Prescribing Advisor (BCICB) - Prescribing Support Team | The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 04 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £53,755 - £60,504 per annum, pro rata for part time hours |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 04 October 2024 |
| Location: | Wolverhampton, WV1 4PW |
| Company: | Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6617117/225-DIV3-5425321-E |
Summary
The Prescribing Support Team is a high performing, experienced and well established team who work across all GP practices in Wolverhampton Place.
We are now looking for a highly motivated primary care pharmacist to work in the Prescribing Support team (BCICB Pharmacy team).
The team leads on Wolverhampton place prescribing projects and works with the wider Black Country ICB pharmacy teams to develop medicine and prescribing services and strategies.
You will be working at PCN and practice level to support and implement cost effective prescribing and promote effective medicines optimisation and safety.
To work as part of the PST in achieving a pattern of prescribing in primary care that maximises cost effectiveness and minimises risk, while delivering the specifications of the SLA with Wolverhampton place and Black Country ICB.
To promote effective medicines optimisation, providing education and training for healthcare professionals and enabling patients to get more from their medicines.
To undertake and develop clinical audits in order to promote best prescribing practice in line with local and national clinical guidelines and safety advice.
To clinically assess, diagnose and prescribe for complex patients to deliver high quality patient care using cost-effective evidence-based treatments.
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest acute and community providers in the West Midlands, with 960 inpatient beds across the three sites of New Cross Hospital, Cannock Hospital and West Park Hospital. The Trust also provides primary care services through the RWT Primary Care Network. The Prescribing Support Team also provides CCG Pharmacy services across Wolverhampton. It is the largest employer in Wolverhampton, with more than 9400 staff working in more than 350 different roles.
Working for the Trust provides you with opportunities to develop your clinical and leadership skills across multiple sectors of healthcare and access to clinical and management experts in all areas.
The Trust is an organisation which strives to provide high quality and safe care for our patients in an environment which staff are proud to work in. The Trust has been rated 'GOOD' overall by the Care Quality Commission, as well as achieving a good rating in the effective, caring, responsive and well led categories.
There are strong links with both Wolverhampton and Birmingham Universities.
Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for a full detail of role and main responsibilities.
This advert closes on Friday 20 Sep 2024