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