Specialist pharmacist - acute medicine

Overview

Band 8A Specialist Pharmacist - Acute Medicine

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated pharmacist to join the Acute Medicine Pharmacy Team at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.

This role will provide advanced clinical pharmacy leadership and specialist pharmaceutical care across Acute Medicine services, supporting the delivery of safe, effective and patient-centred care within a fast-paced acute hospital environment.

The post holder will work closely with multidisciplinary teams across Acute Medical Unit (AMU), Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), Emergency pathways and medical wards to optimise medicines use, support timely patient flow and contribute to service transformation initiatives across the Trust.

The successful candidate will play a key role in advancing clinical pharmacy practice, supporting prescribing governance, developing workforce capability and driving quality improvement aligned with Trust and national priorities.

This is an excellent opportunity for a pharmacist with strong clinical and leadership skills who is passionate about acute care, medicines optimisation and innovation within hospital pharmacy services.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a highly specialist clinical pharmacy service within Emergency Department and Acute Medicine, ensuring safe, effective and timely medicines optimisation across the patient pathway.
• Lead and manage the delivery of a prescribing pharmacist service within Acute Medicine to support timely discharge, ensuring efficient patient flow and continuity of care.
• Work as an independent prescriber, actively contributing to the prescribing service, undertaking clinical decision-making, and optimising medicines use for patients from admission through to discharge.
• Facilitate the efficient and cost-effective use of medicines within their specialty and ensure that the Pharmacy team are part of and lead any innovative ways of working, to enhance patient care.
• Support the lead in the development, delivery and continuous improvement of pharmacy services across Acute & Emergency Medicine.
• Also act as a member of the senior pharmacy team and contribute to the strategic development of pharmacy services within the Trust.