Main area: Paediatric Pharmacist Grade Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (8.30-5pm Monday to Friday)
Job ref: 387-DT-5277-LH
Site: Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Town: Bristol
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 26/01/2025 23:59
As an organisation, we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.
Are you a Pharmacist with a keen interest in paediatrics and looking for greater specialty or to further develop your career? Are you looking to be part of a clinical Pharmacy team committed to providing the highest quality of care to its patients? Do you want to work within a multidisciplinary team providing great care for paediatric patients?
We are looking for a rotational band 7 specialist Pharmacist to join our team.
Main duties of the job
* To provide a daily clinical pharmacy service to designated area(s) in order to provide pharmaceutical care to patients and ensure the safe, appropriate & cost-effective use of medicines at all stages of the drug use process, monitor patients for adverse drug events and minimise medication-associated risk.
* Regularly visit wards, working closely with the wider multi-disciplinary team involved in providing seamless patient care.
* Using knowledge and expertise contribute to the cost effective, safe and efficient prescribing and utilisation of medicines and improve patient experience.
* Advise all health care professionals on the safe, appropriate and cost-effective use of medicines.
* Promote the safe, efficient and rational prescribing of medicines in line with current trust policies. Record pharmaceutical interventions and attend clinical meetings as required.
* Provide a comprehensive and thorough enquiry answering service and answer pharmaceutical enquiries related to the hospital’s specialist services. Liaise with directorate and regional drug information services as required.
* Ensure that agreed local and national guidelines, policies and procedures are affected at ward level.
* To report medication errors, incidents and complaints using the appropriate trust systems.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
* Master’s Degree in Pharmacy (min 4 year course)
* Current Pharmacist Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
* Post Graduate Clinical Diploma or working towards attaining
* Works well with a wide range of people and in varying circumstances
* Open and flexible to change
* Flexible and adaptive approach, willing to adapt to change and learn new systems or processes
* Organised and methodical approach
Knowledge and Experience
* Post registration UK (including clinical pharmacy) experience
* Working knowledge of UK hospital pharmacy
* Evidence of sound clinical pharmacy methods
* Staff management / supervision
* Evidence of experience of clinically managing Paediatric Patients
* Demonstrates experience working with Digital clinical systems
Skills and Abilities
* Evidence of commitment to continued improvement to patient experience
* Evidence of an interest in medicine management agenda
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills & negotiation skills
* Excellent prioritisation and time management skills
* Ability to mentor other members of staff
* Ability to use judgement to challenge and influence prescribing
* Ability to work under pressure
* Ability to critically analyse different approaches to problem solving in a project environment
* Ability to manage own workload to maximise productivity when working remotely/home-based working
We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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