Advanced Clinical Pharmacist, Cheswold Park Hospital

JOB SUMMARY Provision of Clinical Pharmacy service to allocated teams Provision of high quality patient focused pharmaceutical care. Provison of professional responsibilities of a pharmacist supervising the dispensing of prescriptions at Fieldhead Pharmacy whilst fulfilling the dispensary commitment. Participation in the Saturday, Bank Holiday and On-call Rotas In conjunction with the pharmacy team, develop and implement safe and effective policies and procedures in line with New Ways of Working To provide management to allocated staff including appraisal , development and clinical supervision To be involved in the development of new services as allocted by pharmacy management team Develop and participate in Trust-wide medicines management audits and attend allocated governenace groups to represent pharmacy.

KEY RESULT AREAS:
To be responsible for the clinical pharmacy and prescription monitoring at allocated clinical teams . Be a specialist medication referral point for these teams. Performance indicators Medicines reconciliation targets for inpatient areas Ensure all service users have access to clinical pharmacy services Screening for all service users admitted to intensive home based treatment services Develop and contribute to patient focused services to allocated teams , including service user groups.

Provide appropriate and timely verbal and written information on all aspects of medication usage to service users, carers and healthcare professionals within SWYPFT. Participate in in-house training for pharmacy staff and healthcare professionals , both attending and delivering training. Participate in the training of pre-registration pharmacy graduates and mental health pharmacy diploma students. Participate in the development of the medicines management clinical audit programme in particular the POMH audits and ensure roll out to allocated units.

Participate in research and development as required for the development of the clinical pharmacy services. To cover for other senior pharmacists in their absence. If required due to sickness or other absence to work in other localities of the organisation. To carry out CPD in line with the GPhC requirements. To maintain and demonstrate a good clinical pharmacist knowledge. To work within the policies and procedures of the South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and also to ensure compliance with the pharmacy policies and procedures from other organisations when working in partnership.

To participate in the Trusts Appraisal system. Following qualification as an independent non-medical prescriber, prescribe medication as an independent prescriber within their own sphere of competence and the bounds of their approved prescribing status in accordance with the Trust non-medical prescribing policy. Promote patient choice and understanding when communicating assessment outcomes or prescribing medicines, including provision of high quality information both written and verbal to support this.

Be responsible for ensuring the security and safe handling of FP10 prescription forms and to report any loss or theft as per Trust guidelines Trust Values:
The Trust is committed to ensuring the highest standards of care and treatment and expects that all staff treat people e.g, service users, their carers, relatives, friends, colleagues, visitors etc, with dignity and respect at all time. The post holder must at all times act in accordance with the Trusts Values:
We put the person first and in the centre We know that families and carers matter We are respectful, honest, open and transparent We improve and aim to be outstanding We are relevant today and ready for tomorrow Safeguarding:
Report any concerns regarding the safety or wellbeing of children, adults service users, members of their families etc, in accordance with Trust Policy. Prevent and respond appropriately to abuse and understand own role in this by undertaking Safeguarding training. Trust policies and commitments to be read in line with the relevant Trust Policy:
All staff employed by the Trust must comply with the Trusts policies…