Clinical Pharmacist
As our Clinical Pharmacist, you will provide the team with expert clinical leadership and direction so that pharmaceutical care is safe, effective, and person-centred.
Hours: 37.5 per week, Monday to Friday, flexible shift pattern.
Clinical Pharmacist
Role profile:
* Support the pharmacy department to deliver an excellent medicine management service to all customers, supervising the procurement, preparation, dispensing and distribution of medicines.
* To provide pharmaceutical expertise and input to the care of the patients.
* To facilitate the daily running of the pharmacy department, providing a safe and effective medicines management service to all patients, staff, consultants and customers.
* Provide clinical input with respect to medicines to all patients.
* Ensure accurate and timely charging.
* Ensure compliance with all appropriate regulatory, professional and best practice frameworks.
Qualification & Experience:
* Degree in Pharmacy
* Registration as a Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (any existing or pending Fitness to Practice issues must be declared on application)
* Postgraduate Diploma relevant to hospital pharmacy practice is desirable but not essential
* Post registration experience of 2-3 years
* Clinical pharmacy experience in a secondary acute setting, or proven ability to transfer clinical skills into an acute setting.
Role and responsibilities include:
* To provide pharmaceutical expertise and input to the care of the patients
* To support the pharmacy department to delivery an excellent medicine management service to all customers.
* Attendance on daily multidisciplinary ward round
* To supervise the procurement, preparation, dispensing and distribution of medicines.
* Influence prescribing practice and medicines management within the Hospital.
* To facilitate the daily running of the Pharmacy Department, providing a safe and effective medicines management service to all patients, staff, consultants and customers.
* Ensure compliance with all appropriate regulatory, professional and best practice frameworks
* Ensure accurate and timely charging of invoices.
* Develop and implement Departmental Standard Operating Procedures
* Support the Chief Pharmacist to implement and monitor any national guidance, i.e. NICE guidance
* To participate in audit activities, which will improve the quality of the services, provided by the department including medication incident reporting.
Desirables
* Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
* Acute NHS Healthcare experience
* Acute Private Healthcare experience
* Postgraduate Diploma relevant to hospital pharmacy practice
Clinical Pharmacist