Lead Pharmacist for Anticoagulation & Surgery

Your Office Toronto; London; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000

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About
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Marys Hospital in Sidcup.

The Trust has 7,500 staff and we have recently invested in our workforce to grow our establishment across a number of key services. In 2020 we won a London NHS Parliamentary Award in recognition of a wide range of initiatives to make the organisation a great place to work. We are accredited as a flexible working employer offering a number of flexible working options for staff. We are also accredited as a London Living Wage employer for our substantive, bank and contractors.

Our hospitals provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. Over the last year, our emergency performance has been among the strongest in London, despite our emergency departments being among the busiest in the capital.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich regularly achieves the fastest ambulance turnaround times in London. The critical care unit at the hospital is one of the few in the country to meet the gold standard for consultant and junior doctor staffing.

University Hospital Lewisham has the largest stroke rehabilitation centre in the country, and the third largest specialist centre in the UK for treating blood conditions such as sickle cell. The hospital is one of the few in the country to offer opt-out HIV testing in the emergency department, ensuring that any patient who has a blood test is routinely screened for HIV.

The Trusts community services for children and adults in Lewisham are rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.

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Key details

Location: University Hospital Lewisham
Address: High Street Lewisham
Town: London
Postcode: SE13 6LH
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (includes weekend working commitment)
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum including HCA

Job Overview

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This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinical pharmacist, to lead and develop the surgery and anticoagulation service at the UHL site. The post-holder will work together with surgeons, consultant haematologists and anticoagulation CNS to provide and develop the anticoagulation and haematology service at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

This post is a permanent post, and is an excellent opportunity for a clinical pharmacist, with experience working in anticoagulation, and a desire to develop their leadership and management skills.

You will be expected to lead and develop both the surgery & specialist anticoagulation services across the Trust. This includes the promotion of safe, effective and cost effective medications use to facilitate patient admission and enhance continuity of care across the primary and secondary care interface.

At Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust we are committed to providing excellent patient care, and the post holder will be expected to provide clinical leadership within the pharmacy team, develop clinical pharmacy services and identify and deliver drug cost savings.

You will have excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills; you must be able to manage your own workload, motivate and manage others, work as part of a team, and engage at a high level with key stakeholders within the Division.

Job Summary

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To lead and develop the both clinical haematology & specialist anticoagulation services across the Trust. This includes the promotion of safe, effective and cost effective anticoagulants use to facilitate patient admission and enhance continuity of care across the primary and secondary care interface.
• To represent the Pharmacy department at Thrombosis Committee.
• To act as a role model and provide a consistently high standard of pharmaceutical service to patients in line with the Trust and Departmental objectives.
• To support the divisions across the Trust in managing their anticoagulants expenditure and act as the point of liaison for any service developments that involve anticoagulation services.
• To provide operational and clinical support to the pharmacy department as dictated by the needs of the clinical pharmacy service across the Trust. This includes supervision, training and support to junior pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacists and other pharmacy staff as necessary.
• To deputise for the Principal Pharmacist for Surgery and Theatres at Surgery Divisional meeting if appropriate.

Key Result Areas & Performance

Clinical Services and Patient Care

• To participate in the front-line provision of Pharmacy Services as appropriate and when required.
• To act as a clinical pharmacist in an appropriate area and participate in consultant ward rounds as required.
• To lead and develop the specialist anticoagulation services inclusive of the pharmacy-led anticoagulation clinics across the Trust.
• To provide a safe and patient-focused clinical pharmacy service to wards across the Trust.

We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.

As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve.

Please note, not all roles will meet the criteria for a skilled worker visa.

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.

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria

• B. Pharm / M. Pharm / BSc (Pharmacy) or equivalent.
• Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Postgraduate Diploma in either Clinical Pharmacy or General Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent).
• Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice.

Desirable criteria

• Other postgraduate qualifications relevant to pharmacy practice, such as management or education & training qualifications.
• Independent Prescriber in Anticoagulation.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Substantial post registration experience in hospital clinical pharmacy or equivalent relevant area of practice.
• Demonstrable experience in supervising others.
• Demonstrable experience of managing staff/ teams.
• Demonstrable experience of co-ordinating and leading on clinical audit.
• Demonstrable experience of protocol/ guideline development.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of disciplinary matters and be able to impart results from them to staff in an appropriate and considered manner.
• Demonstrable experience in the delivery of formal education and training at postgraduate level.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of relevant local and national standards and regulations associated with the provision of education and training.
• Ability to work on own initiative and effectively as part of a team both within pharmacy and a multidisciplinary environment.
• Ability to prioritise and plan work effectively alone and for a team including the ability to delegate appropriately.
• Ability to think strategically.
• Applies sound professional judgement to legal and ethical issues.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex information effectively using clear written and spoken English and overcome barriers to understanding.
• Ability to provide highly complex information on Pharmacy Services issues and impart knowledge to all levels of healthcare professionals (up to and including senior consultants/professor/executive director level).
• Ability to work positively and calmly under pressure.
• Proficient in all Microsoft Office software with proven computer literacy and IT skills.
• Demonstrated accurate numeric skills.

Desirable criteria

• Ability to manage difficult and complex issues or refer appropriately.

Further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Kevin Day
Job title: Principal Pharmacist for Surgery and Theatres
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 0208 333 3000