Band 8a
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best People?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved.
Job overview
Job Title: Specialist Pharmacist - Generalised Medicine
Division: Cancer & Core Clinical Services
Band: 8a
We are recruiting for a Specialist Pharmacist - General Medicine who shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
The post holder will be the department lead for all activity relating to General medicine patients. They will be a role model, working to a high level within the pharmacy department.
Main duties of the job
Join our pharmacy department and you will work as part of an innovative and well-respected team within the Trust. You will have the opportunity to contribute to transformational changes leading to better care for our patients and better experience for our staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To be responsible for providing and overseeing the pharmacy clinical service provided to the general medicine wards within the hospital.
2. Carry out education and counselling of new patients at the start of newly started high-risk medicines.
3. Ensures the provision of a proactive, high quality, cost effective, safe and responsive service to general medicine wards.
4. To actively develop the general medicine pharmacy service, exploring opportunities for clinically advanced services, such as review of patients in clinic.
5. To provide a clinical ward pharmacy service to the general medicine wards and lead on the education and training of other members of pharmacy and MDT in the pharmaceutical management of these patients.
6. Check the clinical accuracy and appropriateness of prescriptions for patients.
7. To ensure the appropriate ordering of medicines for general medicine to ensure medicines are available for patients and to minimise wastage from unused or expired medicines.
8. Attend the board rounds and MDTs where applicable within general medicine, providing expert pharmaceutical advice.
9. To actively lead on efficiency savings within general medicine.
10. To support with the screening of Homecare prescriptions.
11. To be the pharmacy department liaison with the wider within general medicine.
12. To identify and implement opportunities for the efficient use of medicines in general medicine.
13. To support with the late night, weekend and bank holiday rota as part of the department’s 7 day services.
14. To develop a personal audit and research portfolio.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Master’s degree in pharmacy.
* Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist in the UK (or eligible to be).
* Specialist post graduate qualification such as clinical diploma or equivalent experience.
* Non-medical Independent Prescribing Qualification.
Knowledge
* Demonstrates advanced knowledge of medicine.
* Knowledge of and ability to apply all aspects of regulatory legislation and guidelines.
* Demonstrate expert knowledge covering a range of pharmacy services and able to provide highly specialist advice.
Experience
* Experience of working in the area to a high level.
* Proven experience of delivering responsibilities and objectives to time in previous posts.
* Experience of providing a service to the Specialist area.
Skills
* Demonstrates ability to identify problems, analyse root cause and propose solutions for complex problems.
* Able to solve difficult and ambiguous problems by advanced reasoning and sound technical judgment.
* Able to manage and support others.
* Advanced IT skills – including MS Word, Excel, email and PowerPoint.
* Experience in providing and receiving highly complex and contentious information.
Please note that we do not accept applications via CV or recruitment agencies.
This post will close before the intended closing date should sufficient number of suitable applications be received. Therefore, if you are interested in applying for this role, we suggest that you do so at the earliest opportunity.
We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
All staff no matter where they work or which age group of patients they work with must be aware of their responsibility to act when they feel a child, young person or vulnerable adult has been or is at risk of abuse.
We are a fully non-smoking Trust. Smoking is completely prohibited in all Trust buildings, grounds and car parks for patients, visitors, staff and contractors.
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