Rotational Senior Clinical Pharmacist

Rotational Senior Clinical Pharmacist

Job description

Job summary

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust due to the expansion in urgent & emergency care services at the Trust as a pharmacist .

As a result of a widening catchment area of patients attending Walsall Manor Emergency Department in recent years and following the opening of Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust are seeking staff to continue to support the Trust's journey to be a leading provider of care for our community.

The investment is part of a wider suite of investments across our Trust in recent years, including :

- The introduction of a new £40 million Urgent & Emergency Care Centre;






- A £10 million capital development to include extension to the Emergency Department, Acute Medical Unit, Hot Imaging Suite, Same Day Emergency Care Unit and Staff Support Facilities;
- A £ million reconfiguration of Operating Theatres;
- £ million / year investment to expand our workforce across the Emergency Department, Same Day Emergency Care, Acute Medicine, and Emergency Surgery including roles for Doctors, Nursing and Advanced Practice.

With the current & future landscape for pharmacy professionals we have aligned our clinical pharmacy strategy to develop a pharmacy team that can excel in balancing patient care and service demand with their own professional development.

Main duties of the job

- Participates in the provision of a comprehensive pharmaceutical service to Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and to those organisations with which the Trust has a contract for supply of pharmaceutical services.
- Undertakes clinical pharmacy duties to delegated wards, advising junior & senior medical staff and nurses on effective and safe prescribing and administration of medicines.






- Provides training and support to the undergraduate, pre-registration pharmacists & less experienced pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and, where requested, other ward staff.
- Undertakes risk assessments and implements risk reducing measures, where appropriate reviewing and updating safe systems of work on a regular basis.
- Post holders will be required to undertake weekend, bank holidays and on-call work on a rota basis.

About us

The Trust is also proud to be able to deliver :

Virtually no vacancies across Registered Nursing positions;Formal recognition from NHS England's Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Urgent & Emergency Care Team, including for an "Outstanding culture", "Patient centred at all times", and "Exemplary Professionalism";







Regionally and nationally leading performance across Ambulance Handovers and admitted patient professional and personal development offer that includes a team of dedicated professional educational facilitators, routes to progress to senior advanced practice roles, weekly access to simulation inc.

the introduction of a new dedicated Simulation Suite, Professional Nurse advocates, rotational opportunities, Level 7 management qualifications and so much environment which encourages innovation, with readily available access to an award-winning Quality Improvement Team and Research & Development Dept

Job description

Job responsibilities

Participates in the Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust rotational training programme for training grade pharmacists. As part of the rotational training programme,





the post holder will provide ward based clinical services, supporting safe prescribing and administration of medicines in the allocated wards / departments of Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, ensuring clinical practice is evidence based, shared, and, wherever possible, patient focused.

Will also provide patient counselling and assist in the provision of Medicines Information as part of their role.

Professionally checks prescriptions in the dispensary, including those for cytotoxic drugs, clinical trials and controlled drugs, and assists in dispensing and final checking as required.

Complies with the Clinical Pharmacy Service guidelines and SOPs and is expected to meet the standards set out in the guidelines and SOPs, ensuring that the Director of Pharmacy is made aware of any circumstances that would,





or may, militate against safe standards of clinical practice.

Reports, and encourages other to report, all Adverse Drug reactions in-line with departmental guidelines.

Promotes awareness of and assists in the implementation of the Trusts Medicines Management Group decisions, including the current contents of the formulary and Trust Pharmacy Policies, and assists medical and prescribing nursing staff to adjust prescribing practices in line with the evidence base and formulary requirements.

Will comply with the requirement of productivity tools and audits assigned by the pharmacy senior management team and maintain full records of clinical activity and interventions using pharmacy electronic systems.

Postholder will be required to undertake late night, weekend,





bank holidays and on-call work on a rota basis.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

- MPharm or equivalent academic qualification.
- Completed Pre-Registration year leading to Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Current membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent) or currently studying for it.

Desirable

Independent Prescribing qualification

Experience

Essential

- Appropriate experience of clinical pharmacy or equivalent hospital experience.
- Experience in carrying out audits and projects.
- Experience of successfully supervising and contributing to the training of pharmacists and pharmacy technical staff.
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.

Desirable







- Participation in training as an Independent prescriber. Participate in Independent and / or supplementary prescribing and prescribe within legal requirements and own competency in the area of practice.
- Broad range of experience of working as a clinical pharmacist, including provision of 'Out of hours' Pharmaceutical Services, medicines information and drug utilisation review.

Skills

Essential

- Skilled at identify and manage risk associated with the use of medicines to best meet patient needs within the multidisciplinary team.
- Able to interpret national guidelines within specialist area(s), and Trust policies, procedures and guidelines related to specialist area(s).
- Skilled at using reference sources, journals,





the internet and on-line information sources to prepare evaluated medicines information for consultants and other health-care professionals.
- Skills for providing relevant specialist pharmacy services
- Skills in clinical audits and projects
- Witten and communication skills appropriate to the level required for this role
- Skills for setting priorities, meeting deadlines and manage time effectively
- Skills for problem identification and solving
- Skills for utilising resources cost-effectively and highlighting any savings
- Competent to clinically check prescriptions
- Competent to dispense medicines accurately without making errors.
- Competent to check medicines dispensed by others and to detect any errors that have been made
- Skills to minimise any risk to patients, the public and other staff from Healthcare Associated Infection
- Compliance to the Health Act 2006 is essential

Desirable

- People management, team work and interpersonal skills appropriate to this role
- Skills for teaching and supervising junior pharmacists and technical staff
- Skills for using Microsoft Office to produce word-processed documents SOPs for specialist areas, patient care plans (MS Word), record research and audit data (MS Excel) and prepare and deliver training (MS Powerpoint
- Standard key-board skills for using the Pharmacy Computer System, and other software, to prepare reports, analyses, label medicines

Knowledge

Essential

- Up to date knowledge of specialist field and general knowledge of other medicines actions and usage
- Up to date knowledge and understanding of Safe Systems of Working in hospital pharmacy services
- Up to date knowledge of Medicines Legislation including the Medicines Act, and Misuse of Drugs Act as they apply to pharmacy service SOPs and the legal requirements for dispensing and supplying medicines

Desirable

- Understanding of both the current and longer term issues facing pharmacy services within the NHS
- Knowledge and understanding of medicines management in clinical pharmacy services
- Up to date knowledge of Health and Safety at Work including COSHH, Manual Handling, Information Governance as well as Safeguarding Children and Adult

▶️ Rotational Senior Clinical Pharmacist
🖊️ Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
📍 Walsall