Lead Pharmacist - Department for Medicine in the Elderly

at  Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for a lead pharmacist for the Department for Medicine in the Elderly to take overarching responsibility for our service to our DME and frailty wards.
This is a great opportunity for a highly motivated, open minded and dynamic pharmacist who is an excellent communicator with strong interpersonal / relationship building skills.
You will lead the pharmacy clinical service within your specialty day to day at the Southend Hospital site, supporting the site Clinical Lead Pharmacist by ensuring patients receive a safe and effective service.
You will work closely with the other lead clinical pharmacists for DME at the Basildon and Broomfield sites.
The successful candidate will need to be an experienced pharmacist that has worked across a variety of clinical areas and is now ready to specialise in adult medicine. You will have experience in excellent service delivery and management and a proven track record of delivering change within dynamic environments.
We look forward to receiving your application if you are interested in the role and believe you have the qualities we require!

Providing a clinical service to the wards, discharge and outpatients service
Attend clinical ward rounds, clinical and multidisciplinary meetings as appropriate
Regularly recording clinical interventions and activities.
Provide specialist pharmaceutical information to medical, nursing and other staff within the Trust where appropriate.
Promote the safe, appropriate and economic use of drugs.
Counsel and advise patients on use of medicines.
Take part in the emergency on-call pharmacist rota. Working alone as the on call pharmacist, provide: medicines information, advice and supply out of hours, and sourcing of urgently required drugs from external suppliers.
To support the Trust Medication Safety Officer and Pharmacy Risk
Governance Pharmacy Team with the medicines optimisation and governance agenda.
Monitor the safe and secure storage of medication both within the pharmacy department and on the wards.
Implement local and national guidelines where appropriate e.g. NICE.
Supervise trainee pharmacists, undergraduate students and ward-based technicians.
The Pharmacy department has a ‘can do’ attitude and strives to provide the best service possible at all times to our patients and our colleagues. The pharmacy vision is to be a ‘service without walls’, integrated within the ward teams supporting excellent patient care .
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.
We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well-being of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.
We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.
For more information regarding detail of expected duties and personal specifications, please read the attached job description & person specification document
We look forward to your application