Are you passionate about acute medical care? Looking to work with a team of specialist healthcare professionals?
LUHFT employs over 120 pharmacists across 3 sites providing clinical pharmacy services to all major specialties. This post is based on the Royal site of the Trust Emergency Floor (Acute and Emergency Medicine).
We are looking for motivated and forward-thinking clinical pharmacists to work with our team on the Emergency Floor. We already have a well-established clinical pharmacy team on the Emergency Floor but we are keen to extend this service. We have fully integrated electronic systems to help you deliver excellent clinical care to your patients.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the leadership and delivery of a high quality, proactive and patient-focused clinical pharmacy service to the Acute and Emergency Medicine areas.
Main duties of the job
1. Assist the Lead Pharmacist for the Emergency Floor in the development of pharmacy services and medicines management within the Acute and Emergency Medicine area.
2. Provide a safe and effective advanced clinical pharmacy service to the Acute and Emergency Medicine areas.
3. Assist the Lead Pharmacist for the Emergency Floor in providing clinical training and supervision, relevant to Emergency and Acute Medicine, for other departmental staff.
4. Provide non-medical prescribing services to the Emergency Floor.
Job responsibilities
1. To provide an advanced clinical service to the Emergency Floor in accordance with professional, departmental and Trust policies.
2. Provide highly specialist pharmaceutical information to medical and nursing staff and patients within the Care Group and to General Practitioners and other staff within the Trust where appropriate.
3. To act as an independent prescriber in accordance with the Trust's Non-Medical Prescribers policies and guidelines (once registered as a non-medical prescriber).
4. Participate in the therapeutic drug monitoring service provided in accordance with departmental procedure in particular gentamicin prescribing and monitoring.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
* Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
* Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
* Self-motivating and able to motivate/inspire others.
Desirable
* Ability to affect and manage change.
Qualifications
Essential
* Vocational Masters degree in pharmacy.
* Membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council.
* Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent documented experience.
* Full NMP qualification (or within 3 months of being on the GPHC Register).
Desirable
* MRPharmS.
* UKCPA membership.
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
* Significant experience in a relevant specialist pharmacist role.
* Antimicrobial Stewardship experience.
* Demonstrable commitment to continuing professional development / education.
Desirable
* Experience as a NMP.
Other
Essential
* Computer literate.
Knowledge
Essential
* Excellent clinical knowledge and practical clinical skills for the relevant specialist role.
* Good all-round clinical knowledge and practical clinical skills.
Employer details
Employer name
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Liverpool Hospital
Prescot Street
Liverpool
L7 8XP
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