Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Advanced Pharmacist - Women and Children
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Advanced Pharmacist - Women and Children
We are looking for a dynamic, innovative, self-motivated individual to join our clinical pharmacy team as an Advanced Pharmacist - Women and Children. This is a fixed term 12-month post to cover maternity leave.
Role Overview
You will provide a clinical pharmacy service to our women's and children's wards. Therefore, significant recent and relevant experience of providing a clinical pharmacy service to paediatrics is expected.
Responsibilities
- Provide directorate support to the women and children directorate within the Family and Specialist Services division.
- Be encouraged to come up with innovative ideas to improve the clinical service alongside increased medicines efficiency savings.
- Require excellent communication and leadership skills, and be comfortable collaborating with clinicians, managers, nurses, and others to ensure that pharmaceutical care of ill patients with a range of clinical conditions is safe and optimized.
- Be involved in training and teaching junior members of the pharmacy team alongside the wider MDT.
- Be involved in the sickness management, appraisal, and general line management responsibilities of our team of rotational band 7 staff.
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Requirements
- Registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Successfully completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice or be able to demonstrate equivalent and transferrable experience.
- A registered non-medical prescriber.
- Knowledge of therapeutics and medicine use.
- Experience of audit, risk management, and the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of staff.
Benefits
- Training and support will be given.
- A commitment to continuing professional development is essential.
- The role will include participation in weekend and bank holiday working.
About Us
Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) is a dynamic and successful organisation with a strong organisational and personal development focus. With over 5,500 employees and a turnover of £310 million, the Trust provides a comprehensive range of secondary care services to the people of Calderdale and Huddersfield and has an exceptional reputation for service delivery. The Foundation Trust aims to design and implement services, policies, and measures that meet the diverse needs of our service population and workforce, ensuring that none are placed at a disadvantage over others.
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CHFT is a digitally advanced hospital trust - we use Cerner Millenium Electronic Patient Record which includes electronic prescribing and administration. We have recently installed a pharmacy dispensing robot at our Calderdale site and are a trailblazing site with the introduction of electronic controlled drug registers (eCDR) which has lead to nomination for a HSJ award.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Lisa Hodgson
- Job title: Head of Clinical Pharmacy Services
- Email address: lisa.hodgson@cht.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01484 355769
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