Lead Pharmacist Stroke and Thrombosis

Job summary

Do you want a new challenge? Are you full of ideas and committed to making a difference to the acute inpatient care of stroke patients? Do you have a passion for developing and mentoring the next generation of pharmacists?

We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and experienced post diploma pharmacist to come and lead pharmaceutical care of acute stroke patients in Worcestershire. You will work as part of a friendly medicine pharmacy team to deliver best practice care to patients. Alongside this, you will be a member of the thrombosis committee and co-ordinate input into guidelines and clinical pathways. The successful candidate will also become one of a team of designated supervisors supporting our current and future foundation year trainee pharmacists.

There will be an emphasis on supporting you in developing clinical leadership and mentoring skills required for the role. You will complete core directorate activities including clinical governance and risk management activities, as well as taking on education and training of trainee pharmacists and undergraduate students.

We are committed to achieving a balance between high quality service delivery and professional development. We can offer you a supportive and training-focused environment, within a friendly team.

You will have experience of pro-actively influencing prescribing within a secondary care environment, hold an independent prescribing qualification and above all, be a team player.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

• Lead and manage the clinical pharmacy service to the Acute Stroke Unit at WRH.
• Attend and actively participate in board/ ward rounds as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Prescribe and monitor treatment for stroke inpatients to ensure optimal evidenced based care and expedite timely, safe discharges.
• Work to develop and expand pharmaceutical services for stroke patients including exploring options for pharmacist based clinics
• Support and contribute to the wider specialty medicine team providing leadership and organisation to ensure all identified patients are seen.
• Become an active member of the thrombosis committee, working to develop guidelines and clinical strategies for trust wide implementation.

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

Job responsibilities

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.