Advanced Specialist Pharmacist
| Posting date: | 14 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 June 2024 |
| Location: | Stoke on Trent, ST1 3DT |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9205-24-0801 |
Summary
Role Summary Clinical Service Delivery (UHNM) Identification, reporting and monitoring of medicines related adverse incidents and interventions arising from the Virtual ward and support the CRIS/Virtual Ward to share learning and prevent recurrence. Provide advice and education to patients on the correct use of medication and ensure that directions associated with medications are Proactively signpost and refer patients to external agencies for follow up and further support if necessary. Encourage compliance with the national, regional, and local clinical guidelines, Antimicrobial Guidelines and the prescribing formulary at all times to promote rational and economic prescribing. Provide guidance to the Virtual Ward Services on relevant medicines legislation and Trust policies and ensure all staff prescribing, supplying or administering medicines conform with these. Aid with the production of policies, procedures, guidelines, and Patient Group Directions to assist in the smooth delivery of medicines optimisation to patients being cared for by the Virtual Ward Service. Lead and participate in medicines and pharmacy related audits and continuous quality improvement projects relevant to Virtual Ward Service. To contribute to communications across the Trust in relation to Virtual Ward processes and procedures for transferring medicines/prescribing at the point of transfer and pharmacy staff are familiar with ongoing requirements for medicines. Monitoring expenditure on drugs and providing feedback (including transportation of medicines to patients h addresses) To improve communication between primary and secondary care by ensuring discharge letters contain accurate information relating to medicines and use of the Discharge Medicines Service To provide advice and training to other health care staff, including medical and nursing staff, in relation to medicines use on the Virtual Ward. Deliver a high quality patient focused clinical pharmacy service to any allocated ward/clinical area. This includes: proactive engagement with clinicians and the wider multi-disciplinary team (MDT); delivery of medicines optimisation, governance and safety initiatives; supporting patient flow for both in-patient and out-patient areas Undertake ward rounds and/or patients reviews using the clinical prioritisation tool. This may be in ward or clinic settings Ensuring that clinical pharmacy workload activities are recorded and regularly reviewed to inform service developments and quality improvements. Ensure that all medicines related policies are embedded into routine practice and support the clinical governance, risk management and medicines safety agenda. This includes preparation for Care Quality Commission inspections and a remedial action plan implementation. Proactively support the antimicrobial and antifungal stewardship agenda within the Trust via implementation of guidelines, undertaking audits and recommended actions and initiatives to minimise consumption and resistance patterns. Work with the Advanced Specialist Pharmacist Commissioning and Best Value Medicines to implement commissioning requirements regarding PBr excluded / Cancer Drug Fund medicines including Blueteq completion, clinical service specifications, free of charge medicines and CQUINs. Support the managed entry of new Review the clinical evidence base to support the use of any new antimicrobial and antifungal agents relevant to their ward and their inclusion on the local health economy formulary. This will be done in conjunction with the Pharmacy Directorate Clinical Information Team and will include cost effectiveness and financial forecasting. Commitment to undertake initiatives to support quality improvement initiatives and the change agenda within Pharmacy Undertaking medicines related audits and practice research to improve service delivery and Role Summary Other Proactively contribute and support the implementation of the: Pharmacy Workforce Development Strategy, Pharmacy Directorate Annual Business Plan; UHNM Medicines Optimisation and Clinical Strategy; and digital medicines roadmap including electronic prescribing and administration medicines. Proactively contribute to effective team working via: regular communication and engagement with all members of the pharmacy and MDT team; forward planning and sharing of ideas; celebrating success; learning lessons from adverse incidents and proactively addressing feedback from service users and Effectively manage, support and develop any junior pharmacists, trainee pharmacists and / or pharmacy technicians through implementation of relevant Trust Human Resources Policies, acting as a role model and undertaking meaningful peer review. Commitment to staff engagement and well-being initiatives to support improvement of national Staff Survey results within Directorate. Take every opportunity to positively promote the Pharmacy Directorate at UHNM through practice research including the publication of abstracts and articles in peer reviewed journals and regional / National Support delivery of clinical placements for Stage 3 and Stage 4 MPharm students Working closely with colleagues in developing and delivering the placement program, reinforcing appropriate linkages within an integrated curriculum. Contributing to undergraduate teaching in areas appropriate to their personal expertise through the development of clinical case studies and review of course content, and to supervise undergraduate Working with the university and secondary care colleagues in developing assessment tools to measure the performance of students on