Consultant Pharmacist Antimicrobial Stewardship
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Would you like to be the named Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) lead across Somerset, leading the Trust's AMS team and working closely with local microbiologists, infection prevention & control teams and the Somerset ICB, to co-ordinate and deliver a high quality AMS programme across all NHS health sectors in Somerset?
Are you an enthusiastic, dynamic and experienced clinical pharmacist with demonstrable skills in AMS and Infection Management?
If the answers to the questions above are yes then then this could be the job for you!
This is a key role leading the system wide delivery of AMS in Somerset, working with acute, community, primary care stakeholders, the Southwest Regional Antimicrobial Stewardship Lead and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), to locally deliver the NHSE Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) strategy.
We are encouraging applications from both existing consultant accredited pharmacists & senior AMS pharmacists looking to be accredited in the next 12-24 months. This post is an established RPS approved Consultant Pharmacist post.
Pharmacists yet to complete their credentialing should be able to evidence their own practice, mostly at mastery level (RPS Advanced Pharmacy Framework) and would join as a Lead Pharmacist (band 8b) , moving up to a band 8c and be awarded the Consultant Pharmacist title once credentialed.
We can offer a generous relocation package for this role if you are looking to relocate to Somerset.
Main duties of the job
You'll be the named antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) lead for the Somerset Health system, responsible for the leadership and operational delivery of a high-quality AMS programme in line with the agreed priorities.
This will involve leading an AMS pharmacy team at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, providing a highly specialist, evidence-based service to influence infection management strategies and the safe and effective use of antimicrobials within the Trust.
You'll also support ICB colleagues to positively impact antimicrobial prescribing practices in primary care, in line with national and local priorities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree or equivalent in Pharmacy
- Postgraduate Diploma and/or MSc in Clinical Pharmacy and/or General Pharmacy Practice
- Registered independent prescriber
- Further training in infection management or AMS
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, having completed (or significantly progressed towards) consultant pharmacist credentialing
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification(s) relating to infection management or AMS
- Active Member of the Infection Network within UKCPA or the British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy or equivalent pharmacist specialist interest group
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of post-registration clinical pharmacy knowledge and experience, sufficient to the levels in the clusters of the RPS Advanced Pharmacy Framework Expert
- Demonstrable hospital pharmacy experience delivering infection management clinical pharmacy practice at mastery level
- Experience delivering AMS at mostly mastery level
Desirable
- Experience of working across multiple sectors within health systems
- Experience of budgetary management
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Demonstrable commitment to continuous professional development