Highly Specialist Pharmacist

Job overview

Want an exciting, demanding, fulfilling job that will truly make a difference to patient care and benefit the region? Then this may be the job for you!

Join our dynamic Respiratory Pharmacy team and play a crucial role in optimising patient care. This exciting opportunity involves:

• Providing expert pharmaceutical support to our respiratory wards.
• Contributing to specialist severe asthma clinics.
• Supporting our Highly Specialist Respiratory Pharmacist.
• Managing pathways and governance for high-cost respiratory drugs.
• Working collaboratively within a dedicated multidisciplinary team.
• Working with our Medicines Value Lead Pharmacist with ongoing projects.

You will be expected to integrate into the multidisciplinary team alongside clinicians, nursing colleagues, advanced nurse practitioners and pharmacy staff to deliver the highest quality pharmaceutical care for our patients.

Main duties of the job

Working closely with pharmacy, nursing, medical and management teams, you will have the following responsibilities.

• Reviewing patients with acute and chronic complex respiratory needs as an integral part of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT).
• Developing, implementing, and monitoring evidence-based prescribing guidelines and care pathways.
• Providing financial monitoring and reporting on drug expenditure, including high-cost therapies.
• Supporting the development, implementation, and evaluation of pharmacy services with homecare projects
• Supporting the training and education of pharmacists, MMTs and other healthcare professionals
• Championing the medicines optimisation and safety agenda
• Participating in clinical audit and practice research
• Collaborating with other system organisations

The successful candidate will be a self-motivated, organised person with excellent communication and interpersonal skills working effectively under pressure, both alone and as part of a team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Highly Specialist Pharmacist position available at WUTH.