Location
England | United Kingdom
Job description
Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated a nd award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.8/5 and over 500+ reviews is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Clinical Pharmacistto work in Isle of Wight on a full-time basis.
The salary for this permanent Clinical Pharmacistjob is £35,390 - £42,620 per annum.
Main Duties:
- Individualisation of drug therapy to the needs of the patient with respect to the patient’s capacity to self-manage and their understanding of newly prescribed medicines.
- Assessment of patients identified as suitable for self-administration of medicines and monitor progress / problems.
- Provision of pharmacist review to support the introduction of new drugs onto the formulary.
- Provision of support in the development of patient group directions, integrated care pathways, NICE implementation and audit, and protocols within areas of practice.
- Respond to in-patient audit regarding waiting times, and information received by patients and carers either written or verbal regarding their medicines, side effects and instructions.
- Support the audit of safe storage of medicines at ward level. 3. Planning and Organising
- Ensure drug history taking or medicines reconciliation is carried out in a timely manner.
- Ensure timely supply of medication to in-patients to avoid missed-doses.
- Promote timely production of discharge prescriptions (TTAs) ensuring legality, clarity and completeness of patient details and medicines prescribed.
- Provide support to the management of dispensary pharmacist cover.
- Provide support to the Chemotherapy Services team in the clinical screening of prescriptions and checking of dispensed products.
- Provide support to the Medicines Advice Helpline.
- Provide support to all Senior Pharmacists on a rotational basis, through the rotational programme to gain underpinning knowledge, skills and competencies in all areas of pharmacist practice.
- Attendance on Consultant ward rounds.
- Participate in the internal rota schemes that operate.
- Patient and Client Care
- To Undertake Clinical Pharmacist duties ensuring:
- The ability to deal with all patients and healthcare personnel in a sympathetic and professional manner.
- Providing pharmacist support to wards to ensure accurate drug history and allergies / sensitivities recording by communication with all relevant healthcare professions and the patient / carers.
- Amendment of prescriptions in accordance with departmental guidance.
- The implementation of local prescribing policies and formulary recommendations.
- Assessment of appropriateness of use of patient’s own medication in accordance with departmental policies.
- Timely drug history taking or Medicines Reconciliation to identify ADRs or non-adherence to drug therapy as a cause of admission, and to prevent interrupted or inappropriate drug therapy compromising Patient Safety.
- Transcribing of an accurate drug history onto EPMA following procedure as part of the MDT.
Requirements of the Clinical Pharmacist:
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy.
- Registration with GPhC.
- General level of knowledge in clinical issues and therapeutic drug monitoring.
- Evidence of competency / CPD portfolio in line with GPHC requirements.
- IT literate and aware.
- Aware of current legislation and professional ethics and practice, with ability to apply.
- Awareness of current practice and policy affecting pharmacy practice in the NHS.
Contact:
This Clinical Pharmacistjob is advertised by Craig Osborne; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or re quire any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
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