Senior Clinical Research Pharmacist
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 02 Medi 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | £55,690.00 i £62,682.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £55690.00 - £62682.00 a year |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 21 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Exeter, EX2 5AF |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | C9369-25-0724 |
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Key Working Relationships: Key working relationships will include: People who use our services, relatives and carers and their groups DPT MO team and medicines optimisation link practitioners DPT multi-disciplinary community teams (CMHT and Rehabilitation) including Consultant psychiatrists, other DPT medical and non-medical prescribers, nursing staff, occupational therapists, social workers and psychologists PCN GPs, pharmacy staff and other primary care staff Other specialist Mental Health and Learning Disability pharmacists through specialist interest groups/ clinical supervision network. Responsibility for Patient/Client Care, Treatment and Therapy Provide a highly specialist, clinical pharmacy service to mental health and rehabilitation services to include community mental health/ learning disability and primary care by; Identifying and minimising risks associated with the use of medicines. Contributing to medication care plans and working as an integral member of the multi-professional team Reviewing medication charts and prescription records to ensure that each prescription is appropriate for that person, legal, legible, safe and effective. Identifying drug interactions and adverse effects and addressing issues as appropriate. Advising on the monitoring of medication regarding efficacy, safety and side effects and interpreting physical health monitoring and blood test results. Undertaking medication reviews and drug history reports as required Ensuring that all your interventions are documented in the electronic patient record and communicated according to Trust and/or PCN policy. Educating people who use our services and their carers about medication. Developing, implementing and supporting schemes which promote medicines adherence Promoting seamless care by liaising with GPs, nurses, other specialties and community pharmacists to ensure clear treatment plans, safe and effective prescribing, continued prescribing/ supply arrangements, support with medicines adherence and medicines reconciliation. Providing a medicines information service for community staff (CMHT and PCN) Supporting PCNs with safe practice (e.g. through SOPs) for managing mental health medicines (e.g. depots, clozapine) Once qualified, practice as an independent pharmacist prescriber to provide timely access to treatment in accordance with Trust non-medical prescribing policies Responsibility for Policy and Service Development Implementation Recommends and contributes towards the development, implementation and review of medicines-related policies, clinical protocols, standard operating procedures, prescribing guidelines, practice standards and safety briefings. Ensure adherence to the standards of the Medicines Policy and other MO documentation and report any deviations to unit managers and Deputy Chief Pharmacists and report via the Trust Risk Management System where appropriate. Review all medicines incidents reported via the Trust Risk Management System for your locality each month and contribute to incident reviews and root cause analyses where necessary. Exercise vigilance in the timely identification of risks relating to any aspect of medicine usage. Attend governance meetings (locality meetings and the MOSG) to ensure that risk areas related to medicines are addressed and implement changes to practice where necessary Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other Resources Responsible for ensuring medicines are stored and used in accordance with trust medicines policy. Assist the Medicines Optimisation Prescribing Analyst with the provision of timely and accessible prescribing reports detailing clinical and financial medicines information for clinicians and Trust managers. Advise on measures to improve cost effectiveness within your locality and contribute to Medicines Optimisation cost-improvement initiatives where relevant Provide support to Deputy Chief Pharmacists to present and interpret budgetary information to locality teams to ensure that significant trends and variances are highlighted together with proposals for remedial action Promote cost effective prescribing at an individual level by pointing out cost implications of prescribing decisions at MDTs and ensuring that their own prescribing practice meets these same standards Responsibility for Human Resources, e.g. Supervision, Training, HR Advice and Management They will be managed by the Deputy Chief Pharmacist Clinical Services, but will also report to the Deputy Chief Pharmacist Medicines Safety and Governance, the accountable officer for controlled drugs and the PCN lead for some of their wider team tasks They will deputise for the Deputy Chief Pharmacist where appropriate and attend locality meetings to ensure pharmaceutical issues are considered. They will provide line management for technicians (when delegated by Chief Pharmacy Technician) and pharmacists working within their workstream They will provide clinical supervision for technicians and pharmacists working within their workstream They will be expected to work autonomously with access to support when required. They will delegate tasks to pharmacists, MO technicians, link practitioners and ward staff as appropriate, providing assistance to the technicians where required. They will assist in the development, delivery and audit of medicines related education and training programmes for healthcare staff, including inductions for new staff They will help supervise technicians, pre-registration and diploma pharmacists from acute trust hospitals who come to DPT for experience of working in mental health. Responsibility for Information Resources and Administrative Duties Contribute to the provision of a DPT central medicines helpline telephone service to supply public and staff with answers to their queries during working hours. The use of information, and documentation of queries, must comply with the departments medicines information procedures, ensuring that appropriate records are completed and maintained. Understand the importance of confidentiality as you will have access to private patient information across both primary and secondary care systems. Ensure any entries made in clinical notes are completed in accordance with the DPT or PCN standards for record keeping. Uphold the principles of the use of evidence based medicine and make recommendations in line with the Joint Formulary, DPT prescribing guidelines and other local/ national guidelines (Including NICE recommendations) and national evidence bases e.g. Cochrane. Provide an advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgment when advising staff on complex clinical situations where there are conflicting opinions, where data are lacking or interpretation of clinical trials data is required. Ensure that in the absence of available data, decisions made will withstand public scrutiny and legal challenge. Ensure accurate minutes are taken and recorded for meetings as appropriate and that action logs are followed up. Responsibility for Research and Development Regularly undertake research or development activities as a major job requirement. Ensure that all clinical practice is evidence based. Keep up to date with relevant research in the field in order to evaluate current practice and implement service improvement using quality improvement methodologies. Undertake complex audits using research methodology, including collation of research results Analytical and Judgemental Skills Review prescriptions for appropriateness in light of indication, individual presentation and concomitant medical conditions paying particular attention to specialist, complex regimens. Provide advice on treatment choices, dosages, legality of prescriptions e.g. in relation to the mental health act. Liaise with community teams and PCN practices to review treatment plans in accordance with best practice and current guidelines paying particular attention to specialist, complex regimens. Provide advice on treatment choices, dosages, monitoring and legality of prescriptions e.g. in relation to the mental health act. Ensure all complex medication regimes are evidence-based and challenge prescribers when prescribing is outside current guidelines/best practice Advise prescribers on next steps to take when treating individuals with treatment-resistant presentations Discuss medication regimes with individuals paying particular attention to their understanding of their medicines and using language/leaflets appropriate to the individuals level of understanding Work with the data analyst to analyse local prescribing data to highlight any practice that needs investigating and act accordingly.