Job summary
Recruiting to 5 roles within Queen Alexandra Hospital.
To provide a clinical pharmacy service to the area that you have been assigned in order to optimise patient benefit from treatment with medicines and ensure the safe, efficacious and cost effective use of medicines.
Undertake risk management and ensures compliance with medicines legislation.
Main duties of the job
Current rotational areas include AMU / Medical village, Emergency Department, Cardiology, Renal, Critical care, MSK (Musculoskeletal), OPM (older persons medicine), Surgery, Women's and children, Oncology / Haematology, Clinical trials and Respiratory.
About us
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust is among the largest acute hospital trusts nationwide. We offer acute and specialised services to residents of Portsmouth, South East Hampshire, and West Sussex. Our reputation for innovation and excellence continues to grow as we consistently deliver outstanding performance while nurturing the skills and expertise of our staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Participate in the provision and development of clinical pharmacy services to divisions under the leadership of the Lead pharmacist for the area currently working in.
Provide a patient focused pharmacy service to the wards and departments, which may include individual patient counselling, patients own drug schemes and other medicines optimisation initiatives.
Independently evaluate the clinical appropriateness of medicines prescribed for patients, using critical appraisal skills and professional judgement and support formulary work within specialities.
Assisting the clinicians in the preparation of business case applications for the District Prescribing Formulary to the Formulary and Medicines Group and/or Area Prescribing Committee, and where necessary taking cases of need to purchasers to ensure that funding for new products or approaches to treatment is secured in contracts.
Supporting on the production of prescribing guidelines (e.g. local / shared care / PGDs) to ensure that medicines are used safely and in such a way as to maximise benefits to patients within available resources.
Advise medical staff in non-formulary requests, Individual funding requests or equivalent to ensure correct funding income from relevant commissioner.
Providing training, teaching and support to underpin CPD in the Pharmacy department and deliver general and specialist pharmaceutical education to other healthcare professionals.
Provide competency-based assessments of band 6 pharmacists, pre-registration trainees and pharmacy technicians, using work-based assessment tools.
When required contact General Practitioners, community pharmacists, practice nurses and other healthcare workers in the community to ensure the seamless pharmaceutical care of patients and to reduce re-admissions due to pharmaceutical issues.
To anticipate, recognise and report Adverse Drug Reactions appropriately.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Participate in the provision and development of clinical pharmacy services to divisions under the leadership of the Lead pharmacist for the area currently working in.
Provide a patient focused pharmacy service to the wards and departments, which may include individual patient counselling, patients own drug schemes and other medicines optimisation initiatives.
Independently evaluate the clinical appropriateness of medicines prescribed for patients, using critical appraisal skills and professional judgement and support formulary work within specialities.
Assisting the clinicians in the preparation of business case applications for the District Prescribing Formulary to the Formulary and Medicines Group and/or Area Prescribing Committee, and where necessary taking cases of need to purchasers to ensure that funding for new products or approaches to treatment is secured in contracts.
Supporting on the production of prescribing guidelines (e.g. local / shared care / PGDs) to ensure that medicines are used safely and in such a way as to maximise benefits to patients within available resources.
Advise medical staff in non-formulary requests, Individual funding requests or equivalent to ensure correct funding income from relevant commissioner.
Providing training, teaching and support to underpin CPD in the Pharmacy department and deliver general and specialist pharmaceutical education to other healthcare professionals.
Provide competency-based assessments of band 6 pharmacists, pre-registration trainees and pharmacy technicians, using work-based assessment tools.
When required contact General Practitioners, community pharmacists, practice nurses and other healthcare workers in the community to ensure the seamless pharmaceutical care of patients and to reduce re-admissions due to pharmaceutical issues.
To anticipate, recognise and report Adverse Drug Reactions appropriately.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters or Bachelors Degree in Pharmacy.
- Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy.
- Practice Certificate in Non-medical Prescribing.
- Significant hospital pharmacy experience involving clinical pharmacy services.
Desirable
- Member of specialist pharmacist practice group e.g. UKCPA.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of writing guidelines, policies and procedures and putting them into practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters or Bachelors Degree in Pharmacy.
- Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy.
- Practice Certificate in Non-medical Prescribing.
- Significant hospital pharmacy experience involving clinical pharmacy services.
Desirable
- Member of specialist pharmacist practice group e.g. UKCPA.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of writing guidelines, policies and procedures and putting them into practice.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
