Clinical Pharmacist - Women's and Neonatal Services

Birmingham Women'S And Children'S Nhs Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham Women's Hospital is seeking a highly motivated pharmacist to join the pharmacy team. You will deliver high quality clinical pharmacy services across maternity, gynaecology and neonatal directorates, including neonatal intensive care, to support safe, effective patient care.

You will work with a dynamic team to promote safe prescribing, provide pharmaceutical care advice, record interventions, and contribute to audits and antimicrobial stewardship, helping improve outcomes for women,

Responsibilities

• To ensure medicines are prescribed safely, economically and are appropriate to the needs of the patient across various specialties.
• Provide advice on pharmaceutical care to healthcare professionals and patients.
• To record clinical interventions and medication incidents to highlight areas of concern.
• To provide medication advice to patients and their families to ensure they are aware of their medicines and potential side effects.
• To analyse directorate finance reports and identify cost saving opportunities.
• To partake in clinical audit and service improvement projects.
• To support antimicrobial stewardship.

Job description

We are seeking a highly motivated, collaborative and enthusiastic pharmacist to join our pharmacy team based at our Birmingham Women's Hospital pharmacy site. You will be responsible for the delivery of high quality, proactive and patient focused clinical pharmacy services in a range of specialties across the maternity, gynaecology and neonatal directorates to include neonatal intensive care so you really can make a difference to our patients every day you come to work.

We are proud to say we have a dynamic and supportive pharmacy team that aspires to provide safe, effective, and efficient care to every individual who comes through our doors. We strive to promote a happy, collaborative, and empowering work environment so each and every member of our team can thrive and make a meaningful impact.

Main duties of the job

• To ensure medicines are prescribed safely, economically and are appropriate to the needs of the patient across various specialties.
• Provide advice on pharmaceutical care to healthcare professionals and patients.
• To record clinical interventions and medication incidents to highlight areas of concern.
• To provide medication advice to patients and their families to ensure they are aware of their medicines and potential side effects.
• To analyse directorate finance reports and identify cost saving opportunities.
• To partake in clinical audit and service improvement projects.
• To support antimicrobial stewardship.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work.

We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.