Crynodeb o'r swydd
- Prif leoliad
- Senior Pharmacist - Dermatology, Immunology, Rheumatology & Transfer of Care
- Gradd
- Band 7
- Contract
- Parhaol
- Oriau
- Llawnamser - 37.5 awr yr wythnos (part time working would be considered)
- Cyfeirnod y swydd
- 164-6143598
- Cyflogwr
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Math o gyflogwr
- NHS
- Gwefan
- QMC Campus
- Tref
- Nottingham
- Cyflog
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yn flynyddol
- Yn cau
- 07/07/2024 23:59
Teitl cyflogwr
Senior Pharmacist-Dermatology, Immunology, Rheumatology & Transition
Band 7
Trosolwg o'r swydd
A new exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic Clinical Pharmacist to support in delivering enhanced Clinical Pharmacy services to the highly specialist areas: Clinical Immunology, Rheumatology and Dermatology. The role also involves providing high quality pharmaceutical care to the Trust’s Transfer of Care Unit"(TOCU).
This unique role provides the opportunity to work alongside highly specialist pharmacists to develop your clinical knowledge and expertise and to participate in specialist clinics; i.e. Drug Allergy clinics.
You will develop competence in, and support with the management of patients with a wide range of immunological conditions, rheumatic diseases, allergic conditions and dermatological conditions. You will also support with the screening of Homecare prescriptions across the specialties.
Additionally you will work collaboratively with the "Transfer of Care" MDT to improve timely provision of discharge medications. The QMC TOCU accepts patients from a range of specialities and you will play a vital role in improving the quality of discharge communication and facilitating the smooth transfer of medication related issues across the interface. Ensuring patients are discharged from hospital with the right medication information and receive the right onward support by ensuring appropriate referrals for medication reviews for high –risk and complex patients.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
The post will be based predominantly at the Queens Medical Centre Campus, but there may be the expectation to travel to the City campus on occasions.
In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
To provide a clinical pharmacy service to the new “Transfer of Care Unit”, offering highly specialist pharmaceutical advice to medical staff, nurses and patients on all aspects of safe and effective use of medicines.
To support with the clinical screening of cDMARDs, biologics and specialist Rheumatology infusions .
To assist the Highly Specialist Pharmacist in delivering Pharmacist -led Drug Allergy Testing clinics.
To work alongside the multidisciplinary team delivering excellent patient care through medicines optimisation. When qualified the post holder will also utilise their prescribing skills to do this.
To facilitate with timely discharges by clinically screening discharge prescriptions/TTOs. To be the lead pharmacist for the "Transfer of Care Unit".
To improve the quality of discharge communications between secondary and primary care including care homes.
Liaise closely with Community Pharmacy Services, PCN Pharmacists and G.P. Practice Pharmacists to ensure appropriate referrals of Medication Reviews for high –risk patients with complex medication related needs.
To support, mentor & line manage junior pharmacists and medicines management technicians.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country. We are a large, complex, person-centred organisation with an excellent national and international reputation for the quality of patient care, research, education and innovation. For more information about the Trust, visit our website
The pharmacy department at NUH is forward thinking and constantly implementing innovative ways of working to deliver the best possible patient care. We continue to extend the ideal model of delivering medicines optimisation and pharmaceutical care where pharmacists are fully integrated in to the medical teams, supported by a team of medicines management technicians and assistants.
Some of the benefits of working for our organisation include:
Flexible working.
Opportunities to be innovative/creative in the workplace.
Friendly and supportive work colleagues within the team.
Salary sacrifice schemes.
Cycle to work and travel.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
Please refer to the job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake .
To provide a specialist Pharmacy Service to the “Transfer of Care Unit” and to the specialist areas: Clinical Immunology, Rheumatology and Dermatology.
To ensure safe, rational and effective prescribing by undertaking medication reconciliation, assessing suitability of prescribed medication, enabling use of patient’s own medicines and patient self-administration, counselling (to optimise medicines use), and ensuring continuity of patient care on leaving hospital.
To ensure patients receive the best pharmaceutical care throughout their stay by ensuring care plans continue to be reviewed, along with managing complex multimorbidity and potentially inappropriate polypharmacy.
To support with proactive assessment of patient adherence and ability to manage medicines prior to discharge; working with patients as partners ensuring their autonomy where possible.
To improve the quality of discharge communications between secondary and primary care (community pharmacies and general practice) and to care homes and to actively identify and/or refer patients to benefit from a targeted MUR post discharge to a community pharmacy.
With support of the Highly Specialist Pharmacists, manage on-going pharmaceutical care needs of patients being maintained on drug treatment for Rheumatological, Immunological and Dermatological conditions.
To support with the clinical screening of cDMARDs, biologics and more specialist Rheumatology infusions .
To provide support with clinical screening specialist drugs used within “Clinical Immunology and Allergy” for the management of conditions such as chronic spontaneous urticaria, hereditary angioedema, severe allergy, auto inflammatory and immunodeficiency conditions.
To support the “Clinical Immunology and Allergy” Highly Specialist Pharmacist in delivering a pharmacy service to the Drug Allergy Testing and Challenge clinics within NUH.
To support with Quality Improvement Project work focused to improve patient flow and timely discharges for “Medically Stable for Discharge” patients.
To partake in clinical pharmacy duties ensuring core clinical pharmacy activities are undertaken in the relevant clinical specialties. This includes a prescribing role when qualified.
To make recommendations about medicines to improve patient outcomes and to encourage adherence to hospital formulary and national guidelines.
To line manage and support more junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
To facilitate or conduct clinical audits which are part of the pharmacy audit plan that are suitable for presentation at a local level.
To take full part in the 7 day shifted rota and bank holidays duties.
We operate a 7day working model; the post-holder will contribute to the senior on-call rota providing back-up support to the on-call pharmacist. All of our dispensaries are pharmacist-free and technician led, so there are no operational commitments.
Whilst this post is commissioned to be full time (equivalent of 37.5 hours per week); the service would welcome applications from those wanting a better work life balance. If you would like to consider this post but on less than full time hours please still apply and outline this on your application form or please contact us for further discussion.
Manyleb y person
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- B.Pharm / BSc (Pharmacy) or MPharm.
- GPhC registered
- Diploma/MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or other appropriate post graduate qualification
Meini prawf dymunol
- Holds a post-graduate clinical diploma
- Independent Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification
Skills & Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Ability to interact with multidisciplinary teams
- Wide previous experience (post registration) in hospital/Clinical pharmacy
- Broad knowledge base of clinical areas.
- Experience of delivering clinical pharmacy services in a hospital setting
- Experience of day to day supervision and assisting in training of pre registration pharmacists and/or technicians
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience of working within Elderly Healthcare specialities.
- Experience in undertaking, and reporting/presenting audit / research work at local (Trust) level.
- Evidence of project work completed
- Experience of developing and implementing medicines and service related policies for a specialty
PLanning and organisational
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Organised, able to prioritise own work and assist others to prioritise
- Good Time management skills
Communication and relationship skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Good communication skills with multidisciplinary team members and own profession.
- Good interpersonal, negotiating and presentation skills, both written and verbal skills.
- Empathy with patients, relatives and pharmacy customers.
- Ability to interact with multidisciplinary teams
Meini prawf dymunol
- Teaching skills
Analytical and Judgement skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Able to assess and minimise the risk in medication process
- Able to analyse patient specific data to advise on therapy management
- Critical evaluation of literature and literature searching skills for analysing, interpreting medicines information, production issues, drug therapy decisions and patient information
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience of analysing expenditure
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Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Harjinder Dhillon
- Teitl y swydd
- Lead Divisional Pharmacist -Ambulatory Care
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 07812 269 456
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
Please Contact Stefanny Achunche -Specialist Clinical Pharmacist -Specialist Pharmacist - Dermatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy via Email: [email protected] or bleep 284 3725 or telephone: 0115 9249924 Extension: 80024.
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