We are very excited to be able to offer a new rotational programme at a more senior level to you and our pharmacists at NGH in medicine through cardiology, respiratory, stroke, gastroenterology and admissions.
This will enable you to continue your development and increase your skills and knowledge across a wider portfolio with the opportunity to specialise.
Responsibilities include:
1. To work within a clinical medical specialty for 6 months at a time, building relations with other staff to ensure safe and effective medicines optimisation for patients.
2. To actively participate in ward rounds and fully integrate within the speciality multidisciplinary team.
3. If available within the speciality, to work in pharmacy led clinics.
4. To undertake projects or developments within the speciality eg Quality Improvements, Audits, Research.
5. To develop guidelines, PGD developments within the speciality.
6. To carry out root cause analysis of medicine related incidents which have occurred within the speciality and attend or present at governance meetings.
7. To undertake training of pharmacy and other healthcare professionals within the speciality.
8. To provide information, advice and guidance on the safe, effective and economical use of medicines and to challenge poor practice.
9. To optimise medicines management by reconciling drug histories, performing structured medication reviews and using patients’ own medicines.
10. To detect, record and report adverse drug reactions to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and via Datix as per Trust Policy or via practice policy, as appropriate.
11. To record your clinical activity and to monitor the outcome of your advice.
12. To monitor interventions in treatment to identify training and information needs.
13. To fulfil the requirements of the Code of Ethics and Professional Standards for Hospital Service – Optimising Patient outcomes from medicine.
14. To participate in CQUINs and QIPPs at NGH.
15. To implement countywide and local prescribing strategies within the Trust and your practices.
16. To support the expansion of EPMA within the speciality.
17. To undertake validation duties in the dispensary within NGH.
18. To supervise, check and, if necessary undertake the supply of medicines in NGH.
19. To optimise medicines through prescribing role operating within areas of competence (where appropriately qualified and authorised via the Trust NMP register).
Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values:
1. Compassion
2. Accountability
3. Respect
4. Integrity
5. Courage
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.
The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.
We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
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