Senior Specialist Pharmacist - Hereford, United Kingdom - RWB Global Limited

RWB Global Limited
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Hereford, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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We are recruiting for a
Band 8a Senior Specialist Pharmacist for Aseptic Servicesto join this forward thinking, progressive team.

As the Senior Pharmacist you will be responsible for providing pharmaceutical expertise to Aseptic Services.

Our client is a progressive and forward-looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways. Having already successfully implemented the ePMA system to streamline prescribing and medicines administration.


Job Purpose

  • Provide a comprehensive clinical pharmacy and medicine management service to Aseptic Services.
  • Provide expert advice, at a highly specialist level, on pharmaceutical matters.
  • Responsible for the development, monitoring and review of medicines related guidance to Aseptic Services.
  • Provide clinical checking to support ward based and dispensary clinical pharmacy services.
  • Managerial responsibilities to include budget management, reviews, and supervision of junior staff.

Main Duties & Responsibilities (not limited to)

  • Clinical checking and validation of prescriptions.
  • Lead on medicines reconciliation for the Aseptic Services to ensure patients receive the correct medication as early as possible into their admission.
  • Use specialist knowledge of medicines to provide advice within a multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses, patients, carers, and pharmacy staff on all pharmaceutical aspects of care.
  • Liaise with primary care and social care colleagues to ensure transfer of information relating to patients' medicines is timely and accurate.
  • Liaise with medical, nursing and pharmacy colleagues to ensure Aseptic service activities are integrated into the wider pharmacy service.
  • Responsibility for supervision of junior pharmacy staff (including trainee foundation pharmacists).
  • Meet Trust targets for self and managed staff in relation to mandatory and role specific training compliance.
  • Develop and deliver reports to Directorate leads to inform the value of the clinical, operational, and financial benefits of the Aseptic and Pharmacy Service. Attend monthly Directorate business and quality & safety meetings where these reports are discussed.
  • Lead on pharmacy audit, quality improvement and practice research in relation to pharmacy operational activity and medicines optimisation to improve quality, efficiency, and patient safety across the Aseptic Services.
  • Contribute to regular pharmacy KPI data to record pharmacist activity for benchmarking.
  • Support the formal development programmes within the Pharmacy department e.g., trainee foundation pharmacists, clinical diploma, independent prescribing, pharmacy university students.
  • Be the lead for and deliver training on medicines optimisation for nursing, medical and other healthcare professionals within the Aseptic Services.
  • Support 7day clinical services to the Trust on a departmental rotational weekend and Bank Holiday rota basis (currently 1:6).

Knowledge & Skills required

  • BSc Pharm or MPHARM.
  • Registered with the GPHC.
  • Significant experience as a Clinical Pharmacist in a hospital/primary care setting.
  • Evidence of CPD post registration.
  • Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (desirable).
  • Independent prescriber (or evidence of working towards this).
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