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Lead Pharmacist - Education & Training
| Posting date: | 01 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | £50,952.00 to £57,349.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £50952.00 - £57349.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 July 2024 |
| Location: | Swindon, SN3 6BB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9249-24-0540 |
Summary
Education & Training1. To lead and develop the Pharmacy education and training programme.2. To educate, maintain and develop a team and specialty-based model for clinical pharmacy service provision.3. To regularly meet with the Pharmacy Clinical Services Manager and education and training and workforce lead.4. Provide and support the on-going education, training and professional development of clinical Pharmacy staff. This includes supervision, training and support to junior pharmacists, trainee pharmacists and other pharmacy staff as necessary5. To provide teaching of clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice to undergraduate M Pharm students, student nurses, student doctors and qualified healthcare professionals. Teaching will include lectures,practical classes / tutorials and supervising research projects.6. To plan and facilitate the trainee pharmacists 12-month programme at GWH, and act as a trainee pharmacist designated supervisor if required.7. To co-ordinate and manage the post-graduate pharmacy clinical diploma pharmacists including applications for funding, supporting training of diploma pharmacists and act as a diploma mentor.8. To develop summer or vacation hospital placements at GWH for pharmacy undergraduates, promoting the hospital Pharmacy sector as a career choice.9. To prepare business cases to support Education and Training Pharmacy developments10. To arrange and/or deliver relevant departmental meetings that will enable staff to be brought up to date on current issues and provide education on medicines issues. Clinical Pharmacy1. Act as an advanced Pharmacy practitioner for acute medicine, to plan the care and identify areas of concern related to medicine use in a specialty.2. To provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service to patients in acute medicine in line with clinical pharmacy standards and objectives3. Clinically checking all prescriptions before dispensing and referring to the prescriber any unusual doses, potential drug interactions or incompatibilities for confirmation or revision before authorising dispensing.4. Assist in clinical decision making to ensure patient safety and medication effectiveness through the medicines optimisation agenda.5. Discussing with patients any issues about their medication and liaising with other health care professionals in Primary and Secondary Care as appropriate.6. Review results of external audit related to patient care and develop action plan as necessary.7. To be/ become an Independent Prescriber (IP) and to continue to develop the role of pharmacist independent prescriber within the Trust.8. To be/ become a designated prescribing practitioner for pharmacist prescriber trainees9. Contribute to the strategic development of pharmacy services and lead by example to enhance the Pharmacy Service reputation both at a local and national level.10. To deputise for the Deputy Clinical Pharmacy Manager, lead for medicine.11. To collaborate in the development of Integrated Care Pathways, clinical guidelines, StandardOperating Procedures, Patient Group Directions and any other required policies within the Pharmacy department Please find attached a full job description and personal specification