Lead Pharmacist - Antimicrobial

The friendly supportive team at this strongly innovative 'UK Top 40' award-winning and CQC "Outstanding" NHS Foundation Trust, has an exceptional and exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic pharmacist to develop and take on a lead pharmacist role. The role will require the individual to lead the pharmacy service within the trusts Antimicrobial Stewardship Agenda and work closely with the wider AMS team to deliver on trust and national objectives. You will have opportunities to network at a trust level whilst also working with the local ICB and towards regional projects. The successful candidate will support the lead pharmacist in medicine with the delivery of the clinical service and managing the clinical pharmacy teams. You will also be required to support and promote the education and training of our clinical pharmacists and technicians. To provide and promote E&T for the clinical pharmacist and technicians' development. This role will include weekend/bank holiday/late night/oncall., · The post holders' main base will be the Pharmacy Department of Warwick Hospital, the main base of the South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust (SWFT). · To provide a clinical pharmacy service to the Pharmacy Service with specialist area: o Antimicrobial stewardship o Support with delivering to specialises in medicine · To lead, develop, support and deliver a high level of specialist clinical pharmacy service to patients of the Trust in the area Antimicrobial stewardship · To work with the lead pharmacist for medicine to lead, develop and support and deliver a high level of pharmaceutical service to all specialities in medicine. · Work collaboratively with provider counterparts in the Coventry and Warwickshire locality and further afield with West Midlands Region.,

• To support Antimicrobial Stewardship Agenda within the trust on:
QUALITY - Reduction in HCAI, through reduced use of drugs which predispose to C diff etc COST - Economy in the use of antimicrobials, through best practice prescribing RISK - Avoidance of clinical complications GOVERNANCE - Compliance with standards
• To provide specialist clinical pharmacy support to a specialities on complex pharmaceutical
• To manage pharmacist within specialities and to support their development.
• To support the development of the medicine management technician to
utilise theirs skills within the provision of the clinical pharmacy service. CRITICAL ACTIVITIES: Key working relationships + Head of Pharmacy + Deputy Head of Pharmacy and Medicine Safety Officer + Principal Clinical Service Manager + Principal Pharmacist for Infection.
• Other Pharmacy staff in the Trust
• Microbiologists, the Director of Infection Prevention and Control (DIPC), & the Infection Control team
• Consultant medical staff and teams
• Trust governance lead
• Senior Nursing staff and other senior healthcare professionals
• Counterparts in other Trusts and in the Community, through Networks and
on line fora
• CSU medicines management team and commissioners
Clinical Pharmacy The post-holder will be part of a team providing a clinical pharmacy service to the Trust and will be responsible for: Antimicrobial Stewardship
• To work with Trust Antimicrobial Stewardship Group to develop strategies for the trust to meet National Antimicrobial Stewardship directives
• Attend trust level meetings including Infection Prevention Board, seasonal flu planning meetings
• To design and deliver packages of pharmaceutical care to individual
patients. Notably this includes in depth clinical reviews of choice and use of antimicrobials
• Challenge prescribing practice outside of antimicrobial guidelines
• Monitoring of the development of anti-infectives resistance in the locality
• Support the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of
policies and protocols relating to anti-infective agents including IV to oral switches, automatic review dates, renal dosing, allergy recording, therapeutic drug monitoring TDM
• Maintains professional networks to give SWFT the benefit of learning
elsewhere
• Advises and supports on the use of anti-infectives - hand washing, surface sanitization
• Teaching of Pharmacy, medical and nursing staff to raise awareness and
improve practice
• Attendance at antimicrobials round, C.difficile round, Antimicrobials
Stewardship Team meetings
• Uses the Pharmacy IT system, EPMA and other data sources to research
anti-infectives use and identify opportunities to improve practice and / or document evidence based care.
• Participation in Microbiology review of Antibiotic guidelines for community use and for acute use
Medicine Specialities
• To work with medical specialities to develop new strategies with the
directorates.
