Specialist Clinical Pharmacist Emergency Department | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 15 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £50,952 - £57,349 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 June 2024 |
| Location: | Nottingham, NG7 2UH |
| Company: | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6275268/164-6275268 |
Summary
We are delighted to invite applicants to join our team of Emergency Department Specialist Clinical Pharmacists within our Urgent and Emergency Care directorate.
This exciting, fixed term/secondment opportunity covering maternity leave has arisen for an experienced clinical pharmacist looking for a new opportunity to develop their clinical, leadership and management skills.
Our ED is one of the busiest and most dynamic in the UK, acting as a major trauma centre for the East Midlands. The incredible job done by the whole team is captured as part of Channel 4’s 24 hours in A&E series.
Our ED believes in the value of having strong Pharmacy support to deliver an expert patient-facing clinical pharmacy service and support embedding medicines optimisation within the MDT. This post will involve working alongside our established specialist ED clinical pharmacists, MMTs and MMA. It will include actively reviewing patients coming into the hospital and have a strong prescribing role. We believe this is a key role for a motivated pharmacist who wants to use their skills to develop the service we provide at the hospital front door.
You will be able to define and deliver optimal patient care with the support of the Pharmacy and wider progressive and dynamic MDT. You will be expected to act as a role model and mentor for junior pharmacists and technicians. You will work alongside clinicians, specialist nurses and ACPs to manage this exciting and quickly changing area.
To lead and develop the pharmacy service to the Emergency Department, in liaison with other Specialist Clinical Pharmacists
To provide clinical input (at specialist level) to the Emergency Department, with specific higher level clinical responsibilities for one or more defined sub-specialties
To work alongside the medical team and Advanced Clinical Practitioner team in prescribing for people being cared for in the Emergency Department
Provide highly complex advice and guidance requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison of options on all issues relating to prescribing and therapeutics in the relevant specialty, where possible in line with national and local guidelines.
Maintain a working knowledge relating to prescribing and therapeutics for all services in the acute medical cluster
To form a key component of the multidisciplinary team in the Emergency Department
With over 19,000 staff,we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH
In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert
Providing an advanced level of clinical pharmacy service to the Emergency Department
Support the Directorate Lead Pharmacist for Urgent and Emergency Care to deliver the ‘best possible clinical pharmacy service’
To line manage and support more junior pharmacists and Medicines Management Technicians in the Urgent and Emergency Care Directorate
Participate in back-up senior on-call rota supporting junior pharmacists
Involvement in education and training of a variety of healthcare professionals including diploma & pre-registration pharmacists, undergraduates and trainee advanced nurse practitioners
Whilst this post is commissioned to be full time (equivalent of 37.5 hours per week) we would welcome applications from those wanting a better work life balance. If you would like to consider this post but on less than full time hours please still apply and outline this on your application form or please contact us for further discussion.
The pharmacy department operates a 7 day shifted working model which will include weekends and Bank Holidays
The post will be based at the Queens Medical Centre
This advert closes on Sunday 26 May 2024