Advanced Pharmacist, Paediatrics

Job summary Join our Pharmacy Team for an Exciting One-Year Fixed-Term Role in Child Health/Paediatrics!
Are you passionate about paediatric care?
This is your chance to make a real impact supporting our incredibly supportive and dynamic Pharmacy team working in Child Health.
As part of our close-knit, multi-disciplinary team, your skills and knowledge will be valued as you provide specialised pharmacy services, including prescribing, neonatal and paediatric parenteral nutrition, and contributing to our governance processes through guideline development.
Your previous experience in paediatrics will be key as you collaborate with the Child Health team to enhance care quality and outcomes.
Throughout the year, you'll play a pivotal role in building the case for expanding our pharmacy services within the Child Health directorate.
Working closely with our Lead Pharmacist, you'll benchmark current services, identify cost-saving initiatives, and quantify patient safety improvements.
This role promises a year filled with growth, development, and exciting opportunities.
You'll be a vital member of our Child Health team and a part of the wider, welcoming Pharmacy community at NGH, where your contributions will be recognised and celebrated.
If you're ready for a challenging yet rewarding role that will sharpen your skills and broaden your expertise, we want to hear from you!
Main duties of the job To be a 'Child Health Advanced Pharmacist', to ensure that the Child Health directorate have the pharmaceutical support and information necessary to manage medicine cost-effectively.
To support the Directorate in developing the Service.
This will involve the following tasks: Being a Clinical Specialist- To have and continue to develop specialist expertise in paediatric and neonatal pharmacy- Have a working knowledge of current practise and protocols within Child health and how these relate to national and other guidance.- To provide expert advice to consultants and senior managers on medicines issues in the Child Health directorate.
Supporting the Directorate- Deputise for the Lead Pharmacist, Child Health- Lead the development and implementation of medicine-related guidelines, policies and procedures.- Lead the process for new medicines being integrated into the Trust by Formulary submissions.- Develop, implement and lead on the auditing of medicines within Child health.- Attend appropriate Directorate meetings to ensure that pharmaceutical issues are considered.- Lead pharmaceutical developments within the specialist area.- Produce quarterly reports summarising the Directorate's activities and achievements.- Monitor interventions in treatment to identify training and information needs.- Provide training to Directorate staff.
About us Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey.
All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance.
We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.Our Excellence ValuesCompassionAccountabilityRespectIntegrityCourageWe want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential.
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Job description Job responsibilities To manage and develop staff to ensure that the objectives of the Trust and Pharmacy Service are achieved.
This will involve the following tasks:- To manage and lead those staff allocated and make the best use of their qualification, abilities and experience.- To induct staff into the service; to help identify training and development needs.- To maintain appropriate standards of service and safety; to enforce guidelines, policies and procedures to ensure standards are met.
To use your specialist pharmaceutical expertise for the benefit of patients and the organisation.
This will involve the following tasks: - To optimise medicines through prescribing role operating within areas of competence (where appropriately qualified and authorised via the Trust NMP register)- To participate in the Clinical/Advisory Pharmacy Service.- To provide information, advice and guidance on the safe, effective and economical use of medicines; to maintain knowledge of development in Pharmacy practice.- To record your clinical activity and to monitor the outcome of your advice.- To fulfil the requirements of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Good Professional Practice.- To implement countywide and local prescribing strategies within the Child health specialities.- To undertake ADR reporting where necessary.
Please see job description for further information Person Specification Qualifications Essential Masters Degree, MPharm Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council Diploma/MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent Mandatory CPD Portfolio Independent prescribing or willing to work towards Independent Prescribing qualification Desirable MSc in Clinical Pharmacy Formal Management training Formal Management training X Diploma Tutor accreditation Working towards RPS faculty recognition Member of NPPG, UKCPA, other clinical organisations Knowledge Essential Extensive operational experience at a Senior Hospital Pharmacist level, demonstrating a high degree of autonomy Experience in Paediatric specialities Experience of supporting Directorate Pharmacist or equivalent, to include expenditure reporting, formulary application, guideline writing Experience with working as part of a multidisciplinary team Good core clinical knowledge of therapeutics and pharmacology Teaching, supervising and training staff Skill mix issues/role of Technicians in Clinical Services Appraisal/personal development NHS arrangements eg, CCG, NICE, Clinical Governance Participation at Consultant Lead ward rounds Recruitment of staff Change Management Risk Management Knowledge of current NHS and national prioritie Desirable Experience of managing others Skills Essential Demonstrates a level of clinical reasoning, problem solving and judgement Good Interpersonal/excellent communication Ability to work under pressure Ability to work independently and as a member of a multidisciplinary team Ability to prioritise Ability to delegate Ability to manage time effectively Information appraisal IT skills with Word, Excel Desirable Advanced IT skills (database, spreadsheets etc.)