Job description

Job responsibilities

Reporting to the Lead Dispensary & Stores Pharmacy Technician, the post holder will support the delivery of the Cleveland Clinic London (CCL) Medicines Optimisation mission of providing safe, effective, high quality and efficient pharmaceutical care by optimising medicines safety and patient outcomes. The Pharmacy Technician will assist in achieving the vision of harnessing the best of global and UK clinical practice and innovation to provide holistic pharmaceutical care through the CCL Medicines Optimisation strategic objectives:

• Optimisation of medicines safety and patient outcomes through provision of excellent pharmaceutical care.
• Provision of an innovative, technologically-driven 24/7 medicines management service through automation, robotics and closed loop medicines administration.
• Establishment of a culture of continuous workforce training and development to cultivate an engaged, motivated and highly-skilled team.
• Creation of a programme of research and innovation through collaborative partnerships.

The Pharmacy Technician will support the pharmacy team with this mission and the strategic objectives to provide a co-ordinated pharmaceutical service which is broad-based, cost-effective and efficient.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in the stores and distribution department
• Experience of working in a busy dispensary department
• Previous hospital pharmacy experience
• Experience of purchasing pharmaceuticals

Competencies

Essential

• Ability to live and lead the values of Cleveland Clinic London.
• Ability to work well autonomously with minimal supervision and collaborate as part of a wider multidisciplinary team
• Good oral and written communication and presentation skills to convey complex and potentially sensitive information
• Ability to organize staffing and workload appropriately
• Ability to prioritise workload of self and others
• Ability to work in an organised and accurate manner with attention to detail

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) (essential)
• NVQ Level 3 (or recognised equivalent) in Pharmaceutical Services (or similar) (essential)
• ACT Qualification (essential)
• Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Cleveland Clinic London

Address

33 Grosvenor Place

Victoria

London

SW1X 7HY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://jobs.clevelandclinic.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Profile Summary

As an autonomous practitioner within a multidisciplinary team, the Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist will assess, treat and manage their own caseload and provide highly specialist speech and language therapy skills to patients with speech, language and swallowing problems within the Intensive Care Unit and acute wards across the hospital (neurosurgical ward, acute admissions unit, Heart Vascular and Thoracic ward, Digestive Diseases ward). The neurosurgical ward is primarily patients on an elective neuro-oncology surgical pathway.

This role will report directly to the Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist and be part of a highly innovative, evidence-based, forward-thinking Speech and Language therapy team.

This role will provide assessment and therapy provision to the Intensive Care Unit, neurosurgical ward, and wider acute wards of the hospital. Some cross cover to Neurorehabilitation may be required, as well as working within the wider therapy team providing speech and language therapy expertise.

With support from the therapy leadership team this role will develop and progress education and research within speech and language therapy. The role will motivate, empower, coach and develop multidisciplinary team members and students through supervision frameworks.

Job Responsibilities:

- Be independently responsible for the assessment, diagnosis and management of complex communication, swallowing and tracheostomy weaning needs for patients with multiple aetiologies and comorbidities across the intensive care unit, requiring advanced clinical reasoning, together with integrated clinical management with the wider MDT to enable optimal outcome

- Provide and act as a source of clinical expertise in speech and language therapy management of neurological and medical patients to the MDT in relation to communication and swallowing difficulties, whether they arise due to the nature of the underlying medical conditions, are due to concomitant conditions or the presence of equipment/technologies used to support life (e.g. intubation, tracheostomy or ventilation)

- Deputise for the Speech and Language Therapy Lead as required

- Educate and train Speech and Language Therapists and other MDT members with innovation and passion around communication, swallowing and cognitive impairments in the critically ill patient, the role of speech and language therapy and rehabilitation

- Take a proactive lead in using routine outcome measures to improve patient care at both a local and national level

- Provide highly supportive supervision and coaching to other therapists

- Keep informed of evidence, changes to practice, relevant research and guidance to discuss at regular opportunities to progress and develop own / MDT practice

- Lead small service development projects within own area of work

- Work within published National Guidelines appropriate to role using these as a basis for participation in the development of locally agreed, evidence-based protocols, guidelines and pathways.

- Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, ensuring a high standard of care and actively encourage and motivate others to do the same

- Identify areas of research and quality improvement relevant to critical care/neurosurgery and add to wider therapy development strategy

- Assist in identification, mitigation and management of risks as part of clinical governance

- Assist the Clinical Lead SLT in the recruitment of other caregivers as required

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Specialist knowledge and experience in application of clinically reasoned, safe and evidenced based techniques, assessments, management plans and outcome measures for patients with routine and complex communication and swallowing disorders in critical care and acute wards.
• Effective and adaptable communication using a variety of verbal and written techniques to the needs of the patient, family, carer and wider MDT
• Ability to form collaborative and productive relationships with key stakeholders and continuously seek to develop knowledge and skills in own clinical area of critical care
• Ability to set collaborative goals with the patient and/or their families
• Ability to make appropriate recommendations regarding further assessment and referrals to other disciplines/agencies, e.g. ENT, dietetics, clinical psychologist

Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent
• Current registration with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Desirable

• Experiential post graduate learning and development of specialist skills such as Videofluoroscopy assessment, Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallow (FEES) assessment, and tracheostomy management. Competence in ventilator management desirable
• Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy (RCSLT) desirable
• Membership of Clinical Excellence Network (CEN) desirable

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Cleveland Clinic London

Address

33 Grosvenor Place

London

SW1X 7HY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://jobs.clevelandclinic.org/ (Opens in a new tab)