Job summary
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a self-motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our team as a bank Clinical Pharmacist. With the current & future landscape for pharmacy professionals we have aligned our clinical pharmacy strategy to develop a pharmacy team that can excel in balancing patient care and service demand with their own professional development. You will have rotational opportunities across several specialities along with opportunities to work as part of an MDT and develop your interpersonal, professional & clinical skills.
We are a forward-thinking department and are actively embedding pharmacist prescribers into our services, with Pharmacist IPs working in Medicine, Surgery, Heart Failure, Oncology, Community Services & OPAT to-date. We are very supportive of pharmacy professionals putting forward their own ideas for service improvements and are committed to developing a strong Quality Improvement ethos, with a formal Quality, Service Improvement and Redesign accreditation also on offer.
We aim to produce a workforce equipped with strong clinical knowledge, a positive attitude, and a great team ethic. This post is ideally suited both to pre-registration or newly qualified pharmacists, and community pharmacists interested in a sector change.
Main duties of the job
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1. Participates in the provision of a comprehensive pharmaceutical service to Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and to those organisations with which the Trust has a contract for supply of pharmaceutical services.
2. Undertakes clinical pharmacy duties to delegated wards, advising junior & senior medical staff and nurses on effective and safe prescribing and administration of medicines.
3. Provides training and support to the undergraduate, pre-registration pharmacists & less experienced pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and, where requested, other ward staff.
4. Undertakes risk assessments and implements risk reducing measures, where appropriate reviewing and updating safe systems of work on a regular basis.
5. Post holders will be required to undertake weekend, bank holidays and on-call work on a rota basis.
About us
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is a provider of local general hospital and community services to Walsall and its surrounding areas serving a population of 260,000 residents, formed on 1st April 2011, following the integration of Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust and NHS Walsall Community Health. The pharmacy department has benefited with extensive refurbishment with a new robot dispenser in place to improve our ability to provide a patient-facing service and has recently had approval for a new Outpatient Satellite Pharmacy. We are one of only a handful of hospitals regionally to provide specialist care in bariatric surgery. A new integrated critical care unit and extended Neonatal Unit was completed in 2018, and will be opening a brand new, state of the art Emergency Department in Autumn 2022.
The pharmacy department has a very friendly, enthusiastic and energetic team and established a good working relationship with our primary care commissioners. We have strong ties with a number of higher education institutes including University of Wolverhampton. Colleagues from our department won an 'Excellence in Hospital Pharmacy Practice' award at the 2018 Clinical Pharmacy Congress. We have recently developed exciting new posts in Community Services such as Rapid Response and AKI post-discharge review.Finally, we have been recommended by colleagues as a great place to work which is supported by the Trusts values to work as part of a team, being respectful, compassionate and professional.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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The post holder will provide ward based clinical services, supporting safe prescribing and administration of medicines in the allocated wards/departments of Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, ensuring clinical practice is evidence based, shared, and, wherever possible, patient focused. Will also provide patient counselling and assist in the provision of Medicines Information as part of their role.
Professionally checks prescriptions in the dispensary, including those for cytotoxic drugs, clinical trials and controlled drugs, and assists in dispensing and final checking as required.
Complies with the Clinical Pharmacy Service guidelines and SOPs and is expected to meet the standards set out in the guidelines and SOPs, ensuring that the Director of Pharmacy is made aware of any circumstances that would, or may, militate against safe standards of clinical practice. Reports, and encourages other to report, all Adverse Drug reactions in-line with departmental guidelines.
Promotes awareness of and assists in the implementation of the Trusts Medicines Management Group decisions, including the current contents of the formulary and Trust Pharmacy Policies, and assists medical and prescribing nursing staff to adjust prescribing practices in line with the evidence base and formulary requirements.
Will comply with the requirement of productivity tools and audits assigned by the pharmacy senior management team and maintain full records of clinical activity and interventions using pharmacy electronic systems.
Postholder will be required to undertake late night, weekend, bank holidays and on-call work on a rota basis.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
6. MPharm or equivalent academic qualification.
7. Completed Pre-Registration year leading to Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council
8. Current membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
9. Hospital pharmacy experience
EXPERIENCE
Essential
10. Preregistration year completed or to be registered with GPHC by the start date of the post if undertaking preregistration year at the time of interview
11. Good basic pharmaceutical and pharmacological knowledge.
12. Ability to work effectively both alone and in a team
Desirable
13. Experience in carrying out audits and projects.
14. Experience of supervising and direct pharmacy staff.
15. Experience of using Ascribe system
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
16. Skilled at assessing and interpreting prescriptions to identify and manage risk associated with the use of medicines.
17. Able to follow national guidelines and Trust policies, procedures and guidelines.
18. Demonstrate desire to continue their education and commit to evidence-based practice.
19. Written and communication skills appropriate to the level required for this role.
20. Maintain effective working relationships
21. Able to set priorities, meet deadlines and manage time effectively.
22. Skills for problem identification and solving
23. Able to demonstrate self-motivation and ability to cope with responsibility.
24. Competent to clinical check prescriptions.
25. Competent to dispense medicines accurately without making errors.
26. Competent to check medicines dispensed by others and to detect any errors that have been made.
27. Ability to follow Infection Control Policy and comply to the Health Act 2006
28. Basic knowledge of medicines actions and usage.
29. Able to follow Health and Safety at Work including COSHH, Manual Handling, Information Governance as well as Safeguarding Children and Adult.
30. Up to date knowledge of Medicines Legislation including the Medicines Act, and Misuse of Drugs Act as they apply to pharmacy service SOPs and the legal requirements for dispensing and supplying medicines.
Desirable
31. Able to carry out clinical audits and projects.
32. People management, team work and interpersonal skills appropriate to this role.
33. Skills for using Microsoft Office to produce word-processed documents SOPs for specialist areas, patient care plans (MS Word), record research and audit data (MS Excel) and prepare and deliver training (MS Powerpoint).
34. Standard key-board skills for using the Pharmacy Computer System, and other software, to prepare reports, analyses, label medicines etc.
35. Understanding of the current and longer term issues facing pharmacy services within the NHS.
36. Basic understanding of medicines management in clinical pharmacy services.
Right to work
Essential
37. Please only apply for this role if you have current right to work in the UK