Pharmacist

at  Swansea Bay University Health Board

RVC/2020/0050

1. To undertake monthly reviews of prison wings controlled drugs stocks and documentation.
2. Responsible for development and implementation of drug related policies and guidelines in
   specialist area.
3. Ability to accurately review, dispense and check prescriptions for all pharmaceutical products
   with a high degree of accuracy.
4. Undertake non-face to face medication review and problem solving
5. Order investigations and interpret/act on results as appropriate and within scope of
   competency.
6. Make additional therapeutic interventions as appropriate to contribute to a patient’s holistic
   chronic disease management e.g. signpost on lifestyle issues such as smoking cessation.
7. Identify and undertake training as appropriate to extend relevant skills and wider clinical
   expertise e.g. BP monitoring, spirometry, examination skills, point of care testing, flu vaccination
   etc.
8. If appropriate and if required for the role, to progress as a non-medical prescriber and prescribe
   within clinical competencies in accordance with guidance and based on patient clinical and holistic
   need

JOB SUMMARY/JOB PURPOSE:

1. Responsible for leading and delivering a specialist clinical pharmacy service to those in prison.
2. Responsible for maintain existing pharmacy SOP and Patient Group directives.
3. Responsible for providing expert pharmaceutical advice to those in prison prison saff.
4. Provide recommendations for the long-term development of clinical pharmacy services.
5. Education, training and development of technicains providing a clinical pharmacy service.
6. Actively undertake clinical risk management within all areas of pharmaceutical care.
7. Leads pharmaceutical audits within area of expertise.
8. General pharmacy duties.
   The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead pharmacist for the Prison healthcare unit. This will involve:
1. Attendance at healthcare departmental and audit meetings.
2. Monitor drug use and expenditure and provide reports to pharmacy management team. Provide
further information should advice be challenged.
3. Responsible for providing a specialist clinical pharmacy service
4. Provide recommendation to senior departmental medical and nursing staff on drug related issues.
5. Ensure adherence to national and local protocols and guidelines.
6. Identify and lead drug related research and audit projects.
7. Provide advice to clinical services manager for service development within Healthcare non medical
prescribing and other areas as appropriate.
8. Assess patients’ compliance with medication and consider best treatment based on patient
abilities.
9. Undertake patient and/or relative care counselling using terminology suitable for patient
understanding.
10. To lead the development of medicines management within Prison Healthcare
We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.
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Working Relationships and Communication Requirements of the Job
1. To plan and organise pharmacy services to a clinical area, managing the activities of relevant
technical and assistant staff to ensure adequate stock distribution and timely dispensing for
individual patients.
2. Communicate any unusual drugs or drug use to the procurement team.
3. Ensure storage of medicines on Prison wings and in pharmacy department complies with
national legislation and local policies.
4. To analyse and review system one drug charts. This will include: - - Identifying and reporting
adverse drug reactions and side effects. - Report Adverse Drug Reactions to the Committee of
Safety of Medicines. - Analyse and interpret individual patient laboratory data in order to provide
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, biochemical and haematological monitoring ensuring safety and
efficiency of medicines. - To ensure drugs are prescribed in accordance with their product licence

or used appropriately when used outside of their licence. - Identify and interpret drug interactions.

• Identifying and solving drug problems for individual patients. - Proactively make

recommendations to medical and nursing staff on medication issues. - Provide evidence based
recommendations to influence prescribing. - Provide skills for and information on the correct
preparation and administration of injectable preparations and administration of enteral
preparations - To compile a patient’s medication history to facilitate the quality assurance of the
patient’s prescription chart.
5. Provide highly complex and potentially contentious information to all levels of medical and
nursing staff, based on a combination of knowledge, interpretation of evidence and adaptability of
individual patients. This advice may conflict with advice given by other professions.
6. Provide information to patients, relatives and carers on drug treatment. Identify any specific
problems with patient understanding or ability to take medication and provide suitable solutions.
7. Provide information to teams (e.g. GPs, Community Nurses and Community Pharmacists) of
specialist arrangements or unusual drug requirements prior to patient discharge from prison.
8. To interpret appropriate evidence and local/national guidelines in order to formulate
pharmaceutical care plans.
9. Provide information on formulary adherence and to monitor specified drugs as requested.
10. Provide information on clinical pharmacy intervention data and risk management to the clinical
pharmacy manager.
Provide analysis of drug expenditure with clinical interpretation and recommendations to enable
effective control of expenditure.
11. Attend regular multidisciplinary meetings to plan and contribute to clinical audit and Her
Majesties Prison inspectors make recommendations on drug therapy of patients in specialist area.
12. Supervise and monitor the training of technicians undertaking the medicines management
program.
14. To provide advice and information on new drugs, new treatment protocols and strategies in
specialist area to relevant medical nursing and pharmacy staff.