Band 7 Pharmacist

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Job summary

Why might this job interest you?

Are you a skilled and compassionate Pharmacist ready to play a crucial role in patient care? Join our team at Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust and help us make a difference!

Main duties of the job

Delivering and developing clinical pharmacy services at the Princess Alexandra Hospital is a key aspect of this role. Providing a patient-focused clinical pharmacy service involves taking responsibility for achieving the therapeutic goals of both patients and prescribers. Monitoring prescriptions ensures safe, cost-effective, and evidence-based prescribing while actively promoting compliance with the Formulary.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Job description

  • Screening drug charts, TTAs, and outpatient prescriptions in the dispensary to ensure safe, effective, and evidence-based prescribing.

  • Providing patient counselling on medications to support adherence and understanding of treatment plans. Offering expert pharmaceutical advice to doctors and nurses to optimize patient care.

  • Conducting clinical interventions to ensure appropriate medication use and address any prescribing concerns. Achieve objectives agreed at individual performance review.

  • Assist with providing advice, information, and the preparation of reports for healthcare committees if nominated to do so. Co-operate with Medicines Information staff in responding to information requests arising from the Clinical Services.

  • Record Clinical Pharmacy Interventions in line with departmental policy and report any drug errors detected to the line manager, ensuring the appropriate incident report form is completed.

  • Undertake controlled drug checks regularly in accordance with trust policy and carry out audit projects to assess prescribing practice and adherence to guidelines with the aim of improving patient care.

  • Comply with Pharmacy and other Trust policies, adhere to the Code of Ethics of The General Pharmaceutical Council, and undertake any other reasonable duties within the framework of the post as directed by the Lead Clinical Pharmacist, Deputy Chief Pharmacist, or Chief Pharmacist.

    Person Specification & Qualifications

  • Masters Degree MPharm (or equivalent)

  • Competency assessed and examined professional registration with the GPhC

  • Ward-based experience in an Acute NHS Hospital.

    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 NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

    Employer name

    NHS Professionals Limited

    Address

    Princess Alexandra Hospital

    Hamstel Road

    Harlow

    Essex

    CM20 1QX

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