Lead Antimicrobial Stewardship and Critical Care Pharmacist

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Basildon; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health organization in Basildon is seeking a pharmacist to join their pharmacy team. The role involves providing clinical services, working closely with multidisciplinary teams, and participating in change management projects. Candidates should possess strong clinical knowledge and organizational skills. This position offers opportunities for professional development and an active role in enhancing patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing clinical pharmacy services.
• Ability to provide specialist pharmaceutical information.
• Experience with antimicrobial stewardship and critical care.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical service to the wards.
• Attend clinical ward rounds and multidisciplinary meetings.
• Record clinical interventions and activities.
• Counsel and advise patients on medicines use.
• Take part in on-call pharmacist rota.

Skills

Excellent clinical knowledge

Organizational skills

Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams

Education

Pharmacy degree

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a pharmacist to join the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust pharmacy team. The position will be based at Basildon site, where you will be part of an innovative team, and be involved in many exciting projects to promote and deliver high quality clinical service to our patients with a focus on haematology.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and ambitious pharmacist with excellent clinical knowledge and organisational skills. You will be working closely with the multidisciplinary teams relating to antimicrobial stewardship, critical care and Infection control located at the three sites in Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. This will be a great opportunity to develop your clinical leadership role and play an active part in change management projects.

If you are interested in the role and believe you hold the qualities we require, then apply today!

Responsibilities

• Providing a clinical service to the wards, discharge .
• Attend AMS clinical ward rounds, clinical and multidisciplinary meetings as appropriate
• Regularly record clinical interventions and activities.
• Provide specialist pharmaceutical information and advice to medical, nursing and other staff within the Trust where appropriate.
• Promote the safe, appropriate and economic use of drugs.
• Counsel and advise patients on the appropriate and effective use of medicines.
• Take part in the emergency On-call Pharmacist rota. Working alone as the On call Pharmacist, you will provide: medicines information, advice and supply out of hours, including sourcing of urgently required drugs from external suppliers and other hospitals.
• To support the Trust Medication Safety Officer and Pharmacy Risk and Governance Team with the medicines optimisation and governance agenda.
• Monitor the safe and secure storage of medication both within the pharmacy department and on the wards.
• Implement local and national guidelines where appropriate e.g. NICE.
• Supervise trainee pharmacists, undergraduate students and ward-based technicians.
• Manage staff in order to ensure the effective operation of the Services
• Develop your existing role as an independent prescriber, or working towards this goal

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

Band 8a

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.