Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Elective Surgical Pathway

at  Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

This is an exciting time to join our Elective Surgical Admissions team as we roll out Dedicated Ward Pharmacy (DWP) across the whole trust.
Your focus will be contributing to elective patient care during their pre-operative journey both in the pre-operative assessment clinic (POAC) and in our Main Theatres Admission Unit (MTAU) where we have an established pharmacist and MMT team. You will be fully supported by our Advanced Pharmacists for MTAU and POAC.
You will be part of a pharmacy team that is responsible for the pharmaceutical care of our elective patients throughout their whole perioperative journey. From reviewing patients in POAC, where you will liaise with anaesthetists, surgeons, and other MDT members to optimise pharmaceutical management, to assessing patients in MTAU on the day of surgery and then following up patients on our surgical wards.
You will be working within our established surgical pharmacy team. There will be opportunities for working on all the surgical wards and our new Critical Care unit. You will be responsible for providing pharmacy support to one of surgical directorates. You may attend consultant led ward rounds, including our Acute Pain Team and Nutrition Team as well as other areas within the surgical division which will provide plenty of opportunities for learning and CPD.
This role extends to providing advice and educating medical and nursing staff, as well as contributing to the development and implementation of medicines management policies and procedures.
You will also be fully supported and encouraged in developing your clinical qualifications further including independent prescribing if required. This is a full-time post but substantially part-time may be considered.
If you do not meet all the essential criteria for the band 7 post, in some circumstances we may be able to offer a band 6 to 7 progression.
Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
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Speciality Pharmacy Role - Elective Surgical Pharmacy
To support the Advanced Clinical Pharmacists in POAC and MTAU and Principal Pharmacist, Surgery.
Have a working knowledge of current perioperative practice and protocols related to medicines and how these relate to national and other guidance.
To participate in the clinical/advisory Pharmacy Service, specifically to the POAC to MTAU.
To support Surgical Services including providing pharmacy support to a named surgical directorate.
Provide specialist pharmacy input into Theatre areas.
To optimise medicines through prescribing role operating within areas of competence (where appropriately qualified and authorised via the Trust NMP register).
To identify new opportunities for the development of Pharmacy Services, and assist in the preparation of business cases to support these developments.
To support the training of all (medical, nursing and pharmacy) staff across the division.
To identify and support the Cost Improvement Programme, and contribute to the Directorate Prescribing Reports, which monitor, analyse and report on medicine use and expenditure.
To develop/review relevant Trust Clinical Guidelines, PGDs etc.
Clinical Services
To provide information, advice and guidance on the safe, effective and economical use of medicines and to challenge poor practice.
To optimise medicines management by reconciling drug histories, performing structured medication reviews and using patients’ own medicines.
To detect, record and report adverse drug reactions to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and via Datix as per Trust Policy or via practice policy, as appropriate.
To record your clinical activity and to monitor the outcome of your advice.
To monitor interventions in treatment to identify training and information needs.
To fulfil the requirements of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Good Professional Practice.
To participate in CQUINs and QIPPs at NGH.
To implement countywide and local prescribing strategies within the Trust and your practices.
Facilitate the expansion of the tools within EPMA within NGH.
To undertake validation duties in the dispensary within NGH.
To supervise, check and, if necessary undertake the supply of medicines in NGH. Technical checking is in place; pharmacists make initial validations and have a professional responsibility to decide on the need for their further involvement in the supply process.
Management & Supervision
To line manage and lead those staff allocated, undertaking appraisals, supervision and identification of training and development of their skills and knowledge.
To assist in the induction of staff into the service; to help identify training and development needs.
To maintain appropriate standards of service and safety; to enforce guidelines, policies and procedures to ensure standards are met.
To partake / lead in recruitment of junior pharmacists or other pharmacy staff as required.
Deputise for Advanced/Lead Pharmacists, when required
Education & Training
To attend Clinical Pharmacy meetings and education/training schemes relevant to post.
To take part in formal and informal training of pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals in both settings. For example at NGH, including training for Technicians enhanced patient counselling skills and Medicines Management Technician training