We have an exciting opportunity for a full-time Clinical Pharmacist to join our Pharmacy team. The post holder will be responsible for providing a clinical pharmacist service within Acute and Emergency Care and critically will be working not just at the ‘front door’ but across a number of specialities and with our other system partners in the Emergency Care Pathway.
You will work alongside Consultants and senior nurses to deliver a high quality, patient focused service starting at the very beginning of a patient’s hospital journey ensuring that medicines are optimised, readily accessible and managed effectively at all stages as the patient moves through the Emergency Care and Acute Medicine system.
You will play an active role in improving patient care and experience, ensuring adherence to standards, promoting patient safety and driving a ‘right first time’ culture.
You must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council with relevant post registration hospital experience. Previous experience of Acute and Emergency Care services and having an Independent Prescribing qualification would be an advantage.
This role is an ideal opportunity to build on your clinical experience and develop your management, leadership, negotiating and teaching skills.
The post holder is responsible for providing, developing and monitoring medicines optimisation processes that promote safe, effective and timely use of medicines in the Acute and Emergency Medicine Departments at King Georges and Queen’s Hospital (QH).
The postholder will be mainly based at QH and provide support as required to the KGH site. They will assist the Chief Pharmacist and other senior pharmacy managers in making the case to expand the provision of pharmacy services to the Emergency Departments to ensure suitable quality assurance, clinical governance and risk management of medicines in support of Trust targets and national requirements.
The postholder will provide training to doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals in Acute and Emergency Medicine as well as pharmacy staff.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Zoe Duncan Job title: Lead Pharmacist Acute and Emergency Medicine Email address: zoe.duncan@nhs.net Telephone number: 01708435000 Ext. 3864
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