• Providing an excellent standard of Clinical Pharmacy service to a speciality on the wards, virtual wards, community and outpatient
• To provide a high level of pharmaceutical support, advice and information, to medical, nursing and other healthcare staff providing clinical care in specialty
General Clinical Service
• To liaise with hospital colleagues and contribute to the provision of clinical pharmacy services at SWFT.
• To advise on / recommend / adapt clinical treatment guidelines that have
been produced locally or by national bodies e.g. NICE, NSFs, National Prescribing Centre, for use in the specialty area
• To contribute to directorate work for all medical specialities
• To be a lead pharmacist in advising the Principal Pharmacist, and the Head of Pharmacy, on the strategic development of clinical pharmacy services to the designated specialist services.
• Work with the ward based and dispensary pharmacy teams in the
development of and maintenance of the Trust's pharmacy services.
• To ensure that safe systems of handling medicines are in place and that
national guidelines and local protocols relating to medicines management are adhered to.
• To advise medical, nursing, other professional staff, managers and patients on any aspect of drug therapy or drug control as required or when
considered necessary.
• To maintain an awareness of current developments in pharmacy practice
pertinent to the services, by liaising with relevant bodies, outside agencies, special interest groups and other pharmacists. To inform and advise senior pharmacy staff as appropriate. Governance
• To work directly with the medicine Safety officer and principle pharmacist in addressing the pharmacy and medicines management governance agenda within the Trust relevant to their designated specialty
• To represent Pharmacy on the Audit and Operational Governance group of the relevant division, in the postholder's own right, or as alternate.
• To undertake the reporting of medication incidents when necessary,
according to the Trust's Incident Reporting Policy, to assist other pharmacists in reporting, to investigate medication incidents as necessary, to provide senior pharmacist input to incident report forms and root cause analyses, and to recommend improvements and implement agreed actions.
• To contribute to duties as a clinical pharmacist to other wards in the Trust
when necessary.
• To liaise with the Senior Pharmacists for the allocation of staff, notably to
negotiate staffing resource to provide cover of the specialist services in the postholder's absence.
• Supporting the assessment of medicines management competencies.
• To deputize for senior pharmacy managers as required.
• As a registered practising Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical
Council, the post-holder must undertake Continuing Professional Development CPD and meet the mandatory requirements
• Participation in Root Cause Analyses when incidents occur which involve
anti-infectives. Operational Pharmacy
• To participate in the provision of the total pharmaceutical service, including a contribution to dispensary rotas on weekdays, late duties, and public holidays. The department provides a 7 day pharmacy service and the post holder will be expected to work weekends on a regular basis
• To participate in on call service depending on service needs
• To undertake routine duties within the dispensary as required, including
supervising the work of junior pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and (senior) ATOs.
• To assure the standards of pharmaceutical care provided to patients on
designated wards, ensuring that a satisfactory level of pharmacy service is provided within the resources available.,
• The post holder will support the pharmacy department's aspirations in
achieving and maintaining the highest possible standards of clinical pharmacy excellence.
• If agreed, to act as a Pre-Registration Pharmacist tutor, or as a clinical
coordinator for a post-graduate diploma student.
• To provide clinical education and training to medical, nursing and pharmacy staff, both undergraduate and postgraduate, including tutoring and mentoring.
• To supervise, contribute to and undertake research and audit projects in
the specialty areas, particularly those concerned with the clinical and cost effective use of drugs, compliance with safer prescribing and drug administration policies, procedures and guidelines, and implementation of pharmacy service developments. To provide reports and present the audit findings within the Trust or to outside organizations or regional or national meetings where appropriate. Notably this will include point prevalence studies of antimicrobials use and of adherence to antibiotics guidelines for the locality, and the benchmarking of antimicrobials use against other Trusts and localities.
