We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated pharmacists to join our friendly, supportive pharmacy workforce at Wrexham Maelor Hospital.
There are a wide range of rotations available including surgery, medical, specialist clinics, prison, paediatrics, emergency department, medicines information, critical care, aseptics, primary care, mental health and community services. Within each area you’ll have the ability to learn from and be supported by a specialist pharmacist. This provides excellent career development, with further learning opportunities via professional courses/qualifications, as the department has close links with Cardiff, Bangor and Wrexham Universities.
Training is supported by the Foundation Framework for Pharmacists, which provides an ideal platform for professional and personal development, and is recognised at a national level.
The pharmacy team at Wrexham Maelor Hospital is well-established within the wider multi‑disciplinary team, allowing collaborative working. This allows you to have direct involvement in patient care and influence treatment choices by being involved in decision‑making at the point of prescribing.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THE SECONDMENT POSITION, YOU MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM YOUR CURRENT LINE MANAGER PRIOR TO APPLYING FOR THIS POST.
Main duties of the job
Provide a clinical pharmacy service to an allocated clinical area in accordance with professional standards and local policies. This will include:
* Review medicines to ensure safe and effective use; including review of prescriptions for completeness, appropriateness and legality.
* To communicate recommendations on drug therapy to doctors, nurses and other relevant healthcare professionals as appropriate.
* Responsible for medicines supply.
* To ensure the smooth, swift and safe transfer of patients care, liaising with carers, nursing and residential homes where appropriate and providing clear information on discharge medication (whether verbal or written) to patients or their carers.
* Formulate patient specific pharmaceutical care plans, taking into account results of investigations, response to treatment, and adverse effects.
* Advise on therapeutic drug level monitoring for specific drugs.
* Inform and educate patients about their medicines.
* Provide pharmaceutical information (therapeutic, legal, procedural) to medical, nursing staff, other healthcare professionals and general practitioners where appropriate.
* Report suspected adverse drug reactions to the Committee on Safety of Medicines using the yellow card reporting scheme.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Qualifications
* MPharm degree or equivalent
* Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
* Knowledge of Clinical Pharmacy
* Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society & registration with the Faculty
Experience
* Must be able to demonstrate suitable level of experience working in the managed sector and/or community pharmacy
* IT literate
* Decision making ability
* Organisational ability
* Ability to speak Welsh
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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