Clinical Pharmacist - Short Stay Unit
Southport Pharmacy Department
Permanent (37.5 hours per week)
Band 7
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Pharmacy Department are looking for a Pharmacist with a diploma in clinical pharmacy, studying towards a diploma or with equivalent qualification to join our expanding clinical team who will take lead responsibility to support and implement quality-driven Clinical Pharmacy Services within the speciality of acute medicine to the Trust.
This is an established post fully integrated into the short stay unit which works together to provide the best possible medicines optimisation outcomes for our acute medical patients throughout their stay.
The post holder will work closely with the well-established multidisciplinary team on the short stay unit. This will ensure treatments used in this specialist area are safe, effective, prudent, patient-centred and efficient. The post holder will promote appropriate and cost-effective prescribing in collaboration with the Medical Consultants and specialist nurses.
You will participate in drug usage analysis, identification of budget pressures arising from new products, co-ordination of projects and audits and the development and maintenance of guidelines, policies and protocols relating to acute medicine.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our Services:
1. Acute Care - Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
2. Primary Care - Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
3. Community Services - Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire.
4. Specialist Regional Services - We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
* Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
* Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
* National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator, enthusiastic, adaptable, able to work both as a team member and as an individual. Ideally, you will have some experience of mentoring junior pharmacists and trainees. Participation in teaching, clinical audit and practice research is encouraged and will be supported.
The post involves participation in the late night and weekend rota, and in the emergency on-call rota (approximate frequency 1 in 20). The post holder will be based at Southport District General Hospital but may be required to work at other Trust sites on occasion.
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