Senior Dispensary Pharmacist

Job summary

• Support the Lead Pharmacists in the provision of a safe, effective and efficient pharmaceutical service to Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (MEH) patients.
• Provide a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service to MEH A&E, outpatient, and day-case patients.
• Provide specialist pharmaceutical advice to patients, their carers or other healthcare professionals on the safe, appropriate, and cost-effective use of medicines and to improve the quality of pharmaceutical care to patients.
• Provide prescribing advice and support to medical and non-medical prescribing staff.
• Undertake regular audit to monitor and promote adherence to local and national guidance.
• Support, develop and train Trainee Pharmacists, junior Pharmacists, and other Pharmacy staff working within the section as appropriate.Work with Lead Pharmacists, Nursing and Clinical Leads and other relevant Pharmacy Leads on service developments and improvements to ensure that Pharmacy services meet the needs of the users.
• Support the Lead Pharmacist for Clinical Services & Governance and the Deputy Chief Pharmacist in the development and monitoring of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the section.

Main duties of the job

• Support the Senior Pharmacists in the delivery and development of clinical Pharmacy and dispensary services to Moorfields patients.To provide day-to-day supervision of the work of other staff working within the dispensary.
• Provide specialist pharmaceutical advice on the safe, appropriate, and cost-effective use of medicines.
• Improve the quality of pharmaceutical care to patients.Undertake regular audit to monitor and promote adherence to local and national guidance.
• Support and develop Trainee Pharmacists, Band 6 Pharmacists, and other Pharmacy staff as appropriate.
• To be responsible for updating, maintaining and developing relevant policies, protocol and Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) that may be required to ensure the quality and safety of the dispensary services provided.
• To identify and deliver on audits related to the Pharmacy service and clinical audits to assess prescribing practice and adherence to guidelines with the aim of improving patient care.
• To ensure that medication related incidents and near misses are identified and recorded as per Trust policy.
• To monitor the clinical Pharmacy service and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and produce reports to ensure that the service is consistently delivered to a high standard.
• To act as line manager to junior Pharmacists and be responsible for their setting objectives, appraisals, sickness absence and performance management etc.

About us

At Moorfields, we provide more than just an excellent career and great colleagues to work with. We also offer:o Salary excluding High-Cost Area Supplemento Opportunity to join the NHS Pension Schemeo Free 24/7 independent counselling serviceo Learning and development opportunitieso Easy and quick transport linkso A range of attractive benefits and discountso Access to Blue Light Card and other NHS Discount Schemeso Free Pilates classeso Full support and training to develop your skillso Flexible working friendly organisationAnd so much more! To see the full range of benefits we offer please see our Moorfields benefits document.

Employer details

Employer name

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

City Road

162 City Road

London

EC1V 2PD

Employer's website

https://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

City Road

162 City Road

London

EC1V 2PD

Employer's website

https://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

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