Lead Antimicrobial Pharmacist – Secondary Care
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Job Overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic and forward‑thinking pharmacist to join our antimicrobial team, due to promotion of the existing postholder. The team leads on antimicrobial stewardship across the Health Board, working collaboratively with our Consultant Pharmacist and multidisciplinary colleagues in all settings. The successful candidate will be supported by the Consultant Pharmacist to manage the antimicrobial stewardship service in secondary care.
Main duties of the job
* Support the Consultant Antimicrobial Pharmacist to lead and manage the strategic development and delivery of antimicrobial stewardship policies, in line with national and local strategies to deliver Tier 1 Welsh Government targets.
* Provide professional and operational leadership in the promotion of responsible, safe, and cost‑effective prescribing of antimicrobials, optimising clinical outcomes, minimising adverse reactions and errors and limiting the development of antimicrobial resistance in patients across both primary and secondary care within ABUHB.
* Manage, organise and develop antimicrobial pharmacists and technicians to ensure that a consistent and patient focused service is delivered across the team.
* Influence service development at a strategic level to improve patient outcomes and ensure compliance with the principles of antimicrobial stewardship.
* Provide a ward pharmacy commitment in a secondary care ward environment.
* Design, plan and deliver specialist training on medicines management of antimicrobials ABUHB‑wide.
* Plan, lead and undertake practice research and clinical audit within specialist area.
* The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Qualifications – Essential criteria
* Pharmacy degree, postgraduate qualification
Qualifications – Desirable criteria
* Independent prescriber, other related qualification, e.g. antimicrobial stewardship
Experience – Essential criteria
* Significant post‑qualification experience. Hospital service delivery. Monitoring financial expenditure. Strategic development
Experience – Desirable criteria
* Experience as antimicrobial pharmacist. Experience of other care sectors. Experience of research.
Skills – Essential criteria
* Excellent communication skills. Negotiation & conflict management. Interpretation of data. Training others. Teamworking
Skills – Desirable criteria
* Use of spreadsheets and databases. Enthusiasm
Knowledge – Essential criteria
* Knowledge of prescribing systems & processes. Knowledge of clinical governance/patient safety. Understand government policy & vision relating to pharmacy services
Knowledge – Desirable criteria
* Antimicrobial therapeutics
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