Specialist Clinical Pharmacist

Overview

In this role you will join a growing pharmacy team to deliver high-quality, patient-centered pharmaceutical care across multiple specialties. You will work with pharmacists and nurses to optimise medicines, contribute to audits and quality improvement, and support junior staff. You’ll rotate across clinical areas to broaden your experience and help implement medicines safety initiatives. This is an opportunity to shape medicines use in a busy teaching hospital and to develop your leadership and clinical governance skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-centered pharmaceutical care across a range of clinical specialties
• Support and supervise junior staff and contribute to training
• Lead and participate in quality improvement and audit activities
• Advocate for medicines optimisation and safety initiatives at ward level
• Collaborate with Principal Pharmacists to address medicines-related issues
• Support the hospital medicines management strategies and interfaces with primary/tertiary care
• Contribute to the development and evaluation of pharmaceutical services
• Participate in out-of-hours pharmacy service and on-call/rotational duties

Key requirements

• Post-registration experience in a hospital-based clinical post
• Experience working in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of clinical audit and medicines information
• Knowledge of medical management across several specialties
• Understanding of medicines management at primary/secondary/tertiary interfaces
• GPhC registration
• Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent)
• Evidence of ongoing CPD

• Effective communication
• Strong teamwork and collaboration
• Leadership and mentoring abilities
• Clinical pharmacy skills
• Medicines optimisation and safety
• Audits and quality improvement

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