Overview
Key role within the pharmacy team delivering services to ambulatory assessment units and outreach team. Post holder will be an active member of pharmacy and sterile services directorate and ambulatory and virtual ward clinical service unit to provide patient‑centred care to a high standard in accordance with OUH values. The post holder will need to be flexible and open to working across different settings.
Responsibilities
1. Provide a clinical pharmacy service to the ambulatory clinical areas including AAU, RAU and AOT covering CMDU, Hospital at Home and COPAT.
2. Support the development, implementation and management of home‑administered antibody therapies for the treatment of Covid‑19.
3. Serve as a medicines expert within ambulatory services, providing support on safe storage, patient medication choices, monitoring and developments; support the development of the service, and deputise for the Lead Pharmacist as needed including line‑management roles.
4. Work closely with the pharmacy team lead for ambulatory care on the implementation, review and audit of ward‑based and at‑home pharmacy services and new technology.
5. Provide specialist advice and counselling to patients on the ward and via telemedicine consultations.
6. Support AAU satellite pharmacy services with ward‑based technicians.
7. Act as pharmacy representative within ambulatory care, liaise with service dispensaries to promote understanding of AOT services and support related changes and developments.
8. Ensure medicines are used safely and cost‑effectively in accordance with Trust policy, SOPs, and legislation.
9. Provide ward‑based clinical pharmacy service:
o Individual prescription review, confirm medication history, advise on dosage, side‑effects, monitoring, administration, endorse prescriptions.
o Monitor effect, educate patients.
10. Communicate with other pharmacists to ensure efficient transfer of care and resident weekend pharmacist information.
11. Plan discharge, including accreditation of discharge prescriptions.
12. Participate in ward rounds, clinical meetings or outpatient clinics to provide pharmaceutical advice to prescribers and other healthcare professionals.
13. Use available information to influence prescribers and ensure cost‑effective choice of therapy.
14. Liaise with external agencies (e.g., Baxter, home‑care companies) to ensure safe, timely and appropriate supply.
15. Update and maintain patient records in compliance with information governance.
16. Provide clinical pharmacy cover to other ward areas on a reciprocal basis.
17. Monitor medicines use within the ward area, record significant clinical interventions and risk management:
o Participate in investigating incidents.
o Record near misses.
o Ensure compliance with legislation and policies.
18. Monitor prescribing and drug expenditure, provide reports and advice on cost containment.
19. When scope of practice identified, train to become an NMP and prescribe under OUH policy.
20. Support development and implementation of treatment protocols and guidelines.
21. Contribute to specialist interest groups and conferences/meetings.
22. Act as knowledge base/resource for the specialist area and keep up to date.
23. Support strategic developments (e.g., electronic prescribing, discharge processes, technician checking).
24. Contribute to planning and coordination of clinical pharmacy initiatives such as discharge planning, prescribing protocols, consultant ward rounds.
25. Implement clinical governance plans.
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