Principal Pharmacist – Renal Services

Overview

Due to retirement of the existing postholder, an exciting opportunity has arisen to lead and develop pharmacy services for Renal services at the Royal Free Hospital. The Royal Free Hospital provides a tertiary service for patients across north central London, providing comprehensive services to patients with renal impairment and renal failure due to renal disease. These includes transplantation, general nephrology, dialysis (including satellite sites) and support services such as clinical psychology and dietary support.

Working with other members of the Renal Service, the postholder will ensure the safe and effective use of medications both within the Trust and beyond.

Responsibilities

• To lead, manage and develop a high‑quality patient focused pharmacy service to Renal patients
• To take active part in the multidisciplinary team meetings for Renal patients
• Working with a high degree of autonomy to manage a caseload of Renal patients & continue to develop the role of the pharmacist in clinics working alongside the specialist nurses and consultants
• To develop and monitor key performance indicators and to present the data and key findings back to relevant stakeholders
• To ensure all Renal patients prescribed high‑cost drugs have appropriate funding arrangements in place
• To lead work with the specialist nurses & consultants to implement adoption of new medicines when appropriate products become available
• To develop and provide a high‑quality pharmaceutical service to the Renal department, which includes outpatients and inpatients
• To facilitate the efficient and cost‑effective use of medicines within the speciality
• Formulating cost improvement plans and monitoring potential savings
• To establish networks with pharmacy services in other Renal centres to standardise prescribing and optimise services

Royal Free World Class Values

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education & professional Qualifications

• MPharm or equivalent
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Post graduate diploma in pharmacy practice or equivalent
• Registered non‑medical prescriber
• Advanced qualification in specialist area
• RPS Faculty membership (or working towards)
• Management/Leadership training course

Experience

• Significant demonstrable experience of working in clinical pharmacy and some experience of working with patients with Renal disease
• Excellent clinical practice knowledge of Renal transplant
• Experience of managing & leading staff and projects
• Experience of working at a strategic level with senior clinicians and managers
• Experience of writing business cases
• Contribution to managing budgets and rationalisation of prescribing.
• Experience of writing / implementing clinical guidelines and government directives
• Experience of multidisciplinary working and participation in consultant ward rounds
• Evidence of clinical audit/drug evaluation/practice research and the promotion of evidence‑based practice. To have published /presented findings
• Experience of appraising staff and giving feedback, disciplinary procedures
• Experience in delivering education and training
• Experience of managing change and leading service developments

Skills and aptitudes

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills when dealing with staff and patients
• Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent teaching and training skills
• Ability to work autonomously and manage own caseload
• Ability to carry out day‑to‑day responsibilities and deal effectively with unpredictable/acute demands.
• Ability to justify and reason any advice given should this be challenged.
• Ability to communicate with patients/carers and staff of all levels
• Excellent negotiation skills and the ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, and the management team
• Ability to manage time, people and resources to deliver timely outcomes
• Ability to work alone and a part of a team
• Ability to work accurately under pressure
• Ability to integrate in a multidisciplinary forum
• Ability to manage difficult and ambiguous situations
• Demonstrates innovation and strategic thinking
• Ability to motivate and act as a role model
• Demonstrates initiative particularly in relation to problem solving.
• Ability to identify and implement best practice
• Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and pharmaceutical care skills
• Critical appraisal skills
• Expert level of clinical reasoning and judgement
• Ability to take full responsibility for and be accountable for own actions
• Ability to contribute to business plans, policies and clinical protocols
• Understanding of clinical risk and clinical governance
• Understanding of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to Renal patients
• Understanding of NHS national and local priorities
• Demonstrates a whole‑system patient‑focussed approach to work
• Undertakes own research

Personal Qualities & attributes

• Enthusiastic, well‑motivated, hardworking, flexible
• Identifies own training needs actively seeks training opportunities and maintains a portfolio of practice.
• Flexibility to work weekends, bank holidays, late nights and potential 7 day working
• Reliable with good attendance record

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.

Deputy Chief Pharmacist and Clinical Lead

£75,328 to £86,114 a year (Per annum inclusive of HCAS)

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