Job summary
Why might this job interest you?
Are you a skilled and compassionate Pharmacist
ready to play a crucial role in patient care? Join our team at Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
and help us make a difference!
Main duties of the job
Delivering
and developing clinical pharmacy services at the Princess Alexandra Hospital is a key aspect of this role.
Providing a patient-focused clinical pharmacy service involves taking
responsibility for achieving the therapeutic goals of both patients and
prescribers. Monitoring prescriptions ensures safe, cost-effective, and
evidence-based prescribing while actively promoting compliance with the
Formulary.
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges
Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave
Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want
Job description
Job responsibilities
-
Screening
drug charts, TTAs, and outpatient prescriptions in the dispensary to ensure
safe, effective, and evidence-based prescribing.
-
Providing
patient counselling on medications to support adherence and understanding of
treatment plans. Offering expert pharmaceutical advice to doctors and nurses to
optimize patient care.
- Conducting clinical interventions to ensure
appropriate medication use and address any prescribing concerns. Achieve
objectives agreed at individual performance review.
- Assist with providing advice, information, and
the preparation of reports for healthcare committees if nominated to do so. Co-operate
with Medicines Information staff in responding to information requests arising
from the Clinical Services.
- Record Clinical Pharmacy Interventions in line
with departmental policy and report any drug errors detected to the line
manager, ensuring the appropriate incident report form is completed.
- Undertake controlled drug checks regularly in
accordance with trust policy and carry out audit projects to assess prescribing
practice and adherence to guidelines with the aim of improving patient care.
-
Comply with Pharmacy and other Trust policies,
adhere to the Code of Ethics of The General Pharmaceutical Council, and
undertake any other reasonable duties within the framework of the post as
directed by the Lead Clinical Pharmacist, Deputy Chief Pharmacist, or Chief
Pharmacist.
Job description
Job responsibilities
-
Screening
drug charts, TTAs, and outpatient prescriptions in the dispensary to ensure
safe, effective, and evidence-based prescribing.
-
Providing
patient counselling on medications to support adherence and understanding of
treatment plans. Offering expert pharmaceutical advice to doctors and nurses to
optimize patient care.
- Conducting clinical interventions to ensure
appropriate medication use and address any prescribing concerns. Achieve
objectives agreed at individual performance review.
- Assist with providing advice, information, and
the preparation of reports for healthcare committees if nominated to do so. Co-operate
with Medicines Information staff in responding to information requests arising
from the Clinical Services.
- Record Clinical Pharmacy Interventions in line
with departmental policy and report any drug errors detected to the line
manager, ensuring the appropriate incident report form is completed.
- Undertake controlled drug checks regularly in
accordance with trust policy and carry out audit projects to assess prescribing
practice and adherence to guidelines with the aim of improving patient care.
-
Comply with Pharmacy and other Trust policies,
adhere to the Code of Ethics of The General Pharmaceutical Council, and
undertake any other reasonable duties within the framework of the post as
directed by the Lead Clinical Pharmacist, Deputy Chief Pharmacist, or Chief
Pharmacist.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree MPharm (or equivalent)
- Competency assessed and examined professional registration with the GPhC
- Ward-based experience in an Acute NHS Hospital.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree MPharm (or equivalent)
- Competency assessed and examined professional registration with the GPhC
- Ward-based experience in an Acute NHS Hospital.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
