Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: King's College Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £61,927 - £68,676 per annum incl HCA
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 08/11/2024 23:59
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.7 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
Job overviewA fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic clinical pharmacist with vision, excellent communication, organisational and leadership skills to join the Pharmacy Infection Team at King's College Hospital, based at the Denmark Hill site.
We are looking for a highly motivated, experienced individual in infection and antimicrobials to join our Team.
The post holder will work to ensure the continued provision and development of high quality, comprehensive clinical pharmacy services to patients, influencing senior managers and clinicians with respect to antimicrobials and stewardship. The successful candidate will lead on delivering initiatives to promote effective antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship. The post holder will work closely with the Principal Infection Pharmacist, Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Pharmacy and Infection Prevention Control teams, clinicians and nurses in developing the infection and antimicrobial clinical pharmacy service across the Trust and providing high level patient care to a diverse group of patients.
This post provides flexible and challenging opportunities for personal and professional development, both clinically and managerially. The successful applicant will be expected to be a team player with clinical experience, excellent interpersonal skills and meticulous attention to detail.
Main duties of the jobThe main responsibilities of the post holder will be:
To provide expert advice on pharmaceutical matters relating to antimicrobials, antimicrobial stewardship and infectious diseases.To develop, evaluate and optimise antimicrobial surveillance systems to provide assurance of Trust antimicrobial prescribing.To actively contribute to the development, promotion and monitoring of written policies/guidelines for the use of antimicrobials in general and specialist areas within the Trust.To provide education to prescribers, pharmacists, nursing staff e.g. at induction and regular intervals, on the prudent use of antimicrobials.Actively participate in multidisciplinary ward rounds (Infectious diseases, Antimicrobial stewardship, infective endocarditis, bone and joint and Clostridioides difficile), delivering and promoting high quality, cost-effective, patient-focused pharmaceutical care.Lead and manage clinical pharmacy services in infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship in conjunction with the Principal Pharmacist.To provide support to the Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) service as required.Act as a pharmacist independent prescriber to optimise the care of patients within infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship.Ensure a high level of clinical pharmacy input to the care of patients within infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship, providing interface and discharge liaison and support.Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesTo act as a clinical role model and demonstrate the ability to provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of antimicrobials and other drugs.To take part in the "duty" infection pharmacy service (during working hours).To act as a specialist practitioner within the field and as an expert pharmacist in infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship.To promote and deliver pharmaceutical care for infectious diseases patients and more generally for all patients.To provide highly specialised and complex evidence-based clinical advice and information using expert knowledge and experience to pharmacy, nursing, medical and other healthcare professionals on the care and treatment of patients, inside and outside of the Trust.To participate in and contribute to the clinical/ward pharmacy service.To actively participate regularly in consultant and/or multidisciplinary ward rounds, antibiotic ward rounds and other multidisciplinary meetings as appropriate, delivering and promoting high quality, cost-effective, patient-focused pharmaceutical care.To practice as an independent prescriber, in area of own expertise, as appropriate and provide direct high quality of care to inpatients and outpatients within scope of practice.To participate in patient education and counselling schemes for all infectious diseases/ antimicrobial stewardship patients/carers.To liaise with other Pharmacists, Doctors and GPs to ensure efficient transfer of clinical and medicines management issues.Maintain and further develop specialist information on the use of drugs in clinical conditions relevant to infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship, ensuring accurate and up to date clinical information is available to all pharmacists performing out of hours duties in a format relevant to those pharmacists needs.Person specificationQualificationsPostgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent qualification / experienceRegistered Independent Prescriber or willingness to completeRegistered Pharmacist (1 year competency assessed and examined professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council)Member of the RPS facultyKnowledge and ExperienceSpecialist clinical knowledge and skills relevant to area of practiceKing's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
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