Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Lambeth/Southwark Services

Job overview

• To lead the clinical pharmacy services at the Lambeth/Maudsley hospital with objectives set by the Principal Pharmacist and Site Lead for Maudsley Hospital.   •    To provide leadership and management to clinical pharmacists working at the Maudsley Hospital •    To provide an expert pharmacy service to Douglas Bennett House / Maudsley Hospital wards, dispensary and teams •    To provide a clinic for patients and carers to discuss medication. •    To work with the borough MDTs to ensure effective and appropriate medicines use.  •    To improve physical health outcomes for mental health patients, for example by participating in physical health monitoring •    To provide medicines-related training to staff on the wards and community teams, as necessary. •    To liaise with primary care, acute trusts, CMHTs, HTTs and wards, as necessary. •    To implement medicines optimisation programme on the wards and teams •    To undertake research and quality improvement projects. •    To provide medicines related training to staff on the wards and community teams, as necessary.  •    To prescribe medicines to service users within competence and agreed management plans •    To record and analyse data for agreed outcome measures

Main duties of the job

• To lead the clinical pharmacy services at the Lambeth/Maudsley hospital with objectives set by the Principal Pharmacist and Site Lead for Maudsley Hospital.  •    To provide leadership and management to clinical pharmacists working at the Maudsley Hospital•    To provide an expert pharmacy service to Douglas Bennett House / Maudsley Hospital wards, dispensary and teams•    To provide a clinic for patients and carers to discuss medication.•    To work with the borough MDTs to ensure effective and appropriate medicines use. •    To improve physical health outcomes for mental health patients, for example by participating in physical health monitoring•    To provide medicines-related training to staff on the wards and community teams, as necessary.•    To liaise with primary care, acute trusts, CMHTs, HTTs and wards, as necessary.•    To implement medicines optimisation programme on the wards and teams•    To undertake research and quality improvement projects.•    To provide medicines related training to staff on the wards and community teams, as necessary. •    To prescribe medicines to service users within competence and agreed management plans•    To record and analyse data for agreed outcome measures

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To lead the pharmacy services within allocated wards and teams in line with local and national priorities 2.    To demonstrate a high standard of clinical knowledge and a patient-focused approach. 3.    To attend and co-ordinate a quality pharmacy service to multidisiplinary ward rounds at the Maudsley 4.     To liaise with dispensary managers to seek innovative ways to improve the clinical services at the Maudsley 5.    To work in allocated wards and teams to ensure safe and effective use of medicines. This includes adhering to Trust policies, pharmacy procedures, local and national guidelines, and legal requirements. 6.    To work with the borough MDTs to ensure effective and appropriate medicines use.  7.    To liaise with primary care, acute trusts, CMHTs, HTTs and wards, as necessary. 8.    To be responsible for providing a clinical pharmacy service to groups of patients a.    Ensure effective outcomes of treatment with medicines b.    Support the teams to monitor patients for potential and actual adverse effects of their medicines  c.    Support patients after discharge from hospital, which may include telephone consultation or face-to-face follow-up appointments where appropriate d.    Undertake medicines-related consultations with patients and carers e.    Take steps to ensure patients understand the purpose of their medicines and deal with any practical issues that may prevent the optimal use of their medicines.  9.    To assess medicine regimes both during enquiry answering and/or through referral, providing highly specific advice to other clinical team members on the management of often complex medicine related issues, such as complex drug interactions, high dose antipsychotic prescribing, unlicensed use of medicines etc.  10.    To prescribe medicines within their scope of practice and in line with Trust policy if qualified and registered with the GPhC as an independent pharmacist prescriber. 11.    To be able to present information in a suitable format (e.g. written and/or verbal) and style for the target audience. Barriers to effective communication may include learning disability, mental impairment, non-consenting/noncompliant patients, and patients detained under the mental health act who may be violent/aggressive. 12.    To prepare and deliver training for clinical staff (e.g. nurses, support workers, junior doctors) on a wide range of medicines-related issues. To provide clinical supervision to a team of pharmacists as part of a group. 13.    To support local implementation of Trust Medicines Management Policies within own clinical area, and ensure medicines are handled safely and securely within designated clinical areas.  14.    To record and collect data on patient and service outcomes and report these to relevant committees on a regular basis. 15.    To demonstrate innovation and extend the boundaries of the profession 16.    To participate in and develop quality improvement initiatives, undertake local and national audits, and engage in research and medicines evaluation as required by the Chief Pharmacist 17.    To participate in any other duties as requested by the site lead pharmacist in keeping within expectations of the grade 18.    To participate in the on-call, saturday and bank holiday services