Rotational Pharmacist fixed term

Job description

Job summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic and clinically committed pharmacist to join our team on a 12 month fixed term basis to provide clinical pharmacist services to ward, dispensary and cancer services teams.

You will:

• Gain experience across a range of specialist services through 4-month rotations.
• Work as the medicines expert within multidisciplinary teams.
• Support safe and timely patient discharge, including the Discharge Medicines Service.
• Develop clinical decision-making skills through medicines optimisation, medicines information and on-call services.

Support and Development

We are committed to helping you achieve your career goals through:

• Tailored rotational training and personalised learning objectives.
• Dedicated clinical supervision, coaching and mentoring.
• Regular development reviews.
• Opportunities to lead audits, contribute to guideline development and support incident reviews.
• Monthly education sessions and peer learning forums.
• Protected time for professional development.

Main duties of the job

Provide Medication History Taking, Medicines Reconciliation, provision of Patient Information and Counselling and ward-based discharge to an allocated clinical ward or area according to the rotation utilising the trusts electronic prescribing and notes system

Deliver pharmaceutical care to patients; recommend, substantiate and communicate best therapeutic options for patients and implement changes in prescribing practice to ensure evidence-based medicine is followed as appropriate.

Undertake clinical audit of medicine use and pharmacy services within WAHT

Provide the clinical professional check on prescriptions dispensed within the dispensary, ensuring that the Trust high cost drug procedure and Trust Formulary is adhered to.

Provide day to day clinical supervision for pre-registration pharmacy graduates, technical pharmacy staff and students as assigned.

Provide clinical pharmacy teaching to pharmacy, medical and nursing staff

Provide weekend pharmacy services including on call on rotation.

About us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a largeacute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acuteservices to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to alarger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services fromthree sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and ourcaring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centredcare. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people towork with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin oureveryday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewiseaccreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible workingwithin our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring aDBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in SupportingInformation section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provideclinical pharmacy services on rotation to the medical, surgical, urgent careand paediatric wards on rotation underthe clinical supervision of Lead Specialist Pharmacists.

Providespecialised pharmaceutical advice concerning the care of patients and undertakepharmaceutical risk management for the Units where duties are being carriedout.

Ensurecompliance with medicines legislation, the Trust Medicines Policy, andmedicines related national and local guidelines within the Units where dutiesare being carried out.

Beaccountable for his or her own professional actions guided by appropriatetechnical and professional SOPs and associated policies, national directives,standards, guidelines, senior pharmacist colleagues, and the post-holders ownspecialised knowledge.

Planhis or her duties and prioritise workload where duties are being carried outaccording to the needs of patients, medical and nursing staff in order tocomplete the following within the time available:

Analysingpatients individual pharmaceutical care needs

Identifyingand correcting prescribing errors/unclear prescriptions with medical staff.

Advisingprescribers on doses, side effects, alternative treatments

Communicatecomplex pharmaceutical recommendations and advice concerning patientstreatment effectively to medical and nursing staff and other health careprofessionals.

Interviewnewly admitted patients to construct an accurate medication history, assesscompliance/concordance issues, and:

Reviewinformation against the admission details and prescription chart.

Identifyto medical staff any potential or actual medicines-related hospital admissionsor associated issues and outline any required action to resolve identifieddiscrepancies.

Constructpharmaceutical care plans for patients, assess and monitor clinical progressand outcome with regard to their medication and actively intervene to ensurethat patients receive optimal care with minimal side effects.

MonitorTPN on a daily basis against individual patients need and clinical condition.

Assesspatients discharge information requirements as early as possible in theadmission stay to be able to prepare information on medicines for them based onindividual need.

Assistwith the therapeutic blood monitoring of identified drugs within thepost-holders clinical area including:

Initialpatient assessment and initiation of appropriate loading or starting doses

Completionof digital request cards for level assaying

Interpretationof blood level results and subsequent adjustment of the patients dose ofmedicine and amendment of the patients prescription in order to optimise thebeneficial results of therapy whilst minimising any potential toxicity.

