Lead Pharmacist

7 days ago

SouthendonSea, Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

We are looking for a lead pharmacist for our Antimicrobial Pharmacy Service at Southend hospital.

This is a great opportunity for a highly motivated, open minded and dynamic pharmacist who is an excellent communicator with strong interpersonal / relationship building skills.

You will lead the pharmacy clinical service within the AMS team at the Southend Hospital site, supporting the Trust's Principal Pharmacist to support the development of a culture that reduces associated infection and supports excellence in antimicrobial prescribing. You will help develop and implement training programmes and policies related to AMS, liaising with Trust's consultants on all 3 sites. You will lead, plan and undertake audits on compliance with local policies and antmicrobial prescribing and identify potential cost savings associated with AMS within the Trust.

You will work closely with the other lead antimicrobial pharmacists based at the other Trust sites at Basildon and Broomfield hospitals.

The successful candidate will need to be an experienced pharmacist that has worked across a variety of clinical areas and is now ready to specialise in antimicrobials. You will have experience in service delivery and management and a proven track record of delivering change within dynamic environments. An independent prescribing qualification is desirable but not essential.

Main duties of the job

Providing a clinical service to the wards, discharge and outpatients service Attend clinical ward rounds, clinical and multidisciplinary meetings as appropriate Regularly record clinical interventions and activities. Provide specialist pharmaceutical information and advice to medical, nursing and other staff within the Trust where appropriate. Promote the safe, appropriate and economic use of drugs. Counsel and advise patients on the appropriate and effective use of medicines. Take part in the emergency On-call Pharmacist rota. Working alone as the On call Pharmacist, you will provide: medicines information, advice and supply out of hours, including sourcing of urgently required drugs from external suppliers and other hospitals. To support the Trust Medication Safety Officer and Pharmacy Risk andGovernance Team with the medicines optimisation and governance agenda. Monitor the safe and secure storage of medication both within the pharmacy department and on the wards. Implement local and national guidelines where appropriate NICE. Supervise trainee pharmacists, undergraduate students and ward-based technicians.

About us

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of million people.

We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.

We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Pharmacy department has a 'can do' attitude and strives to provide the best service possible at all times to our patients and our colleagues. The pharmacy vision is to be a 'service without walls', integrated within the ward teams supporting excellent patient care .Team work is at the heart of everything we do within pharmacy here at Southend. We are a multicultural department with a very friendly atmosphere. We look after each other as well as the patients within our care. For more information regarding detail of expected duties and personal specifications, please read the attached job description document.

Person Specification

Clinical Pharmacy PG diploma

Essential

Masters Diploma L2 Diploma L1

Desirable

Membership of RPS and active Membership of a clinical group UKCPA and active

Experience

Essential

Relevent management experience

Directorate activity

Essential

Extensive MMGs, PGDs, finance reports, teaching

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