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Description
Bank Pharmacist-
Fitzwilliam Hospital - Bank Hours
The
Role:
The Bank Pharmacist will provide
ad hoc support to ensure business and clinical continuity within
the elective hospital. The role involves delivering high-quality
pharmacy services, including clinical and specialist activities, to
support the safe, effective, and efficient use of medicines. This
includes tasks such as medicines reconciliation, prescription
review, discharge planning, and offering expert advice to patients
and healthcare professionals.
The position
requires flexibility to provide cover during staff absence or peak
demand periods.
The pharmacist
will play a key role in maintaining high standards of
pharmaceutical care, contributing to the overall patient experience
in a planned care
setting.
Where you
will be based:
Fitzwilliam
Hospital is one of Cambridgeshire's leading independent hospitals
with a reputation for delivering high quality healthcare treatments
and services since 1983. The hospital is situated in the quiet
landscaped grounds of the Milton Estate in Peterborough and has 54
single bedrooms and one twin-bedded room, all with en suite
facilities. The hospital provides services for both private and NHS
patients. By investing in advanced medical technology, the hospital
offers a state-of-the-art range of treatments and services. The
fully equipped ultra clean air theatre suite is particularly
suitable for orthopaedic procedures such as spinal surgery,
arthroscopy, hip replacements and
knee.
Essential
Qualifications and Experience:
* Degree in
Pharmacy.
* Member of the
General Pharmaceutical Council
(GPhC).
* Sound written and
verbal communication
skills.
* Proven ability to
work effectively in both a team environment and
independently.
* Flexibility
and adaptability to meet the changing needs of the
business.
* Demonstrated
customer service and computer
skills.
Desirable
Skills:
* Experience
working in a hospital
environment.
* Proficiency in
CMM (JAC)
software.
* Familiarity with
Maxims
software.
Key
Responsibilities:
* Establish
and resolve individual patient pharmaceutical care issues to ensure
the safe and effective use of medicines. Use a systematic approach
to individual patient care, considering patient and medication risk
factors to confirm pharmaceutical needs and prioritize care issues.
This includes:
* Medication
history taking, medicines reconciliation, and prescription
monitoring.
* Consulting case
notes and liaising with patients, carers, and healthcare
professionals.
* Provide
advice on dosage adjustments as
necessary.
* Monitor patients
for adverse reactions or unexpected medication-related
events.
* Document details of
ADRs in the hypersensitivity section of case notes, the
prescription and administration record, and discharge letters.
Discuss findings and necessary future precautions with the
patient
* Review patients
before discharge to address pharmaceutical care-related issues,
promoting efficient patient flow, considering factors such as
patient education, adherence to medication regimens, seamless care,
discharge prescription accuracy, and review of patients' own
medicines for return or
destruction.
* Adhere to
professional standards, Ramsay policies, and
procedures.
* Demonstrate
punctuality, integrity, and respect for
others.
* Customer Service:
Provide respectful and equitable treatment to all patients and
staff.
* Promote hospital
services positively to internal and external
stakeholders.
* Work
collaboratively within a team and maintain effective communication
with colleagues and
stakeholders.
* Ensure
accurate and legal dispensing and issue of
prescriptions.
* Dispensing
and checking controlled drugs for departmental use and for
discharge
medication.
* Conduct regular
reviews of inpatient prescription charts for clinical and financial
appropriateness.
* Provide
professional advice and patient counselling on medication
use.
* Operate in compliance
with Ramsay Medicines Management Policies and GPhC
standards.
* Adhere to health
and safety policies and participate in mandatory
training.
* Maintain
confidentiality and information security according to company
policies.
Benefits:
* Competitive hourly
rates plus enhancements
* Free
DBS
* Contributory pension
scheme
* Excellent training
and development
opportunities
* Free parking
and subsidised staff restaurant (subject to site
facilities)
* Free
uniform
* Access to Blue Light
Card
About
us
Ramsay
Health Care UK is a well-established global hospital group with
over 50 years’ experience. We are a global provider operating in 11
countries with 77,000 staff who treat 8 million patients each year.
It is well respected within the healthcare industry and is one of
the leading providers of independent hospital services in England.
We are well known for our strong, long-standing relationship with
the NHS.
We love people with a
positive, “can do” attitude who want to make a difference in their
work. "Our employees are Ramsay." The skills and commitment of our
employees forms the basis for our
success.
We know our people
are our greatest asset, our business is growing and we would like
you to join us. “The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that people –
staff and doctors – are Ramsay Health Care’s most important asset
and this has been key to our ongoing
success.
We are proud of our ‘Speak Up for
Safety’ programme and ensure that the patient is at the heart of
everything we do. Join us and have more ‘Time to
Care’.
We are committed to
equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to an
Enhanced DBS
check.
We
value your application and welcome any questions you may have prior
to applying. Please be advised that we reserve the right to close
our advertisements prior to the announced closing date to ensure a
quality recruitment process. Fitzwilliam
Hospital is committed to quality, equality and
opportunity for
all.
We
care.
It’s more than what we
do, it’s who we are. Everything we do is about striving to deliver
the best care. And it's a belief that's as true today as it was
when we welcomed our first patients in 1964.
“The Ramsay Way” culture
recognises that our people are our most important asset and this
has been key to our ongoing
success.
We are
proud to support the UK’s Armed Forces and Reservists and have
already achieved the Silver Award as part of the MOD’s Armed Forces
Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme. The scheme recognises
employers who actively support Defence while encouraging other
organisations to adopt the same behaviours in their workplace. As a
company we are committed to supporting the wider Armed Forces
community and this includes our staff as well as our
patients.
We are
committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is
subject to background and DBS checks.