• To support the Education and Training Lead Pharmacist to develop and
maintain a training Programme for clinical pharmacists allocated to the specialty, and to develop and administer a competency assessment process to ensure the appropriate standards are achieved. To provide clinical pharmacy training for undergraduate pharmacy students, post-grad. diploma students, vacation students, pre-registration pharmacists (hospital and community-based) and hospital clinical pharmacists Research
• The post holder may undertake practice research and will support research and audit by students and others within the department
• Locality, Regional, and National benchmarking of anti-infectives use in the Trust, comparing with secondary care peers, and with primary care
General Responsibilities
• At all times to comply with all policies of the Pharmacy Department and of the Trust to ensure the maintenance of professional standards and
compliance with legal requirements.
• At all times to maintain safe standards of work and a safe and appropriate
environment as required by the provisions of the Medicines Act, the Health and Safety at Work Act, COSHH and waste disposal regulations. Any other requirements as may from time to time be placed upon the department including those of the MHRA.
• To carry out any task appropriate to the post-holder's training, experience and expertise, as may be required by the Head of Pharmacy
• The following responsibilities relate to general support of the Head of
Pharmacy, the Pharmacy department and the Trust. They are not responsibilities specific to the post-holder but areas in which, as a member of the department, the post-holder will be expected to make an input. Pharmacy Strategy
• To suggest and support continuing service developments for inclusion
within the Business Plan of the Pharmacy Department.
• To maintain an awareness of current developments in pharmacy practice
pertinent to the services, by liaising with relevant bodies, outside agencies, special interest groups and other pharmacists. To inform and advise senior pharmacy staff as appropriate future Strategies., Sometimes we get a lot of applications for our roles. On those occasions we might close the job early. If you don't want to miss out we recommend submitting your application as early as possible. The Trust use an Applicant Management System called TRAC which helps us manage the recruitment process. All communications regarding your application will come via TRAC (even if you applied via NHS Jobs). Please check your TRAC account regularly and ensure your email is set up to accept messages so they don't go into your junk/spam folder. We aim to shortlist all vacancies within 2 days of the vacancy closing, we will get back to all candidates ASAP. Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer who is committed to Equality and Diversity and does not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the grounds of any protected characteristic as defined by the Equality Act 2010. All South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust sites are smoke free. We feel it's a great way to help our patients, visitors and staff stay healthy. The Trust is part of a 'Foundation Group' through a strategic alliance with Wye Valley NHS Trust, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. This partnership is great for the sustainability of all four organisations and allows us to share learning and maximise opportunities to ensure the delivery of high quality health and care services for our local populations.

To apply for this job, you must hold UK registration as a pharmacist, with recent hospital experience. Candidates looking for a step 7 to 8a developmental programme would also be considered.

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the top performing organisations within the NHS. Our staff think this is a great place to work and we hope you will agree. We have recently been rated as 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following our most recent inspection. We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the whole county. This includes our Community Teams in North Warwickshire. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Over 6000 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don't need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare. The first thing you will notice about us is how we take our values seriously. We believe that our values underpin everything we do. If you are interested in a role with us you need to make sure our values match your own. Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide inclusive, safe, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core. Probationary Period All new staff to the Trust will be subject to a standard 6 month probationary period, the details of which will duly follow in your contract of employment. Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued and respected and that our organisation is representative of all members of society. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual - we value our employees, job applicants, students, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our values of being Inclusive, Safe, Effective, Compassionate and Trusted. Agile and Flexible Working All our staff will have a work base. However the Trust operates as an Agile Working Team therefore staff may be working from home on a regular basis as required by the service. However, occasionally travel around Warwickshire and into your base will be required so access to your own transport would be helpful. The Trust also welcome staff to work flexibly and we would welcome the conversation at interview regarding flexible working. Staff Benefits The Trust offer a wide range of additional benefits to staff. Anyone who joins us on a substantive basis can assess things such as the Lease Car Scheme, Electronics Scheme, Discounted Leisure and Travel, Cycle to work scheme amongst many others available. Car Parking The Trust have recently completed the construction of a multi-storey car park at our Warwick Hospital site which has allowed us to reduce waiting times for car parking passes. To keep up to date on our latest recruitment activity follow us on twitter @swftrecruit or look us up on Facebook (Recruitment - South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust)., Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4^th in the country for recommended place to work. We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.