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Job overview

Leading and managing a pharmacy team to achieve highly effective pharmaceutical services, while simultaneously delivering patient centred care to the Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery departments across UHCW NHS Trust. Provide safe, cost-effective, specialist clinical pharmacy services to allocated wards and decentralised dispensing services, through effectively engaging with all members of the multidisciplinary team and seeking to improve the patient experience.

Main duties of the job

1. Provide effective clinical and medicines optimisation service to patients admitted and discharged through the Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery (cardiothoracic) department of the Trust.  This includes leading on prescribing, administration and governance within the cardiac theatres and cardiac catheter lab.

2. Liaise with Pharmacy Managers/Team Leaders, Senior Clinicians and Senior Nurse Managers in Cardiac services, to co-ordinate and ensure all services from pharmacy provide the best in seamless pharmaceutical care for these patients, innovating service change when necessary to achieve this.

3. Ensuring that wards and duties are clinically and operationally covered, while considering the needs of the service, and the requirements of the team members allocated to Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery department.

4. Provide information on trends in drug expenditure in relation to the drug budget.  This also includes horizon scanning and supporting new drug evaluations through the Trust Drugs and Therapeutics Committee.

5. Ensure best practice and clinical governance is applied to drug therapy by providing medical and nursing staff with:
•    Appropriate evaluated drug information
•    Support in education and training
•    Identify where gaps exist, support in writing and the implementation of clinical guidelines
•    Guidance on clinical audit and practice research.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care.

We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.