Lead Pharmacist - Surgery 8b
| Posting date: | 14 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £58,972.00 to £68,525.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £58972.00 - £68525.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 June 2024 |
| Location: | Plymouth, PL6 8DH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9216-24-0869 |
Summary
Responsible to the Lead Associate Chief Pharmacist Clinical Services for strategic planning and delivery of clinical pharmacy services to patients within the Surgery Care Group. Deputises for the Associate Chief Pharmacist Clinical Services along with the other Lead Pharmacists, in their absence as required. Support the Chief Pharmacist / Deputy Chief Pharmacist / Associate Chief Pharmacist in developing, monitoring, and reporting on drug expenditure and medicines budget and the delivery of financial savings as part of the pharmacy CIP. The post holder will be required to represent the clinical pharmacy team and service line at both internal and external committees and forums including the Drug and Therapeutics committee, Medicines Safety Committee, Clinical Governance and Care Group operational meetings as appropriate. Work as a member of the surgery services lines and wider UHP pharmacy team, highly providing specialist clinical pharmacy care to patients across the care group in both the inpatient and outpatient setting. To lead on the implementation of NHSE commissioning decisions relating to the treatment of new technologies across Surgical Care Group and Surgical Care areas, ensuring safe prescribing by the production of protocols and guidelines. Participate in ward rounds, outpatient clinics and relevant MDTs, review prescriptions, challenge treatment choices and communicate highly complex drug and therapeutic information to senior clinicians, senior manager, other professionals, patients, and their carers in order to influence treatment options. To utilise non-medical prescribing and advance practice skills across the care group following collaboration with the MDT. Lead on the monitoring, review, and report on medicines related incidents within Surgery Care Group. To manage, lead and co-ordinate the advanced specialist pharmacists within the surgery care group. In conjunction with the Lead pharmacist for Critical Care, Anaesthetics, Pain and Theatres to support the wider Surgery pharmacy team including advanced specialist (surgery, trauma, orthopaedics, specialist surgery, vascular, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, anticoagulation, dermatology etc) pharmacists, rotational band 6/7 pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in the provision of a safe, effective and efficient clinical pharmacy service in accordance with local and national standards and strategy and to ensure all members of the pharmacy team are trained and competent for their roles. Ensure an appropriate level of clinical pharmacy service is provided to the Surgery Care Group. Configure and implement inductions for pharmacists across Surgery Care areas. Provide education and training to all healthcare professionals including medical students. To act as a role model as a clinical pharmacist and team leader, to pharmacists, technicians, ATOs and all other members of the multidisciplinary team. Practice as a Pharmacist Prescriber / advanced practitioner within a service line within the Surgery Care group working within professional competence and an agreed scope of practice at all times. To engage with Quality Improvement and practice research. Development, implementation, and update of clinical pharmacy policy, relevant to pharmacy practice and medicines in Surgery Care group and surgical care areas. Monitor and evaluate medicines related protocols and guidelines across the Surgery Care group and surgical care areas. Propose policy or service changes which improve services and may have multidisciplinary and resource implications. Assist in the development and implementation of PGDs and non-medical prescribing initiatives, when appropriate. To use your expertise as a pharmacist working within the Surgery Care group and surgical care areas both within the Trust and externally to form working partnerships with other health and social care service providers from across the wider healthcare system. As and advanced specialist pharmacist in your chosen area of practice: - Recommendation of appropriate therapy for individual patients where evidence is not available, controversial evidence exists or other professionals may challenge advice.- Contribute to the organisations wider antimicrobial surveillance programme, implementing local programmes ensuring appropriate antimicrobial prescribing. - Attendance at Consultant/GP, speciality team MDMs. white board/MDT meetings/ward rounds to actively facilitate and provide advice on treatment, including highly complex patients. - Promote compliance by prescribers and other healthcare staff with local/national policies and the South and West Devon Formulary. - Application of highly complex knowledge of the evidence base behind drug therapies used. - Assess clinical requirements of patients as a clinical pharmacist and an independent prescriber through interpretation of clinical data and examination. If required request appropriate tests and examinations for patients directly under your care. - Contribute to pharmaceutical initiatives that help with the seamless transfer of patients between different healthcare settings. Participate in any wider departmental rotas where needed.