Admissions Pharmacist

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Luton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Luton is seeking an experienced Band 7 pharmacist to join the Acute Admissions team. The role involves providing clinical pharmacy services and leading on medicines optimisation. Candidates should be dynamic and motivated, with excellent communication skills and a commitment to patient care. This position offers the opportunity to work 4 x 9.5 hour shifts per week, alongside a supportive environment for professional development.

Benefits

Access to high-quality training and development

Flexible working opportunities

Qualifications

• Dynamic, organised, and motivated pharmacist.
• Experience in clinical pharmacy services.
• Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical pharmacy services to admission wards.
• Lead on medicines optimisation within the Acute team.
• Undertake clinical supervision and line management as required.
• Act as a professional role model for registered clinical pharmacy staff.
• Deliver specialist pharmaceutical care including Independent Prescribing.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organisational skills

Patient care commitment

Leadership skills

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Acute Admissions team on our Luton site for BHFT. You will join our cohesive team of Band 7 pharmacists responsible for providing clinical pharmacy services to the admission wards. We are looking for a dynamic, organised and motivated pharmacist with excellent communication skills and a commitment to patient care. The successful candidate will be part of the team that is responsible for delivering a 9.5 hour per day, 7 days per week clinical pharmacy service to the admission wards. As part of that you will work 4 x 9.5 hour shifts per week, with 3 days off, creating excellent flexible working opportunities. Your focus will be to deliver a patient‑centred ward pharmacy service and to lead on all aspects of medicines optimisation within the Acute team, playing a crucial role in ensuring a smooth and efficient patient flow from admission through to discharge. You will be expected to act as a role model for the Foundation pharmacists within the Acute rotation. This opportunity presents the successful candidates with an excellent chance to build on their clinical knowledge across a broad range of specialties encountered in Acute Medicine. This role will be ideal to develop the successful candidate's managerial and leadership skills. We are fully committed to your training and development to enable you to maximise your potential and would actively support the non‑medical prescribing qualification.>

• To provide a highly developed generalist pharmacy and medicines optimisation service to the Acute medical wards, ensuring that medication is optimised for the individual patient by delivering a patient‑centred pharmacy service.
• To deliver and develop clinical services to patients through involvement in multidisciplinary teams, development of protocols and discharge planning ensuring the patient is at the centre of your practice.
• To actively contribute to the 7 day roster to the acute medical wards. This will involve working 9.5 hour shifts and include regular weekend working.
• To undertake clinical supervision and line management, as required, of Foundation Pharmacists, medicines management pharmacy technicians and pre‑registration pharmacists.
• To act as a professional role model for all registered clinical pharmacy staff, actively demonstrating integrity, ownership and leadership in all aspects of the role.
• To deliver specialist pharmaceutical care including Pharmacist Independent Prescribing (if accredited) to a defined caseload of patients, in line with the agreed scope of practice, undertaking risk management and ensuring compliance with local and national clinical guidance.
• To ensure the safe, clinical and cost effective use of medicines and staff resources across the Division. To be responsible for delivering the defined service Key Performance Indicators.
  

  Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics‑led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.