Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 331-L17480625
- Employer
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Lancaster Infirmary
- Town
- Lancaster
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Pharmacist - Virtual Wards
NHS AfC: Band 8a
''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
Job overview
Applications are invited from enthusiastic, well-motivated, Clinical Prescribing Pharmacists (or working towards/willing to work towards prescribing qualification) with current significant experience in delivering hospital pharmacy services, to join our Virtual Ward team which is based from locations across North Lancashire and South Cumbria.
You will have sufficient skills, knowledge and competence to support the virtual ward teams (Consultants, ANP's and AHP's) to deliver safe and effective medicines management for these patients. This includes (but is not limited to) Medicines Reconciliation, clinical reviews, supporting safe and secure medicines audits, antimicrobial stewardship and ongoing service design in conjunction with the virtual ward team and the Lead Pharmacist.
You will support and work alongside the medicines management technicians on the virtual ward team as well as the technician senior leadership team.
You must be highly motivated and able to demonstrate leadership skills and manage conflicting demands on your time. You will demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You will contribute to patient safety improvement and medicines optimisation initiatives including ensuring the implementation of best value medicines in your area.
Main duties of the job
Core hours of work will be Monday to Friday 9:00 to 17:30 with some flexibility possible. There is currently no weekend, bank holiday or on-call commitment with this post.
The location for this post is flexible with some home working possible, there would be a minimum requirement to attend one of our acute inpatient sites for 20% of contracted hours, occasional meetings and training may be required at other sites. Please discuss with us at interview.
Working for our organisation
We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life-threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent knowledge and experience
Desirable criteria
- NMP qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of liaising with other healthcare professionals e.g. consultants, GPs
- Experience working with complex patient groups
- Experience in hospital or patient facing primary care settings
- Experience conducting medication reviews/medicines reconcilliation
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working on projects
- Experience of attending Multidisciplinary groups
- Experience with developing policies and procedures
Skills, ability and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Good verbal communication and counselling skills with ill patients and relatives
- Clinical knowledge of current therapeutics and practice
- Organisation and prioritisation of clinical work
- Accuracy
- Analytical skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Experience of using Microsoft Office
- Problem solving and risk assessment
- Time management skills
Desirable criteria
- Presentation skills
- Interpersonal skills for dealing with challenging situations involving patients, e.g. resistance to medication change
- Experience of using Electronic Prescribing
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Team player and ability to work on own initiative
- Good interpersonal skills
- Self-motivation for career and professional development
- Commitment to Personal Development planning
- Flexible, adaptable approach
- Reliable
- Ability to comply with Trust Policies
- Ability to meet the physical and mental requirements of the post
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jenny Oakley
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacist Surgery and Families Division
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01524 519433
- Additional information
We welcome informal discussions and visits.
Jenny Oakley, Lead Pharmacist Surgery and Families Division
01524 519433
or
Jenny Bowler (Associate Chief Pharmacist: Medicines optimisation, operational and digital) ([email protected]) 01524 516197
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