Lead Epilepsy Specialist Pharmacist - 7.5hr/weekly
| Posting date: | 20 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £64,337.00 to £74,415.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £64337.00 - £74415.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 July 2025 |
| Location: | Dartford, Kent, DA2 8DA |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9252-25-0198 |
Summary
To provide expert clinical pharmacy input, advice, and knowledge in the area of epilepsy, providing highly specialist advice to consultants, junior doctors, nursing, and pharmacy staff. To be responsible for leading and delivering a highly specialist service for the review of epileptic medicines in the treatment for adult patients. To advise and make clinical recommendations to the neurology and pharmacy to support the treatment of adult patients with epilepsy. To implement the MHRA safety alerts in relation to valproate and topiramate, working under honorary contract across acute providers in Kent and Medway. Support patients with complex medication needs to improve medication safety and outcomes in this patient group. To work in partnership with the Lead Clinical Pharmacist to plan the future development and progress of clinical pharmacy services and medicines optimisation services to the Trust, particularly in light of national and regional directives and guidance, in liaison with the Senior Leadership Team. To lead in the development of medicines optimisation initiatives in epilepsy To monitor the level and standard of professional work undertaken by clinical pharmacy staff in accordance with local KPIs and national competency frameworks. To develop clinical pharmacy services which are targeted at all domains of medicines optimisation, maximising use of patients own drugs, completing medicines reconciliation, focused on discharge and ensuring adherence to policies around safe prescribing and administration. To review and interpret complex literature and present this at The Medicines Committee To provide professional and clinical advice to the multidisciplinary healthcare team, patients and carers, to support individual patient care and medicines optimisation