Advanced Clinical Pharmacist in Rheumatology and Dermatology

Deliver an advanced level of practice within the field of chronic conditions in Rheumatology and Dermatology. Practice both independently and in partnership with the multidisciplinary team. Use your prescribing and deprescribing skills to improve outcomes for our paitents. Support junior pharmacists and resident doctors working within the speciality. Be responsible for providing clinical leadership, supervision, and structured teaching for the multidisciplinary team to facilitate ongoing training and education. Monitor and act on all reports of adverse incidents regarding medication that occur within the defined clinical area, ensuring necessary changes in practice, re-education of staff and sharing of the experience takes place within the Trust to help prevent a similar incidence from taking place. Agree, set and ensure systems are in place to continuously monitor, review and reset clinical standards of care. That wherever possible clinical practice is research based and in line with nationally recognised best practice. Commenting on and creating clinical guidelines and procedures to support this.

• Candidates must be prepared to work towards an accredited Advanced Clinical Practitioner status to support the service, which will include a non-medical prescribing qualification, Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. Our commitment to you: We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity. Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered. The paperwork: + HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first - as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.

We are seeking an innovative and driven Advanced Pharmacist with a passion for Rheumatology and Dermatology to join our forward thinking and friendly team at HHFT. Our department provides an environment that supports learning, team working and encourages individuals to develop within their role. We are looking for someone with extensive clinical pharmacy knowledge and experience. You will have excellent skills in communications, negotiation and clinical pharmacy along with a strong team spirit and experience of supervising other staff. The successful candidate will play a crucial role within the long term conditions to lead, develop and improve the pathways for patients. Your expertise will transform the approach to care and improve the outcomes for some of our most vulnerable patients. You will support junior pharmacists and resident doctors working within the speciality in the review of complex patients and the sharing of your expertise to improve the care for our older frail adults. You will be using your prescribing and deprescribing skills to improve outcomes for our long term condition patients., + Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders. + All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post. + In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire. Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive. We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer. The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust. Tackling Climate Change: Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, search HHFT Climate Action or [email protected].

Band 8a Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.