UseMS Word, Excel and Powerpoint to produce patient information, information formedical and nursing staff, audits and project reports.

Provisionof Information and Counselling:

Thepost holder will:

Advisemedical, nursing and technical pharmacy staff on the safe and appropriatemanagement of medicines together with the safe handling and disposal ofmedicines including those which are noxious or harmful.

Adviseall health care professionals on storage, stability, compatibility and expiryissues regarding medicines.

Assistin the provision of medicines information to consultants, GeneralPractitioners, medical, nursing and pharmacy staff on all aspects of medicinesand therapy with medicines for individual patients and patient groups.

Counseland provide information about their medicines to patients with complex needs such as a physical disability which may affect information requirements or language difficulties.

Provisionof Professional Dispensary Services:

Thepost holder will be responsible for:

Providingon a rotational basis the clinical pharmacist check on all prescriptionsdispensed by the Dispensary. This will require the scrutiny of prescriptionsfrom medical and other practitioners to ensure they are accurate, appropriatefor the patients needs, legal and cost-effective with respect to:

oAppropriatetherapeutic selection of medicines

oAppropriatedose, frequency and quantity

oAvoidanceof potentially harmful drug-drug interactions or side effects

oAdherenceto the Trust Formulary, unlicensed medicines policy and high cost drugprocedures.

Questioningand challenging the prescriptions of prescribers whenever the post holderperceives it to be professionally appropriate and in the best interests of thepatient.

Ensuringthe accurate dispensing and documentation of clinical trial material asrequested.

Usethe Pharmacy Computer System to query the availability, location and cost ofmedicines, and to dispense and supply medicines.

Usethe Electronic Discharge System for processing discharge prescriptions

Provisionof cancer services:

Provideon a rotational basis the professional checking of chemotherapy prescriptionsfor patients. This will require the scrutiny of prescriptions from oncologistsand haematologists to ensure they are

accurate,appropriate for the patients needs and supplied within appropriatecommissioning frameworks with respect to:

Appropriatetherapeutic selection of medicines

Appropriatedose, frequency and quantity

Avoidanceof potentially harmful drug-drug interactions or side effects

Adherenceto the Trust Formulary, unlicensed medicines policy and high cost drugprocedures.

Questioningand challenging the prescriptions of prescribers whenever the post holderperceives it to be professionally appropriate and in the best interests of thepatient.

Pre-checkand release chemotherapy in the aseptic units of the trust ensuring compliancewith GMP.

Usethe Electronic prescribing system as required to facilitate management ofchemotherapy patients.

Managerialresponsibilities:

Thepost holder will:

Provideday to day clinical supervision for pre-registration pharmacy graduates,pharmacy technicians, assistant pharmacy technicians, and students within theWRH dispensary and other pharmacy services.

FinancialResponsibilities:

Thepost-holder will:

Helpto maintain the security of medicines and supplies within the PharmacyDepartment.

Undertakeregular statutory checks of Controlled Drugs on hospital wards.

Provideadvice and support to their allocated wards in relation to the Safe and SecureHandling of medicines

Provisionof Education, Training and CPD:

Thepost holder will be responsible for:

Agreeingservice and personal objectives with their line manager and being responsiblefor self audit to demonstrate both achievement of objectives and evidence ofvalue to the Directorate or Trust.

Identifypersonal training and development required to ensure the quality of theservice.

Agreeingand completing a yearly training plan with the line manager in line withPDR objectives

OtherOperational Responsibilities:

Thepost holder will:

Assistin the delivery of the pharmacy departments dispensing and other operational,and clinical, services as required to meet the needs of the service:

Accurately,with no margin for error, dispense and prepare medicines ensuring doses are correctand accurately weighed, measured and or counted.

Enterpatient details on the Pharmacy Computer System from prescriptions of doctorsand other practitioners and produce medicine labels.

