advanced Pharmacist to cover the day to day work of the service.
• Contribute to the development of pharmaceutical services to the Trust and to promote the highest standards of professional practice in accordance with relevant legislation, the Code of Ethics of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), United Kingdom Medicines Information (UKMI) standards and Trust policies and procedures.

Person specification

Education, Qualification & Training

• Registered Pharmacist: Member of General Pharmaceutical Council
• Completed or undertaking a post-graduate diploma in pharmacy practice or recognised equivalent
• Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Member of the UKCPA

Experience

• Strong experience of hospital pharmacy at Post Registration Pharmacist level
• Delivery of pharmacy services to a range of specialities including surgery
• Experience of training of other pharmacy staff
• Evidence of significant relevant Continuing Professional Development
• Experience undertaking audit

Skills, Abilities & Knowledge

• Able to identify and prioritise tasks and organise and plan to meet deadlines
• Work, communicate and provide effective leadership within a team
• Clear and concise verbal and written communication to ensure liaison with multi-disciplinary team, patients and carers and to ensure records are kept accurately and in a legible manner
• Able to recognise and embrace new ideas and developments in clinical practice and implement under supervision of superiors
• To have a positive attitude, be able to recognise and communicate need for change and be able to participate in change management processes
• Prepared to attend necessary training sessions for personal and service development and able to identify own training need
• Able to recognise limits of own competence and refer and seek advice from colleagues appropriately

Special Circumstances

• Able to travel to other sites within the Trust and to venues for training

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.

Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Natasha Hamilton-Tanner

Job title: Pharmacy Team Lead for Surgery and Critical Care

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 01296 316197

Lead Pharmacist Critical Care and Theatre

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