Principal Pharmacist, Medicines Advice and Governance

at  Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

JOB OVERVIEW

Join Our Team as Principal Pharmacist, Medicines Advice and Governance!
Are you an enthusiastic and motivated individual looking for an exciting new opportunity!We are seeking a dynamic Principal Pharmacist to lead our Medicines Information and pharmacy advice services.

In this pivotal role, you will:

• Provide expert Medicines Information and pharmacy advice to the Trust and service users.
• Collaborate with Lead Pharmacists to address and report on medicines safety and governance issues.
• Lead the training of pharmacy staff, ensuring they deliver professional, evidence-based medicines advice that meets the highest standards and user needs.

This is a thrilling time to join us! Our team has recently undergone a restructure to better achieve our goal of delivering outstanding pharmacy services. As a key member of the pharmacy clinical team, you will work closely with clinical services, patient services, and procurement teams to provide exceptional patient-focused care. We are looking for someone who:

• Demonstrates excellent communication and time management skills. * Has a keen attention to detail.

• Possesses previous experience in hospital pharmacy and a solid understanding of pharmacy medicines information and governance processes. If you believe you have what it takes, we would love to hear from you!

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• Clinical governance and risk management
  Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
  References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
  Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
  Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
  DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Disability Advice Line: SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our Confidential Disability Advice Line at:

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.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

• To introduce and review prescribing recommendations into the Trust as required in line with local and national policies, guidelines and frameworks e.g. NICE, Patient Safety Alerts.
• To ensure all reference sources, guidelines and protocols in Medicines Information are current and up to date.
• To ensure seamless transfer of pharmaceutical care for patients, liaising with other acute Trusts, GPs, Community and primary care pharmacists as appropriate.
• To identify and address prescribing issues across the interface and ensure seamless transfer of pharmaceutical care for patients liaising with the other acute Trusts, GPs, Community and PCN pharmacists as appropriate.
• To promote the safe, rational and cost-effective use of medicines in accordance with recommendations of the SWL Joint Formulary, Surrey Heartlands APC and other evidence based guidelines.
• To be responsible for the development, maintenance and evaluation of evidence based treatment guidelines, policies, procedures, shared care protocols and patient group directions (PGDs)
• Apply specialist clinical knowledge and judgment to analyse information, at times where evidence may be lacking, in order to negotiate the optimal clinical outcome
• To provide a medicines information service to the Trust, ensuring appropriate documentation and recording of enquiries in the Medicines Information database.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

In the full job description, you will see clearly the full range of duties within these roles that will enable you to work as part of the pharmacy team and with the clinicians and ward based teams to provide patient focused, individual care for our patients. Tell us in your application how you meet the criteria in the attached person specification.
Please give us a call for an informal chat. We can arrange departmental walk rounds and provide further information about this exciting role. Join us and be a part of our journey to excellence in pharmacy services!

In this pivotal role, you will:

• Provide expert Medicines Information and pharmacy advice to the Trust and service users.
• Collaborate with Lead Pharmacists to address and report on medicines safety and governance issues.
• Lead the training of pharmacy staff, ensuring they deliver professional, evidence-based medicines advice that meets the highest standards and user needs