Checkmedicines that other pharmacy staff have dispensed and prepared to ensure they havebeen dispensed correctly.

Participatein the Weekend service and additionally in the Bank Holiday rota.

Undertakeemergency duties of a pharmaceutical nature integral to fulfilling an EmergencyDuty Commitment, on a rota with other pharmacists at WAHT.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Provideclinical pharmacy services on rotation to the medical, surgical, urgent careand paediatric wards on rotation underthe clinical supervision of Lead Specialist Pharmacists.

Providespecialised pharmaceutical advice concerning the care of patients and undertakepharmaceutical risk management for the Units where duties are being carriedout.

Ensurecompliance with medicines legislation, the Trust Medicines Policy, andmedicines related national and local guidelines within the Units where dutiesare being carried out.

Beaccountable for his or her own professional actions guided by appropriatetechnical and professional SOPs and associated policies, national directives,standards, guidelines, senior pharmacist colleagues, and the post-holders ownspecialised knowledge.

Planhis or her duties and prioritise workload where duties are being carried outaccording to the needs of patients, medical and nursing staff in order tocomplete the following within the time available:

Analysingpatients individual pharmaceutical care needs

Identifyingand correcting prescribing errors/unclear prescriptions with medical staff.

Advisingprescribers on doses, side effects, alternative treatments

Communicatecomplex pharmaceutical recommendations and advice concerning patientstreatment effectively to medical and nursing staff and other health careprofessionals.

Interviewnewly admitted patients to construct an accurate medication history, assesscompliance/concordance issues, and:

Reviewinformation against the admission details and prescription chart.

Identifyto medical staff any potential or actual medicines-related hospital admissionsor associated issues and outline any required action to resolve identifieddiscrepancies.

Constructpharmaceutical care plans for patients, assess and monitor clinical progressand outcome with regard to their medication and actively intervene to ensurethat patients receive optimal care with minimal side effects.

MonitorTPN on a daily basis against individual patients need and clinical condition.

Assesspatients discharge information requirements as early as possible in theadmission stay to be able to prepare information on medicines for them based onindividual need.

Assistwith the therapeutic blood monitoring of identified drugs within thepost-holders clinical area including:

Initialpatient assessment and initiation of appropriate loading or starting doses

Completionof digital request cards for level assaying

Interpretationof blood level results and subsequent adjustment of the patients dose ofmedicine and amendment of the patients prescription in order to optimise thebeneficial results of therapy whilst minimising any potential toxicity.

UseMS Word, Excel and Powerpoint to produce patient information, information formedical and nursing staff, audits and project reports.

Provisionof Information and Counselling:

Thepost holder will:

Advisemedical, nursing and technical pharmacy staff on the safe and appropriatemanagement of medicines together with the safe handling and disposal ofmedicines including those which are noxious or harmful.

Adviseall health care professionals on storage, stability, compatibility and expiryissues regarding medicines.

Assistin the provision of medicines information to consultants, GeneralPractitioners, medical, nursing and pharmacy staff on all aspects of medicinesand therapy with medicines for individual patients and patient groups.

Counseland provide information about their medicines to patients with complex needs such as a physical disability which may affect information requirements or language difficulties.

Provisionof Professional Dispensary Services:

Thepost holder will be responsible for:

Providingon a rotational basis the clinical pharmacist check on all prescriptionsdispensed by the Dispensary. This will require the scrutiny of prescriptionsfrom medical and other practitioners to ensure they are accurate, appropriatefor the patients needs, legal and cost-effective with respect to:

oAppropriatetherapeutic selection of medicines

oAppropriatedose, frequency and quantity

oAvoidanceof potentially harmful drug-drug interactions or side effects

oAdherenceto the Trust Formulary, unlicensed medicines policy and high cost drugprocedures.

Questioningand challenging the prescriptions of prescribers whenever the post holderperceives it to be professionally appropriate and in the best interests of thepatient.

Ensuringthe accurate dispensing and documentation of clinical trial material asrequested.

Usethe Pharmacy Computer System to query the availability, location and cost ofmedicines, and to dispense and supply medicines.

Usethe Electronic Discharge System for processing discharge prescriptions

Provisionof cancer services:

Provideon a rotational basis the professional checking of chemotherapy prescriptionsfor patients. This will require the scrutiny of prescriptions from oncologistsand haematologists to ensure they are

accurate,appropriate for the patients needs and supplied within appropriatecommissioning frameworks with respect to:

Appropriatetherapeutic selection of medicines

Appropriatedose, frequency and quantity

Avoidanceof potentially harmful drug-drug interactions or side effects

Adherenceto the Trust Formulary, unlicensed medicines policy and high cost drugprocedures.

Questioningand challenging the prescriptions of prescribers whenever the post holderperceives it to be professionally appropriate and in the best interests of thepatient.

Pre-checkand release chemotherapy in the aseptic units of the trust ensuring compliancewith GMP.

Usethe Electronic prescribing system as required to facilitate management ofchemotherapy patients.

Managerialresponsibilities:

Thepost holder will:

Provideday to day clinical supervision for pre-registration pharmacy graduates,pharmacy technicians, assistant pharmacy technicians, and students within theWRH dispensary and other pharmacy services.

FinancialResponsibilities:

Thepost-holder will:

Helpto maintain the security of medicines and supplies within the PharmacyDepartment.

Undertakeregular statutory checks of Controlled Drugs on hospital wards.

Provideadvice and support to their allocated wards in relation to the Safe and SecureHandling of medicines

Provisionof Education, Training and CPD:

Thepost holder will be responsible for:

Agreeingservice and personal objectives with their line manager and being responsiblefor self audit to demonstrate both achievement of objectives and evidence ofvalue to the Directorate or Trust.

Identifypersonal training and development required to ensure the quality of theservice.

Agreeingand completing a yearly training plan with the line manager in line withPDR objectives

OtherOperational Responsibilities:

Thepost holder will:

Assistin the delivery of the pharmacy departments dispensing and other operational,and clinical, services as required to meet the needs of the service:

Accurately,with no margin for error, dispense and prepare medicines ensuring doses are correctand accurately weighed, measured and or counted.

Enterpatient details on the Pharmacy Computer System from prescriptions of doctorsand other practitioners and produce medicine labels.

Checkmedicines that other pharmacy staff have dispensed and prepared to ensure they havebeen dispensed correctly.

Participatein the Weekend service and additionally in the Bank Holiday rota.

Undertakeemergency duties of a pharmaceutical nature integral to fulfilling an EmergencyDuty Commitment, on a rota with other pharmacists at WAHT.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional knowledge acquired through a vocational degree in pharmacy
• Currently Registered as member of the GPhC
• Currently meeting the GPhC standard for continuing professional development.

Experience

Essential

• Current experience of successfully delivering NHS pharmacy services to a range of general and specialist areas

Desirable

• Experience of delivering NHS pharmacy services in a secondary care environment

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Can demonstrate commitment to delivering the best possible services to patients and the trust.
• Able to meet deadlines and manage time effectively
• Able to work well on own initiative and effectively within a team to deliver best possible care
• Able to communicate information about medicines when there are barriers to understanding

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Professional knowledge acquired through a vocational degree in pharmacy
• Currently Registered as member of the GPhC
• Currently meeting the GPhC standard for continuing professional development.

Experience

Essential

• Current experience of successfully delivering NHS pharmacy services to a range of general and specialist areas

Desirable

• Experience of delivering NHS pharmacy services in a secondary care environment

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Can demonstrate commitment to delivering the best possible services to patients and the trust.
• Able to meet deadlines and manage time effectively
• Able to work well on own initiative and effectively within a team to deliver best possible care
• Able to communicate information about medicines when there are barriers to understanding

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

United Kingdom

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