Band 8a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist – Neurosciences
This job is now closed
Job summary
Do you need a new challenge? Would you like to work with world class surgeons and make life changing differences for patients? If so, UHB has the perfect opportunity for you!
An exciting position has arisen for a proactive and dynamic individual with an appropriate level of knowledge and skills to join the Pharmacy team, leading on Neurosciences at UHB. The post holder will also work closely with our Specialist Pharmacists for Epilepsy and MS as well as the pharmacy operational team on site to ensure day to day provision of the clinical pharmacy service to neuroscience wards.
The post holder will lead & coordinate the development, delivery & evaluation of pharmacy neuroscience services. The post holder will further develop, deliver and evaluate the service to support the medicines optimisation agenda.
The Trust has close links with local universities, you will be involved with supporting the undergraduate pharmacy teaching. You will also contribute to the delivery of formal and informal education and development programmes, including the Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, and our rotational programme for band 6 and 7 clinical pharmacists.
As part of this job, you will be expected to work as part of a wider team, but also independently and must possess effective influencing and negotiating skills.
The post holder may be requested to work cross-site with the other lead pharmacists in the team.
Main duties of the job
*To maintain a general awareness of medication practice on wards and to identify where practice goes outside safe limits. To enforce good practice and apply the guidelines in the Trust Medicines Management Policies including the Medicines Policy.
*To support the specialty to write medication-based treatment guidelines and clinical protocols, patient group directions, standard operating procedures, and other documents.
*To assure that the policies and procedures relating to the administration of medicines are in accordance with national Standards.
*To give advice on medicine dosage, method of administration and side effects which may be anticipated together with suitable preventative measures.
*To contribute to the development of risk management and clinical governance strategies within the speciality.
*To screen prescriptions and identify anomalies such as interactions, contraindications, inappropriate doses, failures to respond to pathology results. To influence prescribers to change their drug choice or rectify an error.
*To clarify prescription ambiguities so that staff dispensing the medication and staff administering the dose will not be misled. These activities will take place daily on allocated wards and (on rotation) in the clinical checking centre in the dispensary. In some cases, similar duties are carried out on visits to external units.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Details
Date posted
21 December 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£50,952 to £57,349 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
304-1078951YS
Job locations
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Employer's website
https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Supporting documents
Privacy notice
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust's privacy notice (opens in a new tab)