Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Paediatrics in Leeds

We have a fantastic opportunity to join the Leeds Children's Hospital paediatric pharmacy team as an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist. This role will be working within the established paediatric critical care team who are well integrated into the MDT and provide leadership to PICU, HDU, cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery. Not only will you have the opportunity to be an integral part of this multi-disciplinary team, working alongside advanced practitioners and national experts, you will get to work closely with colleagues from across a variety of clinical specialities within the Children's hospital.

The Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Leeds Children's Hospital is one of the largest paediatric critical care units in the UK, providing care for critically ill and injured infants and children across West Yorkshire and the Humber. Annually the unit manages approximately 900 patients, offering specialised support for a wide range of patients including congenital heart disease, infections, major trauma, respiratory issues, neurological conditions, post-operative care for surgeries (such as chest, abdominal, spinal or airway procedures), liver and kidney problems (including transplantation) and cancer.

If you are excited about being part of a dynamic, forward-thinking team to deliver improvements in patient care and provide expert pharmaceutical care for critically ill children, then we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job:

• Leads the highly specialised clinical pharmacy service to patients and the multidisciplinary team within a given clinical speciality.
• Ensures medicines are used appropriately, safely, and cost-effectively in accordance with Trust policy, standard operating procedures and medicine legislation.
• The post holder is expected to determine how the outcomes are best achieved in specific circumstances.
• Manage other pharmacists providing specialised clinical pharmacy service within own clinical speciality depending on size of area.
• Works directly and regularly with consultants, senior nursing staff and managers within the clinical speciality.
• Monitors and interprets expenditure on medicines within own clinical speciality.
• Provides the Directorate with regular reports to assist in the safe use of medicines, the management of the drug budget and clinical governance issues.
• The report also includes risk management such as the recording of significant clinical interventions and near misses.

What you will bring to the role:

• GPhC registration and a postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy, or equivalent experience or qualification.
• Substantial post-registration experience as a practising clinical pharmacist.
• Advanced clinical pharmacy knowledge and the ability to apply this to complex patient care.
• Experience of managing complex clinical situations, analysing information from a range of sources and making appropriate clinical recommendations.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with patients, families and a wide range of healthcare professionals.
• Highly developed influencing and negotiation skills and the confidence to contribute effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to support, supervise and develop other members of the pharmacy team.
• Excellent organisational, prioritisation and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work autonomously and adapt to changing clinical demands.
• A collaborative, motivated and patient-centred approach, with a commitment to improving the quality and safety of medicines use.
• Ideally, experience of paediatric and/or critical care practice, and qualification as an independent prescriber.

About Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: Our Trust values The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients. We are Responsible, Open and Honest, One Team, Kind.

Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time.

Our priorities: People, Improvement and Innovation, Partnerships, Outcomes.

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.