Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Surgery

The Methodist Church in Britain; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 42,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Work-life balance

Job summary

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust is seeking a part-time clinical pharmacist to join the surgical pharmacy team, delivering medicines reconciliation at admission and discharge, reviewing prescriptions, and counselling patients. The post covers General Surgery, Urology, Orthopaedics, Plastics and Burns, includes supervising a trainee pharmacist and contributing to weekend, bank holiday and on-call rotas.

GPhC registration and a prescribing qualification are required, with a commitment to

Qualifications

• Prescribing qualification
• GPhC registration (pharmacist)

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical pharmacy service to surgical in-patients across the Trust
• Complete medicines reconciliation on admission and discharge
• Review prescriptions and provide patient counselling
• Work across General Surgery, Urology, Orthopaedics, Plastics and Burns
• Support service development and audit activities within the specialties
• Supervise a trainee pharmacist during training year
• Contribute to training of pharmacy staff
• Contribute to weekend, bank holiday and on-call rotas

Skills

Clinical experience

Education

GPhC registration

Prescribing qualification

Job description

This part-time post sits within the surgical pharmacy team at The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, providing clinical pharmacy care to surgical in-patients across its hospitals. The work centres on medicines reconciliation at admission and discharge, prescription review and patient counselling, alongside audit and service development. The role covers General Surgery, Urology, Orthopaedics, Plastics and Burns, includes supervising a trainee pharmacist and contributing to weekend, bank holiday and on-call rotas. Applicants need GPhC registration and broad clinical experience across specialties.

What the job involves

• Provide a clinical pharmacy service to surgical in-patients across the Trust
• Complete medicines reconciliation on admission and discharge
• Review prescriptions, using a prescribing qualification
• Provide patient counselling
• Work across surgical specialties including General Surgery, Urology, Orthopaedics, Plastics and Burns
• Support service development and audit work within the specialties
• Supervise a trainee pharmacist during their training year
• Contribute to training of pharmacy staff
• Contribute to the pharmacist weekend, bank holiday and on-call rotas

Qualifications

• Prescribing qualification

Registration & licences

• Registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Experience

• Pharmacy practice experience gained through pre-registration training and examination
• Broad clinical experience across a number of specialty areas at a developed level

What's offered

• Support for work-life balance