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Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Senior Pharmacist to deliver specialized clinical pharmacy services to various wards. This role involves leading clinical management, conducting audits, and collaborating with healthcare professionals. Ideal candidates will demonstrate strong expertise in pharmaceutical care and have a commitment to patient-centered practices.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing specialist clinical pharmacy services within healthcare settings.
• Ability to engage in audits and quality improvement initiatives.
• Strong communication skills for liaison with healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialized clinical pharmacy advice and support medication management.
• Engage in audits and improve quality of pharmacy services.
• Train and develop pharmacy staff while collaborating with healthcare teams.

Skills

Patient-Centered Care

Clinical Pharmacy Services

Quality Improvement

Audit

Team Collaboration

Job description

Job Details

• Posting Date: 21 May 2024
• Salary: £43,742.00 to £50,056.00 per year
• Additional Salary Information: £43,742.00 – £50,056.00 annually
• Hours: Full time
• Closing Date: 04 June 2024
• Location: Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 6TH
• Company: NHS Jobs
• Job Type: Permanent
• Job Reference: C9232-24-0231

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Summary

As a Senior Pharmacist, you will play a pivotal role in providing specialized clinical pharmacy services to allocated wards and teams. This includes offering expert advice, leading clinical and patient services, and managing medicines-related projects.

Core Duties

• Specialized Clinical Pharmacy Advice: Attend multidisciplinary team meetings, offer specialized advice, and lead clinical services for assigned wards and teams.
• Audit and Quality Improvement: Identify and conduct audits, encourage multidisciplinary clinical audits, and support continuous improvement in pharmacy services.
• Dispensary Support: Assist with dispensing and checking prescriptions, and provide pharmaceutical advice to patients and staff both in-person and via telephone.
• Liaison with Healthcare Professionals: Work closely with medical and nursing staff to ensure the effective provision of pharmaceutical services.
• Patient-Centered Care: Offer specialist advice tailored to individual patient needs, review prescriptions, check dosages, and manage co-existing conditions.

Clinical Pharmacy Services

• Specialist Advice and Prescription Review: Provide comprehensive reviews of prescription charts, ensuring compliance with Trust procedures and addressing specific patient needs.
• Risk Management: Ensure compliance with medicines legislation and participate in risk management activities.
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Engage in care plan approaches, consultant ward rounds, and team meetings.
• Service Development: Contribute to the planning and development of the Clinical Pharmacy Service, ensuring cost-effective use of medicines.

Management Role

• Reporting and Evaluation: Prepare and present medicines usage and expenditure reports, identify cost-saving opportunities, and make recommendations for managing the medicines budget.
• Team Collaboration: Participate in pharmacy team meetings, support safe systems of work, and provide pharmaceutical advice to healthcare professionals, patients, and carers.

Additional Responsibilities

• Training and Development: Engage in training, research, audit activities, and professional development.
• Corporate Duties: Fulfill corporate responsibilities as outlined in the job description and person specification.

For full details on the specialist and technical requirements, please refer to the job description and person specification.

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