Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic clinical pharmacist to join our forward-thinking, patient-focused Orthopaedic team to provide an enhanced service for orthopaedic elective and trauma patients.
We welcome applications from motivated and driven Pharmacists with excellent clinical and communication skills. You must be efficient, organised, able to work as a team and autonomously and also be innovative and resourceful. It is an exciting role that will require interaction with a variety of people, including patients, specialist nurses, orthopaedic nurse practitioners, surgical care practitioners, doctors, and consultants.
NNUH is currently the busiest Trauma Unit in the East of England caring for almost 850 trauma patients annually many with complex care needs. We are enhancing our urgent and emergency care specialist services for patients with significant injuries as a result of trauma and have an ambition to become a Major Trauma Centre.
The Pharmacy Department is at the forefront of healthcare delivery with a strong focus on medicines management and innovative pharmaceutical practice. It is challenging the current professional roles resulting in a number of innovative pharmacy-led developments and new posts. This offers exciting opportunities for professional development at the leading edge for pharmacists.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic and ambitious pharmacist to work alongside the Lead Orthopaedic pharmacist to manage our Orthopaedic team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, working alongside our Nurse Practitioners and Surgical Care Practitioners who are both ward and theatre based providing an enhanced service for elective and trauma patients
You will join a team responsible for the pre-operative assessment clinics and prescribing/transcribing services on the orthopaedic inpatient wards.
This involves providing a comprehensive service including
1. Pre-assessment
2. Counselling patients
3. Writing the electronic drug charts in preparation for the patient's admission.
4. Medicines optimisations
5. Prescribing for all inpatients,
6. Completing electronic drug charts for emergency admissions
7. Writing discharge prescriptions
8. Therapeutic drug monitoring
9. Audit and quality improvement projects
Suitable applicants who are not prescribers will be supported to successfully complete a prescribing qualification.
This is an exciting and progressive role which is continuously adapting to meet and enhance the care provided to our patients; ensuring local and national targets are met and driving patient flow through the hospital.
At NNUH it is our privilege to provide healthcare to over one million people across Norfolk and surrounding areas. Our vision is to 'provide the best care for every patient', and if this inspires you and you share our values, we really want you to join our team
About us
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
10. Flexible working hours
11. Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
12. Multi Faith prayer room
13. Discounted gym memberships
14. Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
15. Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
16. Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
17. Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
18. On-site Nursery
19. On-site cafes offering staff discounts
20. Support in career development
21. Flexible staff bank
22. Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description for full details of the role, and use your supporting statement to confirm how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the job specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
23. Current Pharmacist listing on the Register of Pharmaceutical Chemists with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB)
24. Master of Pharmacy
Experience
Essential
25. Extensive experience of working in hospital pharmacy
26. Specialist knowledge and experience around trauma and orthopaedics
Skills
Essential
27. Common touch - Relates well at all levels within the NHS
28. Knowledge of national guidelines relating to medicines and pharmaceutical practice
Attitude, aptitude
Essential
29. Able to work as part of a team or as an individual with a flexible approach to duties
30. Adaptable and innovative in approach to work and projects
31. Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
32. Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion