Homecare Pharmacist

Baxter; Stockport; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare company in Stockport is seeking a Homecare Pharmacist to manage prescriptions and patient safety. You will be responsible for delivering exceptional care through clinical screening and collaboration with healthcare teams. Ideal candidates are registered pharmacists with relevant homecare experience and strong mentoring skills. Join us for a fulfilling role that makes a meaningful impact on patients' lives.

Benefits

Competitive total compensation package

Professional development opportunities

High importance on work-life balance

Commitment to inclusive workforce

Qualifications

• Post registration experience in homecare pharmacy is advantageous.
• Experience with clinical investigations (e.g., near-miss investigations).
• Good mentoring and training capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Be the Responsible Pharmacist for prescription management.
• Conduct clinical screening and intervention.
• Dispense prescriptions and report errors timely.
• Order products and manage Patient Medication Records.
• Collaborate with clinical teams on patient adherence.
• Document adverse events and incidents.
• Provide clinical counselling for patients and support staff.
• Mentor pharmacy support staff.

Skills

LTC Pharmacy

Hospital Experience

Pharmacy Software

Continuous Improvement

Infusion Experience

Pharmacy Residency

Training & Development

Order Entry

Epic

Clinical Pharmacy Experience

Compounding Medications

Education

Registered Pharmacist with GPhC

Job description

This is where your work makes a difference.

At Baxter we believe every personregardless of who they are or where they are fromdeserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today tomorrow and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together our community is driven by a culture of courage trust and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here you will find more than just a jobyou will find purpose and pride.

At Baxter Healthcare Corporation we are on a mission to make a positive impact on peoples lives around the world. As a world-class manufacturer of healthcare products and therapies our innovations have transformed the industry for over 85 years.

Join us in Cheadle UK as a Homecare Pharmacist and be a part of our outstanding team. A multifaceted exciting opportunity to join the Baxter family.

Whilst maintaining patient safety the successful candidate will be responsible for the patient and prescription management for specialist homecare Pharmacy therapies.

This role will work on a rotating shift of 8am-4pm 9am-5pm and 10am-6pm. There will also be an on call requirement on average 1 week in every 8.

What you’ll do :

• Be the Responsible Pharmacist to deliver prescription management and dispensing across all therapies in line with operational metrics and standards whilst maintaining patient safety.
• Process the prescription receipt and conduct clinical screening / intervention in line with the standard operating procedures.
• Accurately dispense prescriptions and ensure the timely reporting of near misses and dispensing errors.
• Place product order and authorise prescription entries on the Patient Medication Record.
• Formulate unlicensed medicines and raise the purchase order with the manufacturing provider in line with the patient & customer requirements within the contractual timeframes.
• Communicate and collaborate with the relevant clinical teams to ensure patient adherence is being met in line with the prescription and call out where appropriate.
• Document and bring up adverse events and incidents to the relevant critical issue point (e.g. Lead and / or Principal Pharmacist Quality Pharmacovigilance Superintendent Pharmacist and Safeguarding Lead).
• Provide clinical counselling and product expertise for patients associated care teams and pharmacy support staff.
• Mentor and coach pharmacy support staff in the delivery of associated pharmacy training

What you’ll bring :

• Registered Pharmacist with GPhC
• Post registration experience of working in homecare pharmacy setting would be advantageous
• Successful experience of undertaking clinical investigations (e.g. near-miss investigations)
• Good mentoring and training capabilities ability to empower and develop others
• Critical thinker with strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of GPhC and RPS Pharmacy standards as part of continuous professional development (CPD)

Benefits of working at Baxter

• Competitive total compensation package
• Professional development opportunities
• High importance placed on work life balance
• Commitment to growing and developing an inclusive and diverse workforce

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race color religion gender national origin age sexual orientation gender identity or expression protected veteran status disability / handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

Reasonable Accommodations

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Key Skills

LTC Pharmacy,Hospital Experience,Pharmacy Software,Continuous Improvement,Go,Infusion Experience,Pharmacy Residency,Training & Development,Order Entry,Epic,Clinical Pharmacy Experience,Compounding Medications

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1