Specialist Clinical Pharmacist Medicine for Older People and REACT
An excellent opportunity has risen for a Band 7 pharmacist to join our vibrant clinical pharmacy team in a dedicated role within Medicine for Older People at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. The post holder will be based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
The post holder will support clinical work/wards within the Medicine for Older People Directorate and also the Rapid Emergency Assessment and Care Team to enable patients to stay out of hospital where this is the aim. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to work closely within the multidisciplinary team to deliver a high level of pharmaceutical care, advice and medicines optimisation service. You will also have the opportunity to be involved in project work and to develop your clinical and management skills.
Main duties of the job
1. To deliver a specialist pharmaceutical care service in the directorate of medicines for Older People.
2. Identification and prioritisation of high-risk patients requiring specialist pharmacist input and delivering proactive and prompt pharmaceutical advice.
3. Undertaking medicines management duties, medicines reconciliation, optimisation, improving prescribing practices and supporting timely discharge.
4. Delivery of specialist and accurate information and educational training to medical and nursing staff, and to patients in an appropriate and sensitive manner regarding medications, therapeutic effects, monitoring and potential adverse effects.
5. To participate in the provision of a sessional dispensary service (to agreed Trust and National standards) for inpatients and outpatients at any pharmacy department within the Trust.
6. Ensure prescriptions comply with legal requirements and that all pharmaceutical treatments are appropriate for individual patients taking into account the condition being treated, concomitant conditions, other medicines and results of laboratory tests as available.
Person Specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
* Registered Pharmacist: Member of General Pharmaceutical Council
* Experience Working in MFOP
* Completed or undertaking a post-graduate diploma in pharmacy practice or recognised equivalent Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
EXPERIENCE
* Strong experience of hospital pharmacy at Post Registration Pharmacist level
* Delivery of pharmacy services to a range of specialities
* Evidence of significant relevant Continuing Professional Development
* Experience of project management
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
* Able to prioritise and manage own workload
* Work, communicate and provide effective leadership within a team
* Clear and concise verbal and written communication to ensure liaison with multi-disciplinary team, patients and carers and to ensure records are kept accurately and in a legible manner
* To have a positive attitude, be able to recognise and communicate need for change and be able to participate in change management processes.
* Prepared to attend any training sessions necessary for personal and service development
* Able to recognise limits of own competencies and to refer and seek advice from colleagues.
* Able to recognise and embrace new ideas and developments in clinical practice and implement under supervision of superiors
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
* Able to travel to other sites within the Trust and to venues for training
* Full driving licence
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£46,148 to £52,809 a year Per annum + Emergency Duty Payment
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
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