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Location
Radlett, Hertfordshire | United Kingdom
Job description
To provide highly specialist pharmaceutical advice concerning the care and treatment of service users in Mental Health (including Forensics) and Learning Disabilities Services and to promote safe, effective, and evidence-based cost-effective use of medicines within the Trust. To actively lead the provision and development of pharmaceutical services to a specific service line. To provide highly specific advice to clinical team members on the management of complex medicines related issues, such as complex drug interactions, medicines use in pregnancy, unlicensed/off-label use of medicines etc. To provide and receive highly complex, highly sensitive or highly contentious information, where developed persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathetic or re-assurance skills are required. This may be because agreement or co-operation is required or because there are barriers to understanding. This may also involve presenting complex, sensitive, or contentious information to a large group of staff, service users or carers. To work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide clinical pharmaceutical support to designated areas to maximise benefits and minimise risk to service users. This will include medicines reconciliation, prescription review, medication reviews, identification and management of drug interactions and adverse effects, advice on clinical monitoring, medicines information, advising on supply problems, compliance with legislation, compliance with Trust policies and guidelines and participation in multidisciplinary team meetings where appropriate. Participate in relevant quality improvement (QI) projects to support service improvements and learning and development. To support on updating, reviewing, and maintaining Trust Policies and Guidance in relation to medicines. To develop and implement new policies, protocols, standard operating procedures, and guidelines. To support and participate in medication incident investigation. To review medication incident reports and contribute to systems learning from the analysis of these adverse events and to translate this into training packages to reduce the risk of events such as these recurring. To attend relevant team meetings / committees relevant to the area assigned to you. To be responsible for the teaching/delivery of education and training in Medicines Optimisation for all healthcare professionals working in HPFT To support the clinical pharmacists and medicines management technicians in their delivery of the clinical service. To deputise for the senior pharmacists in their absence and when requested. To line manage and supervise team members. Clinical Responsibility To provide highly specialist pharmaceutical advice concerning the care and treatment of service users in Mental Health (including Forensics) and Learning Disabilities Services and to promote safe, effective and evidence based cost effective use of medicines within the Trust. Leadership and Staff Management Responsibility To provide leadership and guidance to all pharmacy staff. To act as a role model for staff, motivating and inspiring others to achieve the aims of the service. To support/develop, implement and maintain the education and training plan for pharmacy workforce that includes mental health and community services. To provide experiential learning for undergraduate students and work experience students and promote pharmacy as a career. To support Band 6 and 7 pharmacists in management/leadership roles via identifying or developing relevant training programmes. To support rotations for rotational pharmacists, trainee pharmacists and undergraduate students. To manage trainee pharmacists and undergraduate students to make the best use of their abilities and experience. To act as a supervisor for diploma pharmacists. To act as a designated supervisor for trainee pharmacists. To be responsible for the teaching/delivery of education and training in Medicines Optimisation for all healthcare professionals and staff working in HPFT. To directly line manage Band 6/7 Clinical Pharmacists and other pharmacy staff and ensure they receive an annual performance appraisal review and a personal development plan, and work with them to implement effective and sustained change. This includes managing leave requests, sickness, and regular supervision. To ensure mandatory and essential training, continuing professional development and personal development plans are up to date for any directly managed staff. To be responsible for recruitment of direct and indirect reports and explore recruitment /workforce development opportunities to support and expand effective clinical service delivery. Motivate and inspire staff within the team and wider to develop a learning culture. To participate in the recruitment, selection, and retention of specialist pharmacists within pharmacy, to maintain and further develop a high-quality pharmacy workforce. To be responsible for planning and organising own workload for their clinical areas in accordance with the requirements of the job. To be competent in the use of Electronic Prescribing and Administration System (EPMA) and other relevant hospital IT systems. They should beopen and approachable as well as proactive in discussing and agreeing a process to monitor an employees mental and physical health. Financial Responsibility To participate in recruitment and retention of pharmacy staff. To approve direct reports travel expenses. To contribute to business plans for the expansion of pharmacy services. To participate in other pharmacy related cost improvement programmes. To identify and develop plans to support the Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) agenda. The post holder will ensure that medicines are prescribed in cost effective and evidence-based manner and according to the Trust Formulary and investigate any anomalies identified in your service line. Service Development and Improvement To be responsible for effective operation, monitoring and feedback of the Trust Medicines Policy, Strategy for Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation, Trust Medicines Formulary, NICE Guidance and other policies and guidelines approved by the Trust Drugs & Therapeutics Committee, including those agreed across the wider health economy medicines and prescribing committee. Communications To provide and receive highly complex, highly sensitive or highly contentious information, where developed persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathetic or re-assurance skills are required. This may be because agreement or co-operation is required or because there are barriers to understanding. This may also involve presenting complex, sensitive or contentious information.
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£50.95k - £57.35k per annum
