Overview
Is it time to take your clinical pharmacy skills to the next level? We provide local services to the Preston and Chorley areas and specialist services to Lancashire and South Cumbria. These include tertiary specialties: Renal, Oncology and Neurosciences; high risk areas: Neonatal, Critical Care, Respiratory Medicine, TPN; high turnover: Medical and Surgical admissions, Obstetrics and Paediatrics. Each rotation is designed to allow you to utilise your skills as a fully independent practitioner while developing them for your specialist area under the supervision of experienced senior leads.
Responsibilities
* Communicate effectively with other healthcare professionals, members of the pharmacy team and patients regarding the provision of medicines, the legislation and safety of medicinal products, and the reporting of clinical incidents.
* Provide advice to medical, nursing and other health care professionals on the actions and uses of drugs and their safe and effective use, including patients with complex pharmaceutical needs.
* Provide advice to patients and carers to enhance their understanding of their medicines and promote adherence.
* Undertake line‑management duties to support the development of junior staff, appraising staff as per Trust policy and identifying training and development needs.
* Take responsibility for personal Continuing Professional Development in line with department and professional guidance, including undertaking all mandatory training required for the role.
* Contribute to the monitoring and evaluation of clinical pharmacy services for patients admitted to your area of responsibility and identify ways these services can be improved; develop guidelines for use in Pharmacy and the speciality to support this.
* Support the implementation of local and national medicines‑related guidance, including NICE guidelines and National Service Frameworks, within the speciality to ensure evidence‑based medicine is practised.
* Provide on‑call service (remunerated per session), weekend and Bank Holiday work, including participation in a weekend rota.
Qualifications
You will have completed or have started a Clinical Diploma with a minimum of one year completed and 24 months experience in hospital pharmacy. All our specialist pharmacists are given the opportunity to complete their NMP qualification.
Benefits & Development
The pharmacy department is progressive, motivated and welcoming. All band 7 pharmacists are given the opportunity to undertake the Trust core management skills and develop as both leaders and line managers.
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