Work independently once qualified or within the MDT, being responsible for delivering Advanced Clinical Practitioner & Specialist Clinical Pharmacist roles to the Emergency Department and Acute Medical Directorate at WRH. This will include assessing patients, identifying medicine-related causes for attendance & admission and developing treatment plans to optimise care Function as an Independent Prescriber or de-prescriber as needed, complying with all requirements of the GPhC in relation to registration as an independent prescriber and the associated professional responsibilities. Make critical decisions around the care needs of patients and communicate these to patients and other staff members accordingly. Provide a specialist clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation service to patients and undertake pharmaceutical risk management to allocated wards within the Acute Medical Directorate and the Emergency Department, WRH. Use his or her specialised knowledge of medicines to advise consultants, medical, nursing and pharmacy staff on all pharmaceutical aspects of medicines for Acute Medical patients. Deliver pharmaceutical care to patients in the Acute Medical Directorate and Emergency Department; recommend, substantiate and communicate best therapeutic options for patients and implement changes in prescribing practice to ensure evidence-based medicine is followed as appropriate. Undertake risk management for the pharmacy service to the Emergency Department and the Acute Medical Directorate and ensure compliance with medicines legislation, the Trust Medicines Policy, and medicines related national and local guidelines. Undertake clinical audit of medicine use and pharmacy services within the Acute Medical Directorate and Emergency Department WRH. Ensure pharmaceutical aspects of research and clinical trials in acute medicine comply with relevant legislation and conduct own practice-based audit/research on pharmaceutical aspects of acute medicine. Contribute to keeping the Acute Medical Directorate and Emergency Departments drug expenditure within agreed budgets. See full job description for further information. Improving Diversity and Inclusive Recruitment: As part of the Trust's aim to improve diversity across the Trust, positive action is being taken and all applications for this post from BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ candidates can request to be considered under an expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum criteria as specified in the person specification for this role. Applicants will be prompted in the application form to declare if they wish to be considered under this expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme, and their response would be visible to the Shortlisting Panel. If you have any queries about expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please contact Rob Saunders (HR Manager - Recruitment) in confidence via email robert.saunders1@nhs.net