Rotational Clinical Pharmacist

Job overview

The post holder will participate in the provision and development of the clinical pharmacy service to all wards in the Trust in accordance with current Medicines Management Procedures and will work on a rotational basis.

There will also be a responsibility for working in the dispensary.

Main duties of the job

This role is 37.5 hrs per week plus on call, weekends, Bank holidays and late shifts

In accordance with the current Trust objectives, the post holder will be responsible for ensuring that medicines reconciliations, on the assigned wards, are completed as soon as possible after admission. They will also be responsible for ensuring discharge prescriptions are dealt with quickly and efficiently, responding to medicines information queries and conducting audits

The clinical pharmacist will rotate through  a number of specialities every six months. These specialities will include medicine, stroke , trauma and orthopaedics, women and children, surgery, community and out patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a clinical pharmacist working on the wards, you will demonstrate the ability to provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of medicines to in patients.

• To provide a routine clinical pharmacy services to the wards, including prescription monitoring
• To provide pharmaceutical information and advice to medical and nursing staff and patients on the wards
• To demonstrate a good core clinical knowledge.
• To enhance and monitor the quality of patient care
• To demonstrate a whole-system patient-focused approach.
• To demonstrate good level of clinical reasoning and judgement.
• To liaise with other clinical pharmacists to ensure efficient transfer of medicine related care.
• To counsel patients on their medication and answer any other medicine related enquiry.
• To ensure the personal quality and accuracy of  work is maintained despite frequent interruptions

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.