Specialist Clinical Pharmacist

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we'll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

We have an exciting opportunity for a clinical pharmacist to join our successful anticoagulation pharmacy team working across various sites at STHFT.

The pharmacy department at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises almost 500 staff, delivering care to patients from all over the country. As a forward-thinking department, we are keen to appoint enthusiastic, knowledgeable and exceptional individuals.

The successful applicant will be an experienced, capable and enthusiastic clinical pharmacist with a specialist interest in anticoagulation & thrombosis prevention. Excellent communication & interpersonal skills and a postgraduate certificate in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experience are required. Independent prescriber status is desirable.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity for personal & professional development within the team.

The team are responsible, together with the haemostasis & thrombosis consultant Haematologists, for ensuring safe, clinical- & cost-effective use of anticoagulant therapies across STH. This involves the writing & implementing of guidelines & policies relating to anticoagulants, educating other health professionals and the assessment of applications for new anticoagulants on to the Trust formulary.

The anticoagulation team provide a pharmacy service to a large group of patients on anticoagulants, participating in MDT meetings and service development.

The key roles of the post are to:

To proactively identify, implement and develop optimum clinical pharmaceutical services regarding anticoagulants under the direction of the Principal Pharmacist, in close liaison with haematology.

To evaluate the delivery, implementation and risks involved with clinical pharmaceutical services regarding anticoagulant therapies, under the direction of the Principal Pharmacist and with close liaison with Haematology.

To be an active member of the STHFT Thrombosis Committee

Perform independent pharmacist prescriber role (when completed relevant training).

Application of highly complex knowledge of the evidence base behind anticoagulant drug therapies

Produce and implement guidelines, protocols. PGDs and SOPs with the support of a principal pharmacist.

Provide clinical services to the thrombosis service.

Provide support and mentorship for the post-registration pharmacists

Participate in the education and training of pre-registration pharmacists, other pharmacy staff and healthcare professionals.

Support pharmacy service areas in the department, this may include dispensaries, technical services and medicines information

Contribute to the out of hours service including evenings & weekends.

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

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Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria. 

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