Rotational Clinical Pharmacist: Band 6 to 7 STEP programme
at George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Nuneaton CV10, England, United Kingdom -
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Job Title - Rotational Clinical Pharmacist: Band 6 to 7 STEP programme
Hours per week- 37.50 hours per week
Perm/Fixed Term- Permanent
Salary - £37,338 - £52,809 per annum
Closing Date- 08th Sep 2024
Interview Date- TBC
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
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As a Rotational Clinical Pharmacist you will work within various clinical specialities, such as:
Acute Medicine
Cardiology
Endocrine
Respiratory
General & Emergency Surgery
Care of the Elderly
Gastroenterology
You will work closely with the wider healthcare team to ensure medicines optimisation and safety throughout the patients stay with us. You will be required to display leadership and prioritisation skills in order to provide a high-quality pharmacy service to our trust.
Your day-to-day tasks will include medicines reconciliation, patient counselling, medicines information, discharge planning and clinical reviews.
You will also work within our Homecare, Oncology and TPN services.
Here at George Eliot our vision to ‘ excel at patient care’ taking centre stage. An ever evolving clinically led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive health services delivered by inspiring and compassionate staff who share our corporate values:
E ffective open communication
E x cellence and safety in everything we do
C hallenge but support
E xpect respect and dignity
L ocal health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
1. To provide a pharmacy service under supervision to wards and departments of the Trust as well as other Trusts and business partners serviced by the Pharmacy department so as to ensure safe and cost-effective use of medicines, in accordance with departmental procedures.
- To provide pharmacy service to allocated wards in accordance with professional, departmental and Trust policies. This may include:
- Taking drug histories on admission
- Review of medication to ensure safe and effective use
- Carrying out individual pharmaceutical care plans
- Review and update of care plans depending on response, results of investigations and adverse effects
- Therapeutic drug monitoring for specific drugs and advising dose adjustments based on assessment of blood levels of the drug
- Education and counselling of patients about their medicines
- Facilitating implementation of local & national guidelines as appropriate.
- As an independent practitioner and advocate for the patient, challenge prescribers including specialist prescribers if prescription is considered in own judgement to be inappropriate for the patient.
- Communication of medicine-related information to patients & relatives (who may have language difficulties, physical or mental disabilities), prescribers & other health care professionals (who may challenge advice)
- Advising, demonstrating & monitoring correct methods for preparation of injections and infusions (including intravenous injections)
- To provide professional and legal clinical supervision in the dispensary so as to ensure compliance with statutory and ethical standards when roistered in the area.
- To provide Medicines Information to medical and nursing staff and patients within the Trust to enable appropriate use drugs.
- To assist the other pharmacists in ensuring that the work carried out in the department is performed in accordance with the recommendations contained in the Guide to Good Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Practice and its supplements, COSSH and the safe systems of work documentation.
- To assist in the distribution of medicines to patients, wards and departments and to assist in maintaining systems for the control and storage of drugs in accordance with current legislation.
- To participate in continuing professional development (CPD), as per department policy and national guidelines from the General Pharmaceutical Council, and to participate in individual performance review through the use of personal development plans so as to enable continuous quality improvements and compliance with Trust and professional requirements.
- To record regularly clinical interventions and activities in line with departmental policy so that areas of weakness may be identified and corrected.
- Participate in any Trust or departmental audits and operational tasks as may be required.
- To participate in the pharmacist’s rotational duties so as to share workload and maintain skills and knowledge in service provision.
- Participate in appraisals and personal reviews and work to achieve agreed set objectives.
- To participate in the extended hours service as considered appropriate by the Chief Pharmacist.
- Undertake any other duties as required by the Chief Pharmacist in accordance with the grade and nature of the post
Responsibilities:
Please refer the Job description for details
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:N/AMax:5.0 year(s)
Pharmaceuticals
Pharma / Biotech / Healthcare / Medical / R&D
Clinical Pharmacy
Graduate
Proficient
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Nuneaton CV10, United Kingdom