Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Acute Medicine and Admissions

We are recruiting for a Advanced Clinical Pharmacist who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards "working together, improving together".

Permanent opportunities for up to full-time working if desired.

The Pharmacy department which is based out of St Mary's Hospital is energetic and forward looking, with a strong culture of patient safety and service quality. We believe in technology supporting excellent clinical practice and releasing time to care, with electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) embedded in practice across the Trust and used creatively to enhance clinical practice. This is along with a fully integrated medicines management system which interfaces EPMA seamlessly with dispensing, stock control, and automation/robotics throughout the Trust.

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated clinical pharmacist to provide leadership within the pharmacy team and across the Trust in clinical areas as required. Working with internal and external stakeholders whilst accountable to the Trust Chief Pharmacist.Key responsibilities will be:Leading, co-ordinating, delivering and developing clinical services within admissions across the emergency floor.

Development of policies, procedures, guidelines, risk assessments and audits.

Promoting a culture of medicines safety to minimise harm, optimising learning from incidents and responding to safety alerts.

Supervising, training, and supporting the development of pharmacy staff and other health care professionals

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MasterofPharmacy (MPharm) degree or equivalent

Physical Skills

Essential

• Able to work at a continuous level of high concentration.
• Excellent time management.

Aptitudes

Essential

• Articulate and numerate.
• Accurate and precise.
• Honest, trustworthy, reliable and discrete.
• Clean and presentable in appearance.
• Enthusiastic and willing to learn.
• Adaptable and innovative in approach to work and projects.

Abilities

Essential

• Able to record information accurately.
• Able to work as part of a team or as an individual with a flexible approach to duties. Customer care.
• Able to share learning with others.
• Able to interpret complex clinical data.
• Ability to relate well at all levels within the NHS.
• Able to negotiate with other healthcare professionals in relation to pharmaceutical care of patients
• Ability to work effectively with senior clinical personnel.

Communication Skills

Essential

• Fluent in oral and written English
• Approachable and diplomatic.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

About the employer

Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

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