JOB PURPOSE To lead, deliver, develop and evaluate highly specialised clinical pharmacy services to a clinical speciality within the Trust. 3. JOB DIMENSIONS 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. 1 The Trust reserves the right to require employees to work either temporarily or permanently at or from any other of the Trusts establishments at any time AfC number (626) 2 Supervise, along with other members of their multidisciplinary team, the development and implementation of treatment protocols, and guidelines for use of drugs within the clinical area. Responsible for training pharmacists, and other health care professionals, on aspects of drug use within the clinical area. Provides minimum of at least one 4 hour session of service cover in the dispensary or aseptic dispensary each week. Participates in evening, weekend and bank holiday rota and where appropriate, out of hours services. To act as the Responsible Pharmacist in line with local procedures. 4. ORGANISATIONAL CHART Clinical Director MMPS Clinical Pharmacy Manager Clinical Pharmacy Team Leader Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Specialist Pharmacist 5. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED Masters qualification in Pharmacy (4 years) or equivalent qualification plus one year pre-registration experience Registrant of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Postgraduate diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience or qualification Non medical prescriber status is preferred. Substantial post registration experience as a practising clinical pharmacist. Ability to demonstrate foundation level competencies in all 6 domains of the Advanced to Consultant Level Framework (ACLF) Experience of dealing with highly complex clinical issues which require the pharmacist to analyse information from a range of sources, which may not be in agreement, to formulate a response. In such situations, it may be necessary to find a novel solution to an unusual clinical situation. The pharmacist will have developed negotiating and persuasive skills with other clinical team members, patients and relatives Experience of dealing with a wide variety and grade of hospital staff (including senior medical and managerial staff) on a regular and ongoing basis AfC number (626) 3 Specialist knowledge of clinical area/department which demonstrates ability to manage a caseload, preferably within the clinical speciality