Senior Clinical Pharmacist BANK

Job overview

This is an opportunity to join our team of pharmacists and medicines management technicians and work on the wards at NGH in a bank capacity. You will be given the flexibility but still be able to be a part of our friendly innovative team; working clinically with the wider multidisciplinary team to support our patients receive the best possible care with regards their medicines.

There are many clinical specialities you may be working in and we are happy to have a conversation with you to see what experience you can bring to us and if that matches up to where our service needs are.

There is also the opportunity to support other teams including those working with high cost medicines; medicines information and safety.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Services To provide information, advice and guidance on the safe, effective and economical use of medicines and to challenge poor practice.  To optimise medicines management by reconciling drug histories, performing structured medication reviews and using patients’ own medicines.

To detect, record and report adverse drug reactions to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and via Datix as per Trust Policy or via practice policy, as appropriate.  To monitor interventions in treatment to identify training and information needs

To fulfil the requirements of the Code of Ethics and Professional Standards for Hospital Service – Optimising Patient outcomes from medicine

To participate in CIPs and QIPPs at NGH. To implement countywide and local prescribing strategies within the Trust   Support the expansion of EPMA within the hospital To undertake validation duties in the dispensary within NGH To supervise, check and, if necessary undertake the supply of medicines in NGH Technical checking is in place; pharmacists make initial validations and have a professional responsibility to decide on the need for their further involvement in the supply process To optimise medicines through prescribing role operating within areas of competence (where appropriately qualified and authorised via the Trust NMP register)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Services

To provide information, advice and guidance on the safe, effective and economical use  of medicines and to challenge poor practice.  To optimise medicines management by reconciling drug histories, performing structured medication reviews and using patients’ own medicines.  To detect, record and report adverse drug reactions to the Medicines and Healthcare  Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and via Datix as per Trust Policy or via practice policy, as appropriate To record your clinical activity and to monitor the outcome of your advice

To monitor interventions in treatment to identify training and information needs

To fulfil the requirements of the Code of Ethics and Professional Standards for Hospital Service – Optimising Patient outcomes from medicine.  To participate in CIPSand QIPPs at NGH.

To implement countywide and local prescribing strategies within the Trust

To undertake validation duties in the dispensary To supervise, check and, if necessary undertake the supply of medicines Technical checking is in place; pharmacists make initial validations and have a professional responsibility to decide on the need for their further involvement in the supply process To optimise medicines through prescribing role operating within areas of competence  (where appropriately qualified and authorised via the Trust NMP register)

Training and Supervision

To assist in the induction of staff into the service; to help identify training and development needs

To maintain appropriate standards of service and safety; to enforce guidelines, policies and procedures to ensure standards are metTo take part in formal and informal training of pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals in both settings.  To provide information to patients, parents and carers on admission, discharge and in outpatient clinics regarding treatment and medication to optimise patient concordance, particularly if there is a need to overcome language barriers.  To maintain up-to-date clinical knowledge in clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice to ensure a broad base of pharmaceutical knowledge, clinical reasoning and judgement

To take responsibility for own personal CPD by participating in education and training programmes to improve competence

Other Duties

To undertake duties elsewhere in the locality, if required

• To provide a pharmacy service at weekends