Highly Specialist Pharmacist - Renal and Urology

Job summary
Are you an experienced clinical pharmacist with an interest in renal and urology pharmacy? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and forward-thinking Band 8a Highly Specialist Pharmacist to join our renal and urology pharmacy team at The Royal London Hospital.

This is a varied and rewarding role within one of the largest and most complex renal services in the country. You will work closely with the Lead Clinical Pharmacist for Renal and Urology, the wider pharmacy team, consultants, nurses and the multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, effective and patient-focused medicines optimisation across inpatient wards, outpatient clinics and dialysis services.

The post offers an excellent opportunity to develop advanced clinical, leadership, governance, prescribing and service-development skills within a supportive and ambitious pharmacy department.

You will be primarily based at The Royal London Hospital, with a requirement to work across Barts Health sites as needed, including travel to satellite dialysis units.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the Lead Clinical Pharmacist for Renal and Urology in delivering a high-quality clinical pharmacy and medicines management service across the specialty.

You will provide specialist clinical pharmacy input to renal and urology patients, including participation in consultant ward rounds, multidisciplinary team meetings, outpatient clinics, medicines reconciliation, prescribing and discharge planning. You will promote safe, effective and cost-effective prescribing, ensuring medicines are optimised to improve outcomes, reduce harm and support patient flow.

The role will include supporting the development and implementation of evidence-based guidelines, shared care arrangements, patient group directions and local medicines policies. You will also contribute to medicines governance, risk management, incident review, audit, service improvement and cost improvement programmes.

You will play an important role in the education, supervision and development of junior pharmacists, trainee pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and other healthcare professionals. The post holder will also support staff management, appraisals, objectives, training and performance development within the renal and urology pharmacy team.

The role includes participation in late duty, weekend, bank holiday and on-call rotas.

About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Significant experience post registration in a hospital based clinical post
• Experience of providing a hospital-based service to renal patients at specialist pharmacist level or equivalent
• Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care
• Experience of providing evaluated information on drug expenditure
• Thorough understanding of clinical governance and clinical risk management
• Experience of successfully managing and supervising staff, performing appraisals and giving feedback
• Evidence of basic teaching and tutoring in a hospital setting through training others e.g. trainee / junior pharmacists / other HCPs

Desirable

• Successful experience of managing & leading projects
• Experience of managing guidelines and PGDs relevant to the speciality
• Experience of managing medication incidents
• Experience managing renal patients in the outpatient setting
• Experience running an outpatient clinic under supervision

Skills
Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Assertive, diplomatic, persuasive with ability to negotiate.
• Demonstrates numeracy skills and ability to perform accurate, complex calculations
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self, and others
• Ability to manage time effectively and work to deadlines
• Demonstrates initiative
• Demonstrates critical appraisal skills
• Able to work unsupervised, follow written instruction and work under pressure
• IT literate; able to use Microsoft office with intermediate IT skills including, accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programmes
• Demonstrates effective customer service skills
• Good team worker
• Evidence of good ward practice
• Able to communicate complex information effectively to all health and care professionals, colleagues, patients and their loved ones
• Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training
• Effective pharmaceutical care skills
• Ability to motivate and act as a role model

Desirable

• Experience in local implementation of national standards and guidelines
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate with and influence senior medical staff and senior management

Knowledge
Essential

• Understanding of GPhC revalidation requirements
• Knowledge of medicines management systems at ward level
• Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g. controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
• Understanding of stock control systems
• Sound knowledge of drugs and therapeutics in renal and urology at diploma level or equivalent
• An awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to Renal and Urology patients
• Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements
• Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation
• Knowledge of the law and relevant guidance relating to medicines, pharmacy, rationing decisions in the NHS, Payment by Results (PbR) and commissioning
• Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives

Desirable

• Knowledge of interface issues relevant to the patient group
• Knowledge of risk management issues relevant to the patient group and root cause analysis

Qualifications
Essential

• MPharm or equivalent
• Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy / Pharmacy Practice or equivalent
• Independent prescribing qualification

Desirable

• Management qualification or equivalent experience

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information see the NHS Careers website.