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Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
About
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 286,700, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development of our Pleck Road site was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities. Work is also well underway on its multi-million pound new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre which will house a new Emergency Department (including Children’s Emergency Department), co-located Paediatric Assessment Unit, Acute Medical Unit and Urgent Care Centre. This is scheduled for completion this year.
We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from some 60 sites including Health Centres and GP surgeries. Covering Walsall and beyond, our multidisciplinary services include rapid response in the community and home-based care, so that those with long-term conditions and the frail and elderly, can remain in their own homes to be cared for wherever appropriate.
We are recommended by colleagues as a place to work which is supported by the trusts values to work as part of a team, being respectful, compassionate, and professional. We are committed to investing in our workforce
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including salary sacrifice scheme; car leasing scheme; on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability); the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme; and the opportunity to develop and implement your expertise in an encouraging yet challenging environment
We would particularly welcome applications from people from a Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic background and from people with a disability; these groups are currently under-represented at senior level, we value diversity within our Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment.
We support a range flexible working for all employees and prospective applicants. The Trust works collaboratively with Black Country and West Birmingham Integrated Care Systems. Our objective is supporting ongoing flexible working across the partnership and transforming our workforce so that it is flexible and consistent as we redesign services for our integrated future.
Any settled workers meeting the requirements must be offered the position in preference to any non-resident candidates meeting the requirements, unless the role falls under a PhD-level code, in which case you can sponsor someone if they are the most suitable candidate.
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Emergency Care- Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner
Accepting applications until: 13-Nov-2024 08:00
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 13-Nov-2024 08:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- Walsall Manor Hospital
- Address
- Moat Road
- Town
- Walsall
- Postcode
- WS2 9PS
- Major / Minor Region
- Birmingham & The Black Country
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
Salary
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 PA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 8a)
Specialty
- Main area
- Emergency Care
Job overview
Are you ready to face a new challenge with independent prescribing role opportunities? Look no further, we are thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for an aspiring Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner to join the Emergency Department at Walsall Manor Hospital at a senior level.
Successful applicants can expect to receive training to enable them to deliver an innovative practitioner role within emergency medicine in supportive environment where comprehensive training will be encouraged including your accreditation on the RPS Advanced Specialist Curriculum. The post-holder will support patient focussed medicines management services within A&E by providing specialist medicines advice during ward round and at consultant level.
In 2023, our emergency services department underwent a £40m refurbishment to form our new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre and with the shift towards care closer to home, increasing opportunities around health prevention and digital technology, we believe this has never been a more exciting time to join and help us to shape and influence the care our patients receive. This role will be an excellent fit for those who show an appreciation for service development due to the ongoing current transformation of the pharmacy provision within the Emergency Care department.
As a forward-thinking department we pride ourselves on working closely with our staff to provide a healthy work-life balance and we would be happy to consider flexible working options.
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• Developing and providing an advanced practitioner service to patients presenting in A&E
• Providing a specialist advisory service on medicines at ward and consultant level.
• Undertaking complex medication reviews and contributing to the MDT assessment
• Partaking in discharge planning and patient counselling whilst arranging for referrals via the national Discharge Medicines Service scheme.
• Assessing and identifying key areas for service development and expansion in conjunction with the Lead Pharmacist for Emergency Care
• Acting as a mentor and role model for junior pharmacists rotating through emergency care
What are we looking for? You will need to have:
• experience of pro-actively influencing prescribing within a secondary care environment
• hold a post graduate clinical diploma
• hold (or currently undertaking) an independent prescribing qualification
• To always go above and beyond for the team to ensure a collaborative approach in all that we do.
Working for our organisation
WALSALL HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER AND ACTIVELY DISCOURAGES SMOKING AT WORK
We are recommended by colleagues as a place to work which is supported by the trusts values to work as part of a team, being respectful, compassionate and professional. We are committed to investing in our workforce .
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 286,700, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities.
We would particularly welcome applications from people from a BME background and people with a disability as these groups are currently under-represented at senior level. We value diversity within our Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment.
We support flexible working for all employees and prospective applicants.
RESPECT - COMPASSION - TEAMWORK – PROFESSIONALISM
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You must have good organisational, communication and interpersonal skills and be able to show you are self- motivated and flexible in your approach to your work to meet the requirements for our developing service.
You must already be registered as a Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council for a minimum of 2 years and hold or be working towards and independent prescribing qualification.
You are expected to work within key performance indicators as part of the service provision and show you can work on your own initiative, with other Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Assistants, Nursing staff, Medical staff and other healthcare professionals in line with the Hospitals Trust Values.
To support your development, full local training will be provided on medicines management and within an emergency care setting to the successful candidate and your development needs will be identified through an annual individual performance development review.
You will work closely with the Pharmacists and wider multidisciplinary team within the Emergency Department to deliver high quality, patient focused medicines management services.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Currently Registered as a pharmacist in UK as a Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Holds or currently undertaking prescribing qualification
- Postgraduate clinical specialist knowledge gained via diploma level training i.e. Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
- Previous Emergency Care experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Skilled at preparing and implementing pharmaceutical care plans to best meet patient needs within the MDT
- Skilled at using reference sources, journals, the internet and on-line information sources to prepare evaluated medicines information for consultants and other health-care professionals
- Able to interpret national guidelines within specialist area(s), and Trust policies, procedures and guidelines related to specialist area(s) including clinical governance and risk management
Desirable criteria
- Previous Emergency Care experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Flexible – Able to adapt to ensure achievement of objectives within constantly changing situations and environments
- Highly self-motivated – Possesses high work standards, sets themselves and helps others to set attainable goals; wants to do things better and measure progress against target
- Patient focussed – committed to ensuring a positive experience for patients and their relatives/ carers
Desirable criteria
- Working towards RPS Faculty membership
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sim Johal
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacist - Emergency Care
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01922721712
- Additional information
Additional Contacts
Tony Chopra (Deputy Chief Pharmacist)
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