Senior Clinical Pharmacist
Location: Dawlish, EX7 0NR
Salary: £53755.00 to £60504.00
Date posted: 22nd January 2025
Closing date: 6th February 2025
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Our professional responsibility is to reduce the risk of infection to others as far as possible. Getting vaccinated against diseases that can be passed person-to-person in healthcare settings is part of this responsibility. The Trust will provide advice, guidance and support on vaccinations and access to vaccinations where requested.
Job Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the team at the new Regional Learning Disability and Autism Unit in Dawlish (The Brook). The job offers a challenging yet rewarding environment with opportunities to consistently learn. The Brook is a new regional service which will provide high quality care and treatment for people who have learning disabilities and complex mental health needs. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to support the assessment and treatment of adults with a learning disability or autism on the unit.
We are committed to the ongoing training and development of all our staff and offer a range of opportunities for career progression. The building and environment will be state of the art and the service aims to become a centre of excellence.
Interviews will take place on Friday 21st Feb 2025
Main Duties of the Job
The principal purpose of the job is to ensure excellence in medicines optimisation for people with learning disabilities or autistic people as part of their inpatient journey and beyond. You will work as part of a large multidisciplinary team offering local clinical expertise and leadership within your area of specialism. You will be expected to demonstrate advanced levels of pharmacy practice including contributing to training and research within the service.
Job Responsibilities
Duties And Responsibilities
Communication and Working Relationship Skills
* Communicate highly complex drug or medicines related information in an understandable format to people who use our services so that they can make informed contributions to treatment decisions and are able to use their medication safely and effectively.
* Document medication reviews and drug histories accurately and concisely to support care planning for individual patients.
* Maintain and develop communication links with local Trusts and Commissioners to improve systems and processes within the Trust.
Analytical And Judgemental Skills
* Review prescriptions for appropriateness in light of indication, individual presentation and concomitant medical conditions.
* Advise prescribers on next steps to take when treating individuals with treatment-resistant presentations.
Planning And Organisational Skills
* Plan and organise your work commitments to balance the requirements of this alongside the requirements of the wider MO team.
Responsibility for Patient/Client Care, Treatment and Therapy
* Provide a highly specialist, clinical pharmacy service to The Brook, the wider learning disability service and primary care.
* Educate people who use our services and their carers about medication.
Responsibility for Policy and Service Development Implementation
* Contribute towards the development, implementation and review of medicines-related policies, clinical protocols, standard operating procedures.
Responsibility For Finance, Equipment And Other Resources
* Responsible for ensuring medicines are stored and used in accordance with trust medicines policy.
Responsibility for Human Resources, e.g. Supervision, Training, HR Advice and Management
* Provide line management for technicians and pharmacists working within their workstream.
Person Specification
Experience
* Essential: Experience of working within a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
* Desirable: Evidence of involvement in change management and/or clinical service improvement.
Knowledge
* Essential: Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge acquired through vocational master's degree in pharmacy plus 1 year pre-registration training.
Qualifications
* Essential: Current registration as a Pharmacist General Pharmacy Council (GPhC).
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.
Employer details
Employer name: Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Address: The Brook, Exeter Rd, Dawlish, Devon, EX7 0NR
Employer's website: https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/
Contact Information
Deputy Chief Pharmacist: Chris Sullivan
Phone: 07971246258 #J-18808-Ljbffr