Job summary

King's Renal Unit is a busy tertiary referral centre, renowned for its high standards. The unit provides:

specialist inpatient care to patients with acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease and end stage renal failure outpatient care,plasma exchange,haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis services

The successful candidate will lead the renal pharmacy service including both inpatient and outpatient care at the Denmark Hill site and will be responsible for onsite and satellite dialysis units, situated across South East London.

This post will offer the opportunity to gain significant experience in service development to ensure that renal therapies are prescribed safely and medicines optimisation opportunities are realised. The post holder will play an active role in developing and monitoring treatment pathways with colleagues across South East London.

Candidates must have excellent interpersonal, communication, organisational and leadership skills. They will need to be highly motivated and be able to demonstrate initiative and enthusiasm to develop the renal pharmacy service while providing high quality, evidence-based, clinically led care to patients while improving processes for managing patients on long-term therapies. Previous experience of renal medicine is essential.

The role is based within the Pharmacy department at the Denmark Hill site but the post-holder will be expected to attend the satellite dialysis units located across South East London.

Main duties of the job

The post holder leads, delivers, develops, manages and evaluates the clinical pharmacy services to the Renal Care Group. The focus of the post is on ensuring the provision of high quality, safe, comprehensive (clinical, supply, financial and operational) pharmaceutical services to the care group. The post holder is expected to:

Act as a specialist role model and as an expert in the clinical field and demonstrating an advanced level of knowledge in the field of renal medicine. Ensuring the safe, efficacious and cost-effective use of drugs within the Care Group. Ensuring a high level of clinical input across the Care Group. Development and implementation of guidelines and policies for the use of drugs. Regular financial reporting, drug usage and expenditure forecasting Developing the pharmacy service to the Care Group. Identifying a vision for the delivery of pharmaceutical services to the Care Group.

About us

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description for further information around the main duties and responsibilities:

- Leadership

- Clinical Responsibilities

- Financial Management

- People Management and Performance

- Research and Service Development

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Masters degree MPharm Registered Pharmacist MRPharmS (1 year competency assessed and examined professional registration) Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or Pharmacy Practice

Desirable

Registered independent prescriber or willingness to complete

Skills and Experience

Essential

Expert clinical knowledge and skills relevant to area of practice Demonstrate high organisational skills - identifying, planning, organising and developing systems to improve service delivery Experience of supervising others, including for research and audit projects Experience of protocol/guideline development Previous directorate experience, including financial reporting Ability to work well under pressure by prioritising and managing time effectively Ability to implement and manage change Ability to motivate self and others Able to identify a vision for the delivery of pharmaceutical services to the Care Group Demonstrates an advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement Demonstrates an awareness and commitment to the clinical governance agenda Experience of managing others Experience of working with senior healthcare professionals outside of pharmacy

Desirable

Demonstration of advanced practice using evidence mapped to the RPS Advanced Practice Framework