Clinical Effectiveness Pharmacist & MSO

• Acting as the Trust's Medication Safety Officer and leading medicines safety programmes.
• Leading the implementation and assurance of medicines-related MHRA Drug Safety Updates, medicines recalls and National Patient Safety Alerts.
• Providing strategic leadership for medicines governance, clinical effectiveness and medicines optimisation.
• Leading the development and governance of the Trust Medicines Formulary.
• Supporting implementation of NICE guidance and evidence-based practice.
• Leading audit, quality improvement and service development programmes.
• Supporting safe optimisation of electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) systems.
• Leading investigations into significant medication incidents and supporting organisational learning.
• Representing HPFT on regional and system-wide medicines optimisation, safety and clinical effectiveness groups.

Essential

• Master's degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) as a pharmacist with no restrictions
• Postgraduate pharmacy qualification or evidence of equivalent experience
• Evidence of and commitment to continuing professional development
• Management or leadership qualification or evidence of equivalent experience

Desirable

• Independent Prescriber
• Quality Improvement qualification
• Project management qualification

Essential

• Relevant post-registration hospital clinical pharmacy experience with significant mental health experience
• Good, broad clinical knowledge and ability to apply to a ward, community and dispensary setting
• Demonstrable evidence of specialist knowledge in medicines safety, governance and clinical effectiveness
• Demonstrable experience of clinical audit, quality improvement and clinical effectiveness programmes
• Demonstrable knowledge of NICE guidance, medicines optimisation and patient safety principles, with the ability to apply these in clinical practice and governance
• Experience of leading medicines safety programmes
• Experience of patient safety investigations
• Experience of incident investigation and risk management
• Experience of developing policies, protocols and governance frameworks
• Experience of service development and leading change
• Experience of managing, training, mentorship, supervision of staff including appraisals and giving feedback
• Experience of presenting complex information to senior stakeholders and committees
• Experience of producing reports and presenting the findings to various committees
• Experience of using incident reporting systems.

Desirable

• Experience as a Medication Safety Officer
• Experience of working with national audit programmes such as POMH-UK.
• Experience of working with digital prescribing systems.
• Experience of research and publication.
• Experience of working across organisational boundaries and Integrated Care Boards

Essential

• Advanced theoretical and technical, clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge relating to the promotion of high quality, effective and cost-efficient use of medicines, including a wide range of work procedures and practices
• Advanced knowledge of medicines safety principles and patient safety systems
• Comprehensive understanding of medicines legislation and governance requirements
• Knowledge of NICE guidance, MHRA requirements, NHS Patient Safety Strategy and CQC standards.
• Ability to analyse highly complex information and develop practical solutions
• Excellent leadership and people management skills
• Strong report writing and presentation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and influencing skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage competing priorities
• Ability to influence stakeholders across professional groups
• Competent in audit design, data analysis and presentation
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to remain calm and objective under pressure
• Advanced IT skills including data analysis and reporting
• Knowledge of quality improvement methodologies.

Desirable

• Knowledge of national medicines optimisation programmes.

Essential

• Able to make judgements involving complex facts or situations which require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options
• Able to critically appraise clinical trial data and research papers
• Excellent computer skills to include Word, PowerPoint, Excel and the Internet
• Car driver, own transport (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving)

Essential

• Moving and handling laptop and handouts for mandatory training in medicines management
• Driving across Hertfordshire to different bases/units
• The job will require frequent use of VDU equipment every day and intense concentration in a sometimes noisy open plan office environment
• The post holder may encounter challenging/hostile service users when visiting the mental health units
• Communication of complex information about medicines regarding individual service users within own organisation and across other organisations for example commissioning organisations, acute trusts or community pharmacy. This may be multi-professional and there may be barriers to overcome in effective communication
• Ability to manage dispensary workflow as the sole pharmacist with minimal support
• Significant ability to concentrate in multidisciplinary ward rounds
• Regular requirement to deal with distressing or emotionally charged situations.