Band 8a Senior Pharmacist - Private Patients Unit
Full-time
Senior Executive
5 hours ago
Please see attachments for a more detailed job description and personal specification. CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES To provide a hig.....
Please see attachments for a more detailed job description and personal specification. CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES To provide a high-quality clinical pharmacy service as part of the multidisciplinary team to private patients on the unit, to ensure maximum efficacy, safety, and cost-effective drug use and to demonstrate professional accountability to enhance patient care. The responsibilities will include: Regular attendance of consultant ward rounds and multidisciplinary team meetings. Demonstration of clinical knowledge in a number of specialties including hepatology, health services for the elderly, haematology and oncology, renal and hepato-biliary and vascular surgery Delivery of a high quality, specialist ward-based pharmacy service. This involves: taking medication histories from patients admitted to the wards, clarifying inconsistencies with the patients GP or Community Pharmacist, ensuring appropriate use of patients own drugs brought from home, timely supply of medicines review of highly complex medication regimens, clarification of medication changes made during inpatient stay by liaising with the medical team, drug interaction and adverse drug reaction monitoring medicines optimisation To make clinical decisions where limited/conflicting information is available. To ensure compliance with local policies including medicines policy, formulary, and microbiology guidelines. To challenge prescribing practices where necessary. Promotion of high quality and cost-effective prescribing. To be one of the main pharmacy contacts for the Private Patient Unit. Development and review of Patient Group Directions Development and review of Shared Care guidelines Implementation of relevant local and national guidelines within the specialist area Assist in the implementation and evaluation of Drug Usage Reviews and clinical audits and implement changes in prescribing practice accordingly. To liaise and work with other specialist pharmacists to share the best practice, to strengthen patient focused pharmaceutical care. Work with the Principal Pharmacist to ensure set key performance indicators are met Work with the private care finance team to ensure appropriate authorisations for treatment are in place for individual patients Work with the Principal Pharmacist to help facilitate co-payment and top-up patients. Participate in any pharmacy related private care initiatives as appropriate. RESPONSIBILITY FOR PATIENTS To assist in the planning and organising of a clinical pharmacy service to the Private Patient Unit to patients in our service in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. To qualify as an independent prescriber and where appropriate to improve patient care and safety, to continue to develop the role of pharmacist independent prescriber within a designated clinical area. To provide clinical screening and dispensing support to the PPU pharmacy team to ensure the accurate and timely dispensing of prescriptions. To assist with the timely screening and checking of discharge prescriptions. To provide medicines management reviews for complex patients. To deal effectively with situations where medication errors have occurred, including liaising directly with patients and staff concerned. Assist in responding to complaints from patients and the public in relation to medicines management issues as required. To deliver a high quality and comprehensive medicines counselling service to patients and/or their relatives on all aspects of their pharmaceutical care including specialist and unlicensed drugs. To overcome communication barriers through the use of interpreters or other forms of communication.
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