To deliver and develop specialist clinical pharmacy services to a clinical specialty within the Trust. Provide a specialist clinical pharmacist service to patients and the multidisciplinary team within a given specialty. Ensure medicines are used appropriately, safely, and cost effectively in accordance with Trust policy, standard operating procedures, and medicines legislation. Monitors drug use within their clinical area. This includes recording of significant clinical interventions, risk management, and some basic financial aspects. Supervise, along with other members of their multidisciplinary team, the development and implementation of treatment protocols, and guidelines for use of drugs within the clinical area. Responsible for training pharmacists, and other health care professionals, on aspects of drug use within the clinical area. Provides minimum of at least one 4 hour session of core professional commitment. To act as the Responsible Pharmacist in line with local procedures. THE LEEDS WAY VALUES Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are: Patient-centred Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values. Additionally the following are core values which relate specifically to this post: Professional attitude. Deal with patients, colleagues, and other customers in an honest and open manner with integrity. Strict adherence to patient confidentiality. Committed to CPD. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY Provide specialist clinical service to patients and other members of the multi-disciplinary team within the given specialty. This will include: o Individual prescription review to optimise therapy. o Advice on dosage and side effects. o Advise on safe administration of medicines. o Participation on consultant ward rounds and multidisciplinary team meetings. o Responsibility for medicines risk management in clinical area, including investigating clinical incidents, recording significant clinical interventions/near misses, and ensuring compliance with medicines legislation, and local policies. o Assist in the introduction of new drugs, including unlicensed medicines, into the clinical specialty. o Keep records of patient related information e.g. pharmaceutical care plans. Organisation and planning of own workload on an on-going basis e.g. ward cover, training, audit, project work, attendance of meetings etc. Pharmacists who are registered as prescribers will, with the agreement of the clinical director of the speciality, prescribe within their level of competence, to support patient care. Supervise, teach, and assess junior pharmacy staff completing training modules within the clinical area. This input varies, mostly based on the experience of the post holder, and increases over time. From the outset, input will typically involve at least one of the following: o Up to six pre-registration practice modules per year (each lasting 3 days). o One or more Grade B Clinical Pharmacy Practice Teaching Units (PTU) per year (Lasts 6 weeks). o Lecturing on clinical issues relevant to the specialty, as part of the pre-registration training program, the clinical diploma, and any other in service training. o The post holder is also expected to participate in the training of other clinical professionals within their specialist area as requested. Participate in any medicines related clinical trials in the specialty. Propose and carry out clinical pharmacy practice research within their clinical area, and participate in any larger pharmacy research and audit. Work within standard operational procedures, Trust policy, and wider professional guidelines. Provide a service commitment (typically one 4 hour session) to a specified area within the pharmacy department i.e dispensary, aseptics, or medicines information. Participate in evening, weekend and bank holiday pharmacy service on a rotational basis, and where contracted, the emergency duty service.