Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Band 8A Senior Pharmacist – Medicine
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We have an exciting opportunity for a pharmacist to join our Medicine team in Pharmacy.
The postholder will assist in delivering and developing a consistently high-quality clinical pharmacy and medicines management service to patients within Acute Medicine including AMU (Acute Medical Unit), AAU (Acute Assessment Unit), respiratory Medicine and TREAT (triage readmissions elderly admissions team) services and support to Accident and Emergency unit. The role will also support the medicine pharmacy team who deliver services to the medical specialities including Rheumatology, Dermatology, and Immunology in accordance with the objectives set by the Principal Pharmacist. The postholder will work closely with the multidisciplinary team, service line leads and divisional managers for the relevant specialties to initiatives and guidelines to ensure safe and cost-effective use of medicines in the Medicine team, and across the interface between primary and secondary care. The postholder will also support the commissioning processes for the safe use of Intravenous Immunoglobulin within the Trust.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Provide a high-quