Senior Rotational Pharmacist
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- The post holder will work as part of a dedicated pharmacy team to provide and develop specialist clinical
pharmacy services to the Care Group. The post holder will liaise between wards, departments and
pharmacy to ensure that pharmacy services are tailored to meet the Specialty Care Group's needs
wherever possible.
The post holder will participate in the following services: - Act as a deputy for Specialist Pharmacist when necessary.
- Participate in the multidisciplinary team delivering and promoting high quality, cost-effective, patient focused pharmaceutical care to patients.
- Provide interface and discharge liaison, and support to the wards & units within the Care Group.
- Consistently lead on the provision of clinical pharmacy services to the many sub-specialties within the Care Group and ensure a high level of clinical pharmacy input.
- Act as a clinical role model, and supervise rotational staff at ward level.
- Promote the safe drug use within the specialty.
- Develop, implement and audit local guidelines.
- Audit usage of medicines in the Care Group with the aim of promoting cost effective prescribing
- Assist in the financial reporting to the Care Group and drug budget management.
- Ensure seamless pharmaceutical care on discharge, liaising with other pharmacists and healthcare professionals (primary and secondary) taking over care of the patient.
- Work with the Principal Pharmacist for the speciality to extend the boundaries of professional practice within the Care Group.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Pharmacist (1 year competency assessed and examined professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent qualification/experience
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
Desirable criteria
- Registered Independent Prescriber or willingness to complete
- Postgraduate diploma in Pharmacy Practice
Knowldege & Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the clinical governance agenda
- Specialist clinical knowledge and skills relevant to area of practice
- Experience in directorate pharmacy
- Maintains a broad level of pharmacy practice
- Appropriate post registration experience in hospital Pharmacy or equivalent area of practice with assessed competencies
- Experience of supervising others
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Experience of practice research or audit
Desirable criteria
- Demonstration of advanced practice using evidence mapped to the RPS Advanced Practice Framework
Skills and Competencies
Essential criteria
- Be able to communicate effectively in both written and verbal formats with staff and patients
- Be able to provide highly complex Information on medicines use, clinical pharmacy and financial issues to all levels of healthcare professionals (up to and including consultants/service managers)
- Be able to use available evidence to make sound judgments in relation to patient-or drug-specific issues to motivate self and others
- To have basic keyboard and computer skills (word processing, spreadsheet, report generation and presentations)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
- Senior Rotational Pharmacist JD & JS (PDF, 344.4KB)
- Denmark Hill Site Map (PDF, 1.2MB)
- Candidate Brochure DH (PDF, 225.6KB)