Clinical Pharmacist

Clinical Pharmacist

As our Clinical Pharmacist, you will provide the team with expert clinical leadership and direction so that pharmaceutical care is safe, effective, and person-centred.

Hours:�37.5 per week, Monday to Friday, flexible shift pattern.

Clinical Pharmacist

Role profile:

• Support the pharmacy department to deliver an excellent medicine management service to all customers, supervising the procurement, preparation, dispensing and distribution of medicines.


• To provide pharmaceutical expertise and input to the care of the patients.


• To facilitate the daily running of the pharmacy department, providing a safe and effective medicines management service to all patients, staff, consultants and customers.


• Provide clinical input with respect to medicines to all patients.


• Ensure accurate and timely charging.


• Ensure compliance with all appropriate regulatory, professional and best practice frameworks.

Qualification & Experience:

• Degree in Pharmacy


• Registration as a Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (any existing or pending Fitness to Practice issues must be declared on application)


• Postgraduate Diploma relevant to hospital pharmacy practice is desirable but not essential


• Post registration experience of 2-3 years


• Clinical pharmacy experience in a secondary acute setting, or proven ability to transfer clinical skills into an acute setting.

Role and responsibilities include:

• To provide pharmaceutical expertise and input to the care of the patients


• To support the pharmacy department to delivery an excellent medicine management service to all customers.


• Attendance on daily multidisciplinary ward round


• To supervise the procurement, preparation, dispensing and distribution of medicines.


• Influence prescribing practice and medicines management within the Hospital.


• To facilitate the daily running of the Pharmacy Department, providing a safe and effective medicines management service to all patients, staff, consultants and customers.


• Ensure compliance with all appropriate regulatory, professional and best practice frameworks


• Ensure accurate and timely charging of invoices.


• Develop and implement Departmental Standard Operating Procedures


• Support the Chief Pharmacist to implement and monitor any national guidance, i.e. NICE guidance


• To participate in audit activities, which will improve the quality of the services, provided by the department including medication incident reporting.

Desirables

• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)


• Acute NHS Healthcare experience


• Acute Private Healthcare experience


• Postgraduate Diploma relevant to hospital pharmacy practice

Clinical Pharmacist