Advanced Theatre Pharmacist

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; East Grinstead; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000

Job description

Site Queen Victoria Hospital Town East Grinstead Salary £53,755 - £60,504 per annum pro rata for part time Salary period Yearly Closing 07/04/2025 23:59

Welcome to Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and thank you for your interest.

In addition to receiving tertiary referrals from across the South East of England, we have a network of ‘spoke’ sites at district general hospitals enabling our consultants to offer their expertise with routine treatments and consultations as close to patients’ homes as is possible. With the recent addition of video led ‘virtual’ consultations we also enable patients who have some distance to travel to avoid the additional stress and worry of a long journey.

Working at QVH combines the excitement, challenge and career opportunities of many larger organisations with the satisfaction of delivering excellent patient care that really does re-build our patients’ lives.

We also offer attractive benefits such as:

• Tailored personal development to support career aspirations, including accredited clinical and management development programmes.
• Flexible working arrangements for a work-life balance that suits you and your needs.
• A dedicated reward programme, offering a range of national and local discounts, cashback and tax relief schemes.

Sustainability

At Queen Victoria Hospital we want to be the first Net Zero Hospital in England, and to achieve that wants every member of staff to be a green champion. The way in which the Trust works has a significant impact on the organisation’s carbon footprint and that of our patients. From the heat, light and power supplies within the hospital to avoiding unnecessary patient journeys, the Trust is empowering all staff to create a sustainable health and care environment for future generations. The Trust expects all staff to reuse and recycle more, to use energy and water efficiently, to walk or cycle to work if you can, and to have a focus on sustainability in the workplace.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinical pharmacist to take on this new position, to lead and develop the pharmacy service to our theatres and pre-assessment at the QVH site.

This is a new key role offering a novel model of working within our hospital, by placing the right person, with the right skills in the right place at the right time. Our trust is dedicated to the principles of GIRFT (Getting It Right First Time) ensuring our patients receive the best care, the best experience and the best outcomes from their surgery and recovery.

As the Theatre Pharmacist for the theatre block you will be working closely with our reputable clinical teams to ensure patients are ready for their surgery. You will be prescribing medicines appropriately, accurately and timely on the day of their surgery. You will liaise closely with consultant teams regarding necessary omissions or amendments of medications as well as counsel and educate patients on medicines during their hospital stay to ensure patients are well prepared and surgical outcomes can be maximised.

As an experienced senior prescribing pharmacist, you will be required to establish key relationships quickly; develop and take ownership and accountability for implementing clinical pharmacy processes that run smoothly; lead on the generation of guidelines, projects, audits and service improvements related to medicines and antimicrobials, as well as support the Trust with its Green Plan within Theatres.

Main duties of the job

• Lead, develop and evaluate medicines optimisation in Theatres and Pre-Assessment.
• Provide and manage medicines optimisation for surgical patients which includes prescribing appropriate medicines for them on admission to Theatres and in Pre-Assessment and antimicrobial stewardship.
• Manage own case load and provide expert opinion on medicines where appropriate.
• Accept case referrals from Pre-Assessment and provide expert opinion on medicine(s) issues.
• Provide a framework for medicines governance including auditing activities within Perioperative services ensure their monitoring and adherence.
• Plan, manage, prescribe, monitor and review therapeutic programmes and demonstrate expert clinical knowledge in management of perioperative medicines some of which may be complex.
• Line manage a member of the pharmacy team and be part of the senior pharmacy team.
• Monitor and report on drug expenditure for perioperative services.

You will not be expected to have experience of the specialist services covered by the Trust, but you must have self-motivation, enthusiasm, ability to lead with minimal direction, have clear, sound judgement, practice evidence-based medicine, have broad general clinical pharmacy knowledge and skills and be willing to lead from the front.

Working for our organisation

Rated GOOD overall with outstanding care by the CQC. A specialist NHS hospital providing life-changing reconstructive surgery, burns care and rehabilitation services across the South of England and beyond.

A centre of excellence, with an international reputation for pioneering advanced techniques and treatments. Everything we do is informed by our passion for providing the highest quality care and the best clinical outcomes.

At QVH we are proud of our achievements and our specialist services continue to record excellent clinical outcomes for patients. We regularly receive excellent results from patient satisfaction surveys and on average 98% of inpatients say they would recommend the hospital to their family or friends.

Our success is underpinned by the skills and enthusiasm of our staff and a strong culture of partnership. We are fully committed to training and development of the workforce with support for continuing education and learning.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You must be a GPhC (GB) registered pharmacist and have gained a post-graduate clinical pharmacy diploma or equivalent experience. Excellent verbal and written English communication and presentation skills are also essential.

This is for an experienced pharmacist with a proven record of being a flexible team player able to cope with unpredictable work patterns.

Currently there are no weekend duties, but you are expected to provide some bank holiday cover. You may also be expected to work some weekends or late nights in the future.

If you enjoy working in a small friendly and ambitious hospital that provides challenges and opportunities and you have a proven record of being a team player, flexible and able to cope with unpredictable work patterns as well as able to work on your own initiative, you should consider applying for this unique opportunity.

The role is a permanent full-time post.

Person specification

Qualification

• GPhC registered
• Post-graduate certificate in clinical pharmacy or equivalent
• MPharm in Pharmacy or equivalent
• MSc in clinical Pharmacy or equivalent practical experience
• Management Qualification

Skills

• Negotiation and influencing people ability
• Good keyboard and IT skills

Attributes

• Flexible and effective teamworker
• Self motivated and able to motivate others
• Excellent all round communication skills and able to tailor style to suit audience
• Effectively tackles conflict
• Good time management and persistence
• Good analytical and organisation ability
• Vision to improve services
• Decisive, using sound judgement in decision in timely and confident manner

Experience

• Extensive hospital clinical pharmacy experience
• Multidisciplinary working, able to collaborate successfully
• Involvement in medicines audit
• Involved in service improvement or change management project
• Staff management
• Training / teaching

Knowledge

• Broad clinical knowledge of medicines and pharmacology with ability to apply in practice
• Working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Extensive delivery of pharmaceutical care to acute medical and surgical patients
• Involvement in service improvement and change
• Managed a clinical pharmacy service

The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Rania Ward Job title Principal Pharmacist -Sleep & Lead for Research Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01342 414215 Additional information

For an informal chat or to arrange a visit please contact Rania Ward Principal Pharmacist -Sleep and Medicine Pharmacy Lead for Research

Email: [e-mail]

Alternatively contact the Clinical Services Lead Pharmacist

Kerry Stenning 01342 41415 [e-mail]