Job summary: Pharmacy Manager Brighton Hospital | Permanent | Full Time Up to £65,000 per annum dependent on experience 37.5 hours per week
Main duties of the job: Provide leadership and advice on medicines management to ensure that processes across all clinical departments throughout the hospital are safe, cost effective and legal and are supported by up-to-date policies, procedures and guidelines. This will include chairing the Medicines Management Forum on a quarterly basis. Provide expert clinical input into oncology treatment pathways and medicines optimisation. Be responsible for leading, motivating and effectively managing the pharmacy team by providing excellent leadership. As the Antimicrobial Stewardship Lead, optimise the management of antimicrobials to minimise the occurrence of hospital acquired infections by ensuring pharmacy adherence to up to date policies, guidelines and systems of work. Undertake regular audit of this in conjunction with the IP nurse/nurse team. Ensuring the pharmacy team undertake daily ward rounds reconciling medication for new inpatients; counselling patients; managing PODs and checking for relevant allergies, adverse drug reactions and contra-indications to treatment, ensuring all medicines prescribed are clinically appropriate in line with national and/or local policies and guidelines etc. Assist and leading the team in facilitating timely and informed discharge of patients returning to primary care by dispensing, accuracy checking and clinically checking TTOs, counselling patients prior to discharge and in facilitating timely and informed discharge of patients returning to primary care.
About us
Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital At Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital, we work with leading medical Consultants to provide first-class treatments and high standards of care for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of a wide range of medical and surgical conditions using the latest facilities and technology. We take pride in delivering high standards of patient care to both private patients and the NHS. Our facilities include 44 purpose built en-suite rooms, three operating theatres and an endoscopy theatre. Other facilities include physiotherapy, health screening, diagnostics and a dental suite. We are located in Woodingdean, on the east side of Brighton with easy access by rail and road, including free parking
Job responsibilities
* Provide leadership and advice on medicines management to ensure that processes across all clinical departments throughout the hospital are safe, cost effective and legal and are supported by up-to-date policies, procedures and guidelines. This will include chairing the Medicines Management Forum on a quarterly basis.
* Provide expert clinical input into oncology treatment pathways and medicines optimisation.
* Be responsible for leading, motivating and effectively managing the pharmacy team by providing excellent leadership.
* As the Antimicrobial Stewardship Lead, optimise the management of antimicrobials to minimise the occurrence of hospital acquired infections by ensuring pharmacy adherence to up to date policies, guidelines and systems of work. Undertake regular audit of this in conjunction with the IP nurse/nurse team.
* Ensuring the pharmacy team undertake daily ward rounds reconciling medication for new inpatients; counselling patients; managing PODs and checking for relevant allergies, adverse drug reactions and contra-indications to treatment, ensuring all medicines prescribed are clinically appropriate in line with national and/or local policies and guidelines etc.
* Assist and leading the team in facilitating timely and informed discharge of patients returning to primary care by dispensing, accuracy checking and clinically checking TTOs, counselling patients prior to discharge and in facilitating timely and informed discharge of patients returning to primary care.
* Lead on the implementation of medication safety alerts and drug recalls for the hospital working closely with the Director of Clinical Services.
* Implement and monitor DoH guidance on all aspects of controlled drugs use in the hospital and ensure the CD audit is completed quarterly.
* Ensure errors, complaints and incidents are managed in line with the Nuffield Health guidelines, specifically reporting these using the RADAR system and reviewing/investigating relevant RADAR reports relating to medicines.
* Support the development of other healthcare professionals and deliver medicines-focused training upon request.
Person Specification
Qualifications: Be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council, Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy or oncology.
* Significant oncology pharmacy experience (hospital or specialist setting)
* Experience of working in a clinical setting as a Pharmacist is essential.
* Leadership / managerial experience in a Pharmacy setting.
* An awareness and knowledge of Oncology Pharmacy.
* Share evidence based practices with colleagues to enhance service and standards.
* The ability to make decisions and use your initiative.
* Strong communication skills.
* Passion to deliver excellent care in a rewarding and what can be emotionally challenging environment.
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.
UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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