Specialist Rotational Clinical Pharmacist

Job overview

Are you a Band 6 Clinical Pharmacist due to complete the first-year of the clinical diploma in the next couple of months? Or, are you an established Band 7 Clinical Pharmacist eager to expand your clinical expertise within a leading teaching hospital and regional centre of excellence?

Our progressive Pharmacy Department is seeking a motivated, forward-thinking clinical pharmacist to join our team of Clinical Rotational Band 7 Pharmacists.

Working closely alongside our expert Lead Pharmacists, you will work through a series of 6-month rotations. This allows you to fully immerse yourself in each clinical specialty, while actively developing vital transferable skills in leadership, mentorship and service improvement to significantly enrich your professional portfolio.

By taking on this role you will benefit from working in a large NHS Trust which has strong links with the ICB. Rotations include;

• ICU & Surgery
• Surgical Admissions
• Technical Services
• Pharmacoeconomics & ICB
• NICU
• Trauma and Orthopaedics
• Elective Orthopaedic Surgery
• Neurosciences
• Same Day Emergency Care
• Acute Medical & Frailty Admissions
• Infectious Diseases; Antimicrobial Stewardship and HCID
• NHS@Home
• HIV, Specialist Medicine including; Respiratory, Palliative Care, and Renal.

Main duties of the job

• To provide specialist clinical pharmacy services at a high level to inpatients and outpatients on a rotational basis.
• To provide support to the Lead Highly Specialist Pharmacists.
• To act in accordance with Medicines legislation, the code of ethics of the General Pharmaceutical Council, United Kingdom Medicines Information (UKMI) standards and Trust policies and procedures.
• To teach and supervise less experienced pharmacists, technicians and students
• To contribute to the Pharmacy weekend service, late nights and bank holiday working
• Provide support to the on call pharmacists out of hours as required by the needs of the service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• In conjunction with the senior clinical pharmacists provide and develop a specialist pharmaceutical service at SHOU within BFT aligned to the wider Trust Values.
• Deliver specific improvements in the management of patient’s medication to facilitate the discharge process by utilising ward-based discharges and communication with healthcare colleagues in Primary care with the overall aim to reduce length of patient stays.
• Work closely with the clinical site and Trust operational teams to ensure clear communications about daily patient flow issues.
• Clinically screen prescriptions to ensure the safe, efficient, evidence-based, and rational use of medicines in line with the Trust Formulary and departmental policies so that risks to patients are minimised
• Challenge inappropriate prescribing and escalate as appropriate.
• Support and promote antimicrobial stewardship
• Advise on strategies to ensure cost-effective use of resources and be involved with achieving CIP targets. In addition, feedback to prescribers.
• Support attainment of medicines related CQUIN and other targets as appropriate
• Ensure that an accurate medication history is obtained for each patient using the appropriate sources
• Provide advice and information to patients/carers to ensure compliance with treatment
• Work closely with the GPs/community pharmacists where necessary to ensure timely and seamless discharge of patients.
• Provide professional supervision to Patients Services on a sessional basis and be the responsible pharmacist when needed
• Record clinical Pharmacy activity in line with departmental procedures.
• Record interventions in line with departmental procedures.
• Record and investigate incidents in line with Trust procedures on RADAR.
• Audit and risk manage selected areas of practice to promote continuous quality improvement as required by the directorate, Pharmacy department or the Trust.
• Maintain medicines management systems in conjunction with patients/carers, ward staff and pharmacy staff. Supervise medicines management technicians and/or other dedicated pharmacy staff
• Contribute to the training of pharmacy undergraduates, medical students, trainee pharmacists, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and medical and nursing staff as appropriate. Train clinical pharmacy diploma students on aspects of rotational specialties
• Supervise medicines management technicians and/or other dedicated pharmacy staff as required.
• Ensure that all procedures are adhered to, reviewed regularly and that all necessary records are completed.
• Update / prepare medication-related policies, protocols and pathways used within rotational specialties.
• Support the Formulary team with new drug requests and shared care protocols where required.
• Support the Pharmacoeconomics team with horizon scanning, monitoring to ensure adherence to NICE guidance, and ensuring appropriate funding is in place for high-cost medication.
• Keep up to date with developments in Pharmacy in order to maintain a high level of professional knowledge and competence. Attend study days and courses as necessary for the development of the service and the individual. Maintain a record of Continuing Professional Development.
• Provide accurate medicines information to nurses, doctors and patients.
• Attend multidisciplinary meetings and specialty-specific meetings as required.
• Support in on call (emergency duty) out of hours service as required.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.