Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Medway Community Healthcare
Band 7
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best People?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved.
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Senior Clinical Pharmacist who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will assist in the provision of a safe, efficient, and comprehensive pharmacological service for the patients of Medway Community Healthcare CIC.
They will assist the head of medicines management at MCH in providing professional/clinical advice, delivering medicines-related training, undertaking medication reviews, audits, and research.
The role includes opportunities to develop innovative patient-centered medicine optimization projects across community services while working with the pharmacy team at Medway NHS Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide and develop a comprehensive, patient-focused, clinical pharmacy service to different specialties promoting the safe, appropriate, and clinically effective use of drug therapy.
To frequently communicate complex drug or medicine-related information to patients and carers, tailoring the information to the patient’s specific needs.
Evaluate the clinical appropriateness, safety, and legality of prescriptions based on the patients’ diseases, co-morbidities, other medication, and treatments and liaise with the prescriber to make agreed changes as appropriate.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Vocational Master’s degree in Pharmacy and successful completion of pre-registration training and experience
* Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist in the UK (or eligible to be)
* Postgraduate Diploma or equivalent (or be working towards one)
Experience
* Hospital pharmacy experience
* Understanding of working effectively within multidisciplinary groups
Knowledge
* Good core therapeutic knowledge including expert knowledge in medicines legislation and guidelines
Skills
* Evidence of excellent communication skills (verbal and written) with healthcare professionals and patients
* Methodical and able to prioritise workload
Values Based Question
* Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a ‘can do’ attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
Please note that we do not accept applications via CV or recruitment agencies.
This post will close before the intended closing date should a sufficient number of suitable applications be received. Therefore, if you are interested in applying for this role, we suggest that you do so at the earliest opportunity.
We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
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