Job summary
This is a fantastic development opportunity to gain invaluable experience as a clinical pharmacist within a unique rural environment and in a flexible way.
This Bank role is to support the PTHB community services Pharmacy team who offer support to designated community hospital wards and departments and community teams.
You will be working in conjunction with a team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians and your development will be further supported by the Health Board Medicines Management team and an experienced multidisciplinary workforce, including GPs.
You will help ensure excellent quality of care and operational efficiency, with regard to medicines, across Powys and will travel around one of the most beautiful parts of the UK. Your communication, clinical and innovative skills will be used to demonstrate the significant input that pharmacy professionals of all grades have to offer to patient care and multidisciplinary teams.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Pharmacist will provide and help develop a comprehensive, high quality clinical pharmacy service to the multidisciplinary teams responsible for inpatient, outpatient, day hospital, theatre, and community care within Powys Teaching Health Board, including working across settings to ensure integrated pharmaceutical care is achieved.
Ensure relevant medicines reconciliation is completed.Be involved in medical drug rounds and multi-disciplinary teams, providingclinical pharmacy advice.
Support the safe transfer of patients between setting by liaising withappropriate staff, including community pharmacies, DGH and/or GP Practice Pharmacists as appropriate.
Ensure patients being discharged have support and/or understanding to safely continue their medication treatment following discharge, utilising outreach Pharmacy Technician services where appropriate.
The role will include rotation through mental health services and primary care, through GP practices and can include providing a clinical pharmacy service in a patient's home.
About us
Being the smallest Heath Board in Wales means that you won't get lost in the crowd. Everybody at Powys Teaching Health Board is valued for the contribution they make to our varied and diverse portfolio of community-based services. Together, we can continue to make a real difference to our patients and build on our unrivalled reputation.
As a supportive and progressive employer, we actively encourage you to carve out a career with us, through a range of development pathways. We're also lucky enough to be situated in one of the most beautiful rural counties in Britain, let alone Wales! Achieving a healthy 'life work' balance is essential, and something we recognise by prioritising your well-being.
To start your journey with us, and to learn more about what we can offer you please visit: https://pthb.nhs.wales/working-for-us/. There you will find information about our benefits and values, read staff experiences and more about what our beautiful county has to offer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Clinical Pharmacist will provide and help develop a comprehensive, high quality clinical pharmacy service to the multidisciplinary teams responsible for inpatient, outpatient, day hospital, theatre, and community care within Powys Teaching Health Board, including working across settings to ensure integrated pharmaceutical care is achieved.
Duties and Responsibilities include,
Deliver clinical pharmacy services to Powys community hospital inpatient or virtual wards and support services such as day case and theatres, outpatients, minor injuries unit, community healthcare teams and mental health areas. This is to ensure safe, rational, and effective prescribing and will include discussions with prescribers and attendance on medical ward rounds and MDT sessionswhere appropriate.
Provide specialist pharmaceutical and prescribing advice to medical staff within the Health Board, General Practitioners, and other members of themultidisciplinary team. This will include researching answers, using trustedmedicines information resources, including highly specialist services, andcritically appraising evidence or expert advice. Require interpreting and acting on complex clinical information from a wide variety of conflicting sources and providing a clinical pharmaceutical opinion when information is conflicting or may be challenged.
Handle clinically urgent enquiries within a timely manner and prioritise tasks according to the level of urgency. Input enquiries and answers given into the MI Databank Medicines Information database.
Please see full Job description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Clinical Pharmacist will provide and help develop a comprehensive, high quality clinical pharmacy service to the multidisciplinary teams responsible for inpatient, outpatient, day hospital, theatre, and community care within Powys Teaching Health Board, including working across settings to ensure integrated pharmaceutical care is achieved.
Duties and Responsibilities include,
Deliver clinical pharmacy services to Powys community hospital inpatient or virtual wards and support services such as day case and theatres, outpatients, minor injuries unit, community healthcare teams and mental health areas. This is to ensure safe, rational, and effective prescribing and will include discussions with prescribers and attendance on medical ward rounds and MDT sessionswhere appropriate.
Provide specialist pharmaceutical and prescribing advice to medical staff within the Health Board, General Practitioners, and other members of themultidisciplinary team. This will include researching answers, using trustedmedicines information resources, including highly specialist services, andcritically appraising evidence or expert advice. Require interpreting and acting on complex clinical information from a wide variety of conflicting sources and providing a clinical pharmaceutical opinion when information is conflicting or may be challenged.
Handle clinically urgent enquiries within a timely manner and prioritise tasks according to the level of urgency. Input enquiries and answers given into the MI Databank Medicines Information database.
Please see full Job description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential
- GPhC registered Pharmacist
- 4 years Masters degree (MPharm) or equivalent BPharm or BSc in Pharmacy, and highly developed specialist knowledge
- Prepared to work towards a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or Therapeutics
- Awareness of implications of current developments in pharmacy practice and NHS Wales strategies / policies
- Excellent understanding of pharmacy/medicines standards, legal requirements, and guidelines
Desirable
- Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or Therapeutics
- Independent Prescriber
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, working to the faculty framework
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working as a Clinical Pharmacist
- Experience of working as a Clinical Ward Pharmacist
Desirable
- Previous experience in undertaking audit and research
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate safe, effective and efficient use of medicines
- Ability to support the development of clinical pharmacy services in line with local and national objectives
- Ability to critically appraise and interpret complex information to make an informed recommendation about medication therapy
- Able to motivate, negotiate and influence healthcare professionals and patients
- Self-motivated, proactive and able to act on own initiative
- Able to work calmly under pressure and deal with conflicting pressures and deadlines
Desirable
- Ability to speak Welsh
- Ability to educate, train, supervise and evaluate pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals
Other
Essential
- Frequent travel across Powys to inpatient and community-based teams and patients; the candidate will need to have the means to travel across the county - a driver's licence is likely to be required
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential
- GPhC registered Pharmacist
- 4 years Masters degree (MPharm) or equivalent BPharm or BSc in Pharmacy, and highly developed specialist knowledge
- Prepared to work towards a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or Therapeutics
- Awareness of implications of current developments in pharmacy practice and NHS Wales strategies / policies
- Excellent understanding of pharmacy/medicines standards, legal requirements, and guidelines
Desirable
- Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or Therapeutics
- Independent Prescriber
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, working to the faculty framework
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working as a Clinical Pharmacist
- Experience of working as a Clinical Ward Pharmacist
Desirable
- Previous experience in undertaking audit and research
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate safe, effective and efficient use of medicines
- Ability to support the development of clinical pharmacy services in line with local and national objectives
- Ability to critically appraise and interpret complex information to make an informed recommendation about medication therapy
- Able to motivate, negotiate and influence healthcare professionals and patients
- Self-motivated, proactive and able to act on own initiative
- Able to work calmly under pressure and deal with conflicting pressures and deadlines
Desirable
- Ability to speak Welsh
- Ability to educate, train, supervise and evaluate pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals
Other
Essential
- Frequent travel across Powys to inpatient and community-based teams and patients; the candidate will need to have the means to travel across the county - a driver's licence is likely to be required
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).
