Description
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced pharmacist to join our team as a Senior Pharmacist Team Leader for the Care of the Elderly and Rehabilitation services.
The Senior Pharmacist Team Leader is a key clinical role within the Trust's pharmacy service, working closely with the Principal Pharmacist to manage pharmacy provisions. The post holder will deliver high-quality, patient-focused clinical pharmacy services for older adults across inpatient care and lead the medicines optimisation agenda to medical elderly care, frailty and rehabilitation departments.
Main duties of the job
- Ensuring compliance with medicines legislation, policies and procedures
- Ensuring a safe, legal and timely supply of medication to patients
- Working independently and liaising closely with Senior Pharmacists, Principal Pharmacists, the Head of Pharmacy and Chief Pharmacy Technicians
- Being responsible for the day-to-day planning and provision of clinical pharmacy and medicines management services
- Positively influencing cost-effective prescribing
- Assisting in the development of clinical guidelines, protocols and Patient Group Directions (PGDs)
- Providing professional and managerial support to Principal Pharmacists when required
- Acting as the first point of contact for clinical practitioners and support staff on matters relating to medicines management
- Being professionally accountable for their own practice and that of others within their field of practice
- Providing effective leadership to divisional staff and across the pharmacy team
- Facilitating the safe discharge of all patients by ensuring the timely transfer of medicines information
Job responsibilities
- Manage and provide a clinically orientated pharmacy service to healthcare professionals and patients with complex medical and pharmaceutical needs
- Critically evaluate and interpret patient information to ensure that prescribed treatment is safe, effective and appropriate
- Proactively suggest evidence-based improvements to drug therapy and management of patients
- Provide evaluated information to consultants, senior medical staff, nursing staff, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals
- Counsell patients, relatives and carers about medication
- Dispense/supply medicines safely and legally for all patients
- Manage the pharmaceutical care needs of patients at admission through to discharge
- Respond appropriately to requests for information on medicines from patients and/or their representatives
Person Specification
- GPhC registered
- MPharm or equivalent
- Minimum 3 years recent post-registration experience of Hospital pharmacy practice
- Understanding of developments in Pharmacy practice and service delivery within the NHS
- IT Skills (competence in all basic software e.g. word, excel, power point)
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) including formal presentations and reports