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Job overview

We are looking for an experienced and motivated clinical pharmacist to work in our AAU Pharmacy team. The AAU Pharmacy team play a vital role in medicines optimisation as key members of the multidisciplinary team on the unit.  

You should be an innovative and enthusiastic team player who communicates effectively at all levels, and should hold a post-graduate clinical qualification and significant relevant clinical experience of working on a busy hospital ward and as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

• Provide excellent patient care through direct patient facing activities. 
• Provide a 7 day pharmacy service as per agreed shift pattern (12 hour shifts)
• Support transition of care of patients from AAU to other wards.
• Provide leadership on matters pertaining to medicines optimisation, to advise on medicines use (risk, clinical governance, research and development, formulary, expenditure) and to develop/audit relevant protocols and guidelines.
• Be responsible, on a day to day basis, for medicines reconciliation and medicines optimisation for patients on AAU
• Provide a clinical service and support to SDEC (Same Day Emergency Care) unit
• Undertake clinical supervision and training of junior staff
• Provide support and in-reach to other ward areas where necessary

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.