About the role
Salary: £57528.00 to £64750.00
The primary role of this post is to lead and provide a comprehensive, high quality clinical pharmacy services to Women's Health and Maternity Services at the Trust. This includes delivering high quality, cost-effective, safe, efficient and timely pharmacy services for patients and wards within your speciality.
Provide effective clinical and medicines management service to patients in your areas at the Trust.
Lead, develop and deliver education and training in the pharmaceutical aspects of Women's Health and Maternity to other healthcare professionals.
To manage more junior rotational staff allocated to your areas including aspects of day-to-day line management and acting as a diploma tutor/designated supervisor as needed.
Identify areas within Women's Health and Maternity services where improvements in both quality and cost effectiveness of pharmaceutical care and prescribing may be encouraged.
Check prescriptions for clarity, safety and efficacy on wards, in dispensaries and when necessary take accurate drug histories to facilitate this. Query with and provide the prescriber with appropriate information to effect a change in the prescription when clinically required, to ensure patients safety and effective therapy.
Provide information to nursing and medical staff on allocated wards on any aspect of medicines policy ensuring safe practice. Provide information to patients on allocated wards or in dispensaries concerning their medication and answer any resulting questions or queries.
Provide when necessary, through checking, dispensing or supervision of technicians, an efficient medication supply service from any of the pharmacy departments, including the aseptic laboratory. To act as a floor team leader, directing and organising the teams and ensuring responsibilities are completed, as needed.
Ensure patients discharge medication is accurate and dispensed in advance of the patients discharge, by writing the patients medication on the GP discharge prescription and conveying to the GP all necessary information concerning the patient medication to ensure a safe transfer to primary care. Reducing pharmaceutical waste by utilising patients own drugs in the discharge process.
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.