Senior Emergency Pharmacist – Clinical Leadership & Training

Nhs Professionals Limited

Waterford

On-site

GBP 42,000 - 56,000

Full time

13 days ago

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Job summary

NHS Professionals Limited invites an experienced Advanced Pharmacist Emergency Medicine to join the Pharmacy Department at Watford General Hospital, supervising pre-registration Pharmacists, Band 6 Pharmacists, Clinical Technicians, Assistants, and students. The role supports efficient staff utilization across rotations and drives continuous service improvement.

The post involves contributing to clinical governance, ensuring safe, cost-effective, and evidence-based prescribing, and promoting

Qualifications

HCPC registered Pharmacist.
Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent qualification.
Experience in clinical pharmacy services, medicines reconciliation, counselling, and screening drug charts/TTAs.
System knowledge: Ascribe, Cerner EPR; experience providing advice and clinical interventions to doctors and nurses.
Experience training pharmacy staff and delivering high-quality, cost-effective care.

Responsibilities

To provide complex medicines information to patients, carers, and healthcare professionals, ensuring advice on dosing, side effects, and indications is clear, accurate, and tailored to the recipients level of understanding.
To act as a role model in training and education, supporting the development of pharmacists, technicians, assistants, and other healthcare staff, while promoting and facilitating Continuing Professional Development across the department.
To contribute to the development of clinical guidelines and protocols, supporting the preparation of reports for healthcare committees and ensuring best practice in medicines use across the Trust.
To ensure safe medicines management practices, including reporting drug errors, undertaking controlled drug checks, complying with legal and regulatory requirements, and adhering to professional and Trust policies.
To support audit and research activities, identifying opportunities for pharmacy practice improvement, monitoring adherence to prescribing guidelines, and contributing to evidence-based enhancements in patient care.
To collaborate with multidisciplinary and primary care teams, communicating key information regarding medicines, treatment plans, and follow-up to ensure continuity of care across hospital and community settings.