Band 8a -Locum Advanced Clinical Pharmacist – Swansea

Pulsejobs.com; Swansea; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment company seeks a Locum Advanced Clinical Pharmacist for a temporary position in Swansea, focusing on cancer services. The role involves providing expert pharmaceutical advice and collaborating with clinical teams to optimize patient care. Both full-time and part-time candidates are welcome to apply, ensuring a thorough monitoring of medication use.

Qualifications

• Up to date GPHC registration.
• Experience in a clinical pharmacy setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert pharmaceutical advice to clinical teams.
• Monitor for potential drug interactions and contraindications.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals to optimize patient care.
• Maintain accurate patient medication records.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Time-management

Education

Relevant Pharmacy qualification

Job description

Role: Locum Advanced Clinical Pharmacist
Banding: Band 8a
Location:Swansea
Rate: £34-£37 per hour
Working Hours: 09:00 – 17:00
Start Date: 6 January 2025
End date: 9 March 2025
Duration: Ongoing

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Advanced Clinical Pharmacist to join our team on a temporary basis. This role involves providing expert pharmaceutical advice to clinical teams, with a focus on cancer services. The position is available for a 3-month booking, and both full-time and part-time applicants will be considered.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide expert pharmaceutical advice to clinical teams, ensuring that medication regimens are aligned with the latest clinical guidelines and evidence-based practices. Ensure the safe and effective use of medications by monitoring for potential drug interactions, side effects, and contraindications to minimize risks to patient health. Collaborate with healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, and pharmacists, to optimize patient care by tailoring medication therapies to individual needs. Maintain accurate and comprehensive patient medication records, documenting all prescribed treatments, dosages, and any changes to therapy for ongoing care and safety monitoring.

Requirements:

• Essential:
• Up to date GPHC registration.
• Relevant Pharmacy qualification.
• Experience in a clinical pharmacy setting.

• Desirable:
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
  • Excellent organizational and time-management skills.

Why work with Pulse?

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Our expert recruitment consultants are dedicated to finding you the best opportunities and supporting you every step of the way to secure the perfect placement. With our preferred or sole supplier status with many clients, you’ll have access to exclusive opportunities that you won’t find anywhere else.

We always prioritize your best interests, engaging in meaningful conversations and truly listening to you. You are an individual, a professional—not just a resource.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.