Specialist Pharmacist - Critical Care

NHS; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Gillingham is seeking a Specialist Pharmacist for the Critical Care department. This role includes overseeing pharmacy services, educating patients, and leading the team in delivering high-quality care. The ideal candidate should hold a Master's degree in pharmacy and have specialized qualifications, along with advanced problem-solving skills. This position offers a competitive salary and the chance to enhance critical care services.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of medicine and pharmacy services.
• Ability to apply regulatory legislation and guidelines.
• Proven experience in delivering responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical pharmacy service to Critical Care wards.
• Educate patients about high-risk medicines.
• Lead on efficiency savings and manage medicines.

Skills

Problem identification and analysis

Advanced reasoning and judgment

Management and support

Advanced IT skills

Education

Master's degree in pharmacy

Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Specialist post graduate qualification

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Job summary

Specialist Pharmacist - Critical Care

Division: Cancer & Core Clinical Services

Care Group: Diagnostics and Therapies

Band: 8a

Salary: £55,690 - £62,682 per annum/pro rata

Interview Date: To be confirmed

We are recruiting for a Specialist Pharmacist who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be the department lead for all activity relating to Critical Care patients. They will be a role model, working to a high level within the pharmacy department.

Specialist Pharmacists are expected to have a key leadership role, acting as a role model for others. They will communicate and maintain excellent working relationships with all those that use, commission and work within the services delivered.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is essential that you understand and refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

About us

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Job responsibilities

To be responsible for providing and overseeing the pharmacy clinical service provided to the Critical Care wards within the hospital

Carry out education and counselling of new patients at the start of newly started high risk medicines.

Ensures the provision of a proactive, high quality, cost effective, safe and responsive service to Critical Care wards.

To actively develop the Critical Care pharmacy service, exploring opportunities for clinically advanced services.

To provide a clinical ward pharmacy service to the Critical Care wards and lead on the education and training of other members of pharmacy and MDT in the pharmaceutical management of these patients.

Check the clinical accuracy and appropriateness of prescriptions for patients

To ensure the appropriate ordering of medicines for Critical Care to ensure medicines are available for patients and to minimise wastage from unused or expired medicines.

Attend the board rounds and MDTs where applicable within Critical Care, providing expert pharmaceutical advice.

To actively lead on efficiency savings within Critical Care.

To be the pharmacy department liaison with the wider team within Critical Care.

To identify and implement opportunities for the efficient use of medicines in Critical Care.

To support with the late night, weekend and bank holiday rota as part of the departments 7 day services.

To develop a personal audit and research portfolio.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Master's degree in pharmacy
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist in the UK (or eligible to be)
• Specialist post graduate qualification such as clinical diploma or equivalent experience

Knowledge

• Demonstrates advanced knowledge of medicine
• Knowledge of and ability to apply all aspects of regulatory legislation and guidelines
• Demonstrate expert knowledge covering a range of pharmacy services and able to provide highly specialist advice

Experience

• Experience of working in the area to a high level
• Proven experience of delivering responsibilities and objectives to time in previous posts
• Experience of providing a service to the Specialist area
• Experience in providing and receiving highly complex and contentious information

Skills

• Demonstrates ability to identify problems, analyse root cause and propose solutions for complex problems
• Able to solve difficult and ambiguous problems by advanced reasoning and sound technical judgment
• Able to manage and support others
• Advanced IT skills - including MS Word, Excel, email and PowerPoint