Specialist Pharmacist-Secondment in Adult Intensive Care

Looking for a new challenge? Want to be part of a supportive, forward thinking service? Then look no further., Our Pharmacy Department is progressive, supportive and nurturing and aim to provide the best patient care possible. Join us and be a part of a workplace that looks to develop you as you progress on your professional and personal journey. You will utilise your clinical skills and experience by providing clinical pharmacy services to wards and other areas, assisting with the training and development of others and supporting the improvement of the services. You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team and will help maintain the high standard of services that are already provided. Independent Prescribing is integral to our pharmacist's roles. The post holder will be supported & trained to deliver a highly specialised clinical service to the AICU beds on both the LRI & GGH sites and will be an integral and respected member of the well-established multidisciplinary team. This will also involve, the niche training as part of the development of these posts to supporting the ECMO population of patients in the fullness of time, which is an opportunity not all centres can offer. The ideal candidate will be a prescriber who is forward-thinking, enthusiastic, & keen to work within a team of like-minded people with good communication and interpersonal skills. Post holder will be expected to contribute towards evening, on-call, bank holiday and weekend rotas.

The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) consists of three acute teaching hospitals & is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England. We serve one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland and specialist services regionally & also a national & international population. UHL is currently undergoing a process of reconfiguration with associated site-investment, the Government has recently announced that Leicester's hospitals will be getting £450m of capital investment over the next 5 years to complete our investment & reconfiguration plans. The £450m programme includes two "super" intensive care units on the LRI & GGH sites which is an exciting expansion of our Adult ICU services. An exciting opportunity has come up for a 10 month secondment into the Intensive Care team at UHL. You will have a fantastic chance to work in the Intensive Care & anaesthetic team & have the opportunity, where service demands dictate, to work across the 3 hospital sites all of which have an AICU bed base & offer a patient case mix that is very interesting, diverse & dynamic. You will be supported by a dedicated team of pharmacists and medicine management staff, to enable delivery of a comprehensive Clinical Pharmacy services to patients, within the Critical Care Directorate., Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030). We have four primary goals:

• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities. Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.