Overview
To provide a safe and effective patient-focused specialist clinical pharmacy service to a specified patient group(s) supporting medicines governance and quality improvement activities within specialist area(s) to ensure safe, effective and patient-centred systems in place. This role focuses on Frailty and contributes to the seven-day Frailty Service within the unit, working as an integrated member of the consultant-led multidisciplinary team. There is a requirement to be an established practicing independent prescriber due to complexities of frailty, with prescribing and de-prescribing integral to the role.
New role development includes contributing to developing the clinical governance agenda and associated systems for medicines use within the service.
Responsibilities
* Provide pharmaceutical advice for staff working within frailty
* On a rota basis, provide clinical pharmacy cover over weekends and public holidays
* Undertake quality improvement initiatives and liaise with key stakeholders as appropriate
* Facilitate and support medicines communication at interfaces of care (e.g., discharge letters, urgent discharge processes)
* Liaise with health and social care services related to medicines (social work, acute hospital departments, General Practice, NHS Lanarkshire services, Community Pharmacy, and other stakeholders)
* Deliver pharmacotherapy activities (medicines reconciliation, education and quality improvement)
* Participate in multidisciplinary consultant-led ward rounds
There will be a focus on optimal use of medicines to ensure a patient-focused, efficient, progressive, resilient, safe and effective service to frailty.
Location and Organisation
Location: Pharmacy within University Hospital Wishaw. The working pattern for this role is 5/7.
What you'll need to apply
* Masters of Pharmacy Degree
* Registered member of General Pharmaceutical Council
* Independent prescribing qualification or be working towards
* Evidence of postgraduate training and professional development in clinical pharmacy practice (e.g., Post Registration Foundation Framework/1st year clinical diploma)
* Relevant post-registration experience in clinical pharmacy
* Ability to monitor patients’ therapeutic regimens to ensure effectiveness and reduce toxicity
* Ability to work effectively as part of a team in a pharmacy and multidisciplinary environment
* Commitment to revalidation as per GPhC directions
* Good verbal and written communication skills
* Self-motivation
* Participation in weekends and public holiday service
* Participation in pharmacy emergency duty service
* Willingness to contribute to the general functioning of the pharmacy department
* Full UK/EU/EEA driving licence (where a licence is required)
Desirable additional experience includes demonstrable clinical pharmacy service delivery to a defined patient group, patient information/education, supervising staff, knowledge of care planning, and project/practice research and audit skills. Ability to prioritise and organise workload.
Contract details
* Permanent
* Full time
* 37 hours
Additional information
For enquiries regarding the application or recruitment process, contact the relevant recruitment administrators as indicated in the original posting. For more information on the role refer to the job description or information pack.
Why NHS Lanarkshire?
Join us to work in a supportive environment with opportunities to develop skills and advance your career. NHS Lanarkshire serves a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in North and South Lanarkshire.
Benefits
* A minimum of 27 days annual leave (increasing with length of service)
* A minimum of 8 public holidays
* Membership of NHS Pension Scheme with life insurance benefits
* Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
* Occupational health services
* Employee counselling services
* Work-life balance policies and procedures
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