Principal Pharmacist Acute Medicine

Job responsibilities

To support the Clinical Pharmacy Manager with the day to day running of the pharmacy services to the medical teams at the Wexham Park site.

To support the management, planning and delivery of Pharmacy services to Acute Medicine at all sites, including Wexham Park. This will include at least one day a week at each site.

To work closely with the Clinical Pharmacist Manager, clinicians and senior managers to develop pharmaceutical services to acute care medicine across the Trust at all sites.

To promote and develop the use of Independent Prescribing by pharmacists in the delivery of care to acute care medicine across the Trust

To promote and develop the compiling of pharmacy financial reports and horizon scanning in acute care medicine across the Trust

Provide a clinical pharmacy service to a clinical area and a clinical pharmacy service to cover other areas when ward cover is needed.

To provide strategic clinical pharmacy input into medication error reduction processes within the Trust.

To liaise closely with the Clinical Pharmacy Manager to ensure appropriate actions are taken to comply with Patient Safety Alerts, National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE), or successor organisations, guidance and Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessments.

To work with clinicians and nurses to develop, implement and monitor the use of protocols and guidelines within the specialist area.

To ensure that drugs utilised within the specialist areas reflect the recommendations, the policies and formulary of Frimley Health NHSFT. To increase economic awareness within the specialist areas through monthly directorate financial reports and to advise on cost effective prescribing.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered with GPhC
• Postgraduate clinical diploma or equivalent
• Registered Independent Prescriber
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

Desirable

• Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Member of UKCPA
• Leadership course or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

• Broad experience in hospital clinical pharmacy
• Experience in the provision of clinical pharmacy to acute care patients.
• Protocol development.
• Practical experience of audit
• Experience of training others
• Ability to recognise areas for development of current practice.
• Ability to change systems while considering the needs of others (change management).
• Management of staff including recruitment, appraisal.

Desirable

• Service development.
• Previous experience of clinical pharmacy to general medical/ medical specialties
• Critical evaluation skills
• Management Training
• Research skills.

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability and confidence to communicate with a wide range of customers, from patient to hospital consultant, including presentation skills
• Influencing skills
• Ability to work on own and as part of a team.
• Ability to compile reports /cases where data is presented effectively based on evidence-based information.
• Organisational skills
• Ability to prioritise workload and work to deadlines.
• Analytical skills
• Ability to work under pressure and cope with stressful situations.
• Able to work on several issues simultaneously; able to reprioritise work in a rapidly changing environment.
• Reliable
• Motivated
• Smart, professional appearance
• Ability to demonstrate willingness to learn and develop new skills.

Desirable

• Innovative

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.

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UK Registration

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