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Lead Pharmacist: 999 Services
NHS AfC: Band 8a
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The Clinical Pharmacist will be part of a dynamic multi-disciplinary team responsible for delivering excellent clinical care and advice to the Trust.
The pharmacist will provide professional leadership and advice on all matters associated with medicines optimisation and clinical pharmacy services across the Trust. They will drive service improvement and efficiencies through increased use of technology and data analysis to inform and drive service improvement, enabling best and most efficient use of resources. The pharmacist will be responsible for providing specialist knowledge and advice on pharmaceutical matters, including the safe storage, handling, administration and disposal of medicines. This will involve influencing and supporting other healthcare professionals to produce Standard Operating Procedures and to participate in risk assessments of medicines.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
General
- Perform the professional role of a registered pharmacist which includes advice, supervision, co-operation, problem solving, and training and support of colleagues.
- The post holder will be required to provide expert and specialist knowledge in relation to medicinal products and their use as well as assist in the development of new clinical protocols and treatment options including the development of patient group directives directions
- Develop guidelines, policies and procedures for medicines use within the Trust as required.
- Respond to medicines related queries from Trust staff
- To support and help collect data for clinical and procedural audits
- Assist the Chief pharmacist in the preparation of reports to Medicine Optimisation and Governance Group and operational line managers, lead clinicians, summarising clinical and medicine activities and medicines utilisation trends within the locality and across the Trust.
- Develop systems to ensure medicinal products are stored appropriately and securely on all Trust premises and vehicles, complying with national, statutory and local requirement
Please see Job Description attached for further details
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Benefits we offer:
- Full training and support when you join and ongoing throughout your employment with us.
- Holiday entitlement is 27 days rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years, plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time).
- Enrolment into the NHS Pension Scheme.
- Access to continual professional development and opportunities within SCAS and the NHS.
- Occupational Health support along with an Employee Assistance Programme.
- NHS Discounts in over 200+ stores including Holidays, Days out, Car insurance, Restaurants and Clothing.
About Us
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of emergency, urgent care and non-emergency healthcare services, along with commercial logistics services.
The Trust delivers most of these services to the populations of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire as well as non-emergency patient transport services in Surrey and Sussex.
We serve a population of over 7 million and answer over 500,000 urgent calls a year. We employ 4,551 staff who, together with over 1,100 volunteers, enable us to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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General
- Perform the professional role of a registered pharmacist which includes advice, supervision, co-operation, problem solving, and training and support of colleagues.
- The post holder will be required to provide expert and specialist knowledge in relation to medicinal products and their use as well as assist in the development of new clinical protocols and treatment options including the development of patient group directives directions
- Develop guidelines, policies and procedures for medicines use within the Trust as required.
- Respond to medicines related queries from Trust staff
- To support and help collect data for clinical and procedural audits
- Assist the Chief pharmacist in the preparation of reports to Medicine Optimisation and Governance Group and operational line managers, lead clinicians, summarising clinical and medicine activities and medicines utilisation trends within the locality and across the Trust.
- Develop systems to ensure medicinal products are stored appropriately and securely on all Trust premises and vehicles, complying with national, statutory and local requirements
- Assist the Chief Pharmacist on all matters relating to medicine management and governance within the Trust.
- Attend meetings as a deputy to Chief Pharmacist as required
- To liaise with other clinical pharmacists, prescribers and other health care professionals as appropriate using verbal, written and electronic methods as appropriate
- To provide expertise and clinical leadership on medicines optimisation as part of a team within a pre-hospital setting
- To facilitate the implementation of local and national guidance, including NICE and Quality Standards where appropriate
- Manage clinical incidents involving medicines and explore ways of minimising risk of future re-occurrence
- Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance
- To support the Medicines Manager in the operational delivery of medicines services throughout the Trust
- To act as a line manager within the pharmacy team and support the management of the operational Pharmacy Team
Clinical Education
- To work with the learning and development leads in the Trust to ensure medicines related education and training of all clinical staff and non-clinical staff using medicines is developed and delivered in line with national and local requirements
- Complete regular CPD to ensure that knowledge is continually updated
- To act as a role model for pharmacists developing advanced practice skills
- Attend relevant pharmacy courses where applicable and with Trust
- To deliver teaching sessions both in house and externally to paramedics, medical and nursing staff and other health care professionals as requested authorisation
Clinical Audit and Research
- To participate and support in clinical, departmental and national audits, measure adherence to local and national guidelines and provide relevant feedback
- To regularly initiate or contribute to relevant practice research or audit projects and to publish the results of such work, as appropriate.
- To participate in other research and audit programmes in the department as required
- To maintain and further develop specialist information on the use of drugs in clinical conditions relevant to the specialty.
- To publish and present the results and outcomes of own research and audits locally, nationally or internationally as appropriate
Leadership and Corporate Governance
- Promote a supportive, fair and open culture that encourages and enables all pars of the workforce to meet required performance standards
- Support high standards of employment practice
- Promote the vision, values and goals of the organisation
Organisational Profile
- Ensure that the Trust’s management processes are open and transparent, and which encourage the confidence of staff, the public and other agencies
- Promote a positive organisation image
Manyleb y person
Assessment
Meini prawf hanfodol
- MPharm degree or equivalent
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- ost Graduate MSc/Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience and/or qualifications
- Up to date CPD portfolio
Meini prawf dymunol
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and registered with the Faculty, or relevant specialist interest group/national body
- Leadership and/or management qualification
Gofynion ymgeisio
Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Louise Maunick
- Teitl y swydd
- Chief Pharmacist
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
Rhestr swyddi gyda South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust yn Gwasanaethau gwyddor iechyd neu bob sector