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Specialist Pharmacist - Cardiology
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Job Description
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- Masters degree in pharmacy or equivalent
- Higher degree/Diploma in clinical pharmacy (or equivalent experience)
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Independent prescribing qualification
- Specialist clinical knowledge and skills relevant to the area of practice, or demonstration of an ability to develop a highly specialist knowledge in a therapeutic area
- Expert clinical knowledge and skills relevant to area of practice, or demonstrated ability to do so
- Knowledge of and ability to apply all aspects of regulatory legislation and guidelines
- Previous relevant clinical experience
- Experience of working with healthcare professions outside of pharmacy
- Proven experience of delivering responsibilities and objectives to time
- Experience in providing and receiving highly complex and contentious information
- Demonstrable collaborative leadership 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 judgement
- Advanced IT skills - including word, excel, email and PowerPoint
- How would you ensure you represent MFT in a positive way?
- Masters degree in pharmacy or equivalent
- Higher degree/Diploma in clinical pharmacy (or equivalent experience)
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Independent prescribing qualification
- Specialist clinical knowledge and skills relevant to the area of practice, or demonstration of an ability to develop a highly specialist knowledge in a therapeutic area
- Expert clinical knowledge and skills relevant to area of practice, or demonstrated ability to do so
- Knowledge of and ability to apply all aspects of regulatory legislation and guidelines
- Previous relevant clinical experience
- Experience of working with healthcare professions outside of pharmacy
- Proven experience of delivering responsibilities and objectives to time
- Experience in providing and receiving highly complex and contentious information
- Demonstrable collaborative leadership 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 judgement
- Advanced IT skills - including word, excel, email and PowerPoint
- How would you ensure you represent MFT in a positive way?
Job summary
Specialist Pharmacist - Cardiology
Division: Cancer & Core Clinical Services
Care Group: Diagnostics and Therapies
Band: 8a
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum/pro rata
We are recruiting for a Specialist Pharmacistwho shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest 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
Join our pharmacy department and you will work as part of an innovative and well respected team within the Trust. You will have the opportunity to contribute to transformational changes leading to better care for our patients and better experience for our staff.
Here within pharmacy, we have a strong and forward thinking senior leadership team and our transformational work has been presented at national and regional events, most recently at the Health Education England regional Workforce and Quality day.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to 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.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
About us
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest 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.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B - Bold
E - Every person counts
S - Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Date posted
20 March 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum/pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working
Reference number
275-2503SP-C1
Job locations
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Gillingham
ME7 5NY
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
To be responsible for providing and overseeing the pharmacy clinical service provided to the cardiology (including respiratory) 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 cardiorespiratory wards.
To actively develop the cardiology pharmacy service, exploring opportunities for clinically advanced services, such as review of patients in clinic.
To provide a clinical ward pharmacy service to the cardiology ward 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 cardiology (including respiratory) patients 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 specialist medicine, providing expert pharmaceutical advice.
To actively lead on efficiency savings within cardiology/respiratory department.
To support with the screening of Homecare prescriptions.
To be the pharmacy department liaison within cardiology/respiratory department.
To identify and implement opportunities for the efficient use of medicines in cardiology/respiratory.
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.
Job responsibilities
To be responsible for providing and overseeing the pharmacy clinical service provided to the cardiology (including respiratory) 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 cardiorespiratory wards.
To actively develop the cardiology pharmacy service, exploring opportunities for clinically advanced services, such as review of patients in clinic.
To provide a clinical ward pharmacy service to the cardiology ward 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 cardiology (including respiratory) patients 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 specialist medicine, providing expert pharmaceutical advice.
To actively lead on efficiency savings within cardiology/respiratory department.
To support with the screening of Homecare prescriptions.
To be the pharmacy department liaison within cardiology/respiratory department.
To identify and implement opportunities for the efficient use of medicines in cardiology/respiratory.
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 SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
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Experience
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Skills
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Values Based Question
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Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Experience
Essential
Skills
Essential
Values Based Question
Essential
Additional informationDisclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Gillingham
ME7 5NY
Employer's website
https://www.medway.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Gillingham
ME7 5NY
Employer's website
https://www.medway.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.