Specialist Pharmacist - Medicine

To provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service to patients within the Emergency and Integrated Care Division (EIC).

• To ensure the safe, effective, legal and accurate use of medicines within the speciality and to support and supervise less experienced pharmacists on rotation.
• To act as a role model and to deliver, develop and evaluate specialist clinical pharmacy services in accordance with the objectives set by the line manager.
• Working within the medicine directorate covering wards and dispensary as a clinical Pharmacist. Working on-call weekday and weekends with additional weekend shifts as part of a rota system.
• To provide a clinical ward pharmacy service to wards in the medicines EIC division.
• To support the development and implementations of medicine related guidance, policies and procedures within a speciality.
• To support the integration of clinical pharmacy services within the MDT and within strategic decision-making.
• To undertake medicines reviews to reduce inappropriate polypharmacy and adverse effects and to improve adherence and patients' understanding of medicines.
• To screen homecare prescriptions for safety and appropriateness. Work with homecare companies to ensure a smooth service for patients that meets the needs of the patients and the Trust. Answer all homecare queries. Audit the homecare services and implement measures to improve the service and reduce waste.
• Counselling of patients newly started on oral anticoagulants.
• Medicines usage review where appropriate.
• Supporting the Out Patient Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) Service.
• Facilitating the discharge process.
• Weekly AEC MDT meeting attendance.
• Supporting the supply of medications to the department, particularly biologics, intravenous antibiotics and Low Molecular Weight Heparins (LMWHs).
• Work closely with Medicines Management Technicians (MMTs) and supervises junior pharmacy staff as directed by the Lead Directorate Pharmacist /Highly Specialist Pharmacist.
• To support the EIC divisional pharmacist in the development and implementations of medicine related guidance, policies and procedures within the speciality.
• To undertake a quality improvement project within the division.
• To support with the development and implementation of shared-care guidelines to promote seamless care for patients.
• To gain an insight on the drug's budget and drug expenditure within the division.
• Liaise and work closely with the senior clinical pharmacy team to develop clinical pharmacy services to the Division including ward pharmacy and medicines management.
• Aim to provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in the patients as allocated.
• Make appropriate referrals where necessary; ensure the clear and effective communication of patients' pharmaceutical needs to other pharmacists and health care professionals both within the trust and in other health care environments.
• Demonstrate and apply general pharmaceutical knowledge, and where applicable, specialist clinical pharmacy knowledge in core areas in order to plan, manage, monitor and review therapeutic programmes for patients allocated, thereby ensuring the quality of patient care.
• Participate in ward rounds to integrate into the multidisciplinary team and raise the pharmacy profile via contributions at consultant level.
• Demonstrate appropriate clinical reasoning and judgement.
• Work across traditional boundaries, including the transcription of discharge medication.
• Be readily available and keen to answer any general medicine related pharmaceutical queries from patients, pharmacists and other members of staff within pharmacy as well as from other health care professionals including medical staff.
• Proactively provide advice and information on any pharmaceutical issues within the directorate to pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals as needed.
• Demonstrate awareness and commitment to the Trust's Clinical Governance Agenda.
• Support the maintenance and development of the Medicines Management Initiatives including use of patients own medicines and self-medication.
• Facilitate writing of discharge prescriptions according to prescribing or approved transcribing systems and develop accreditation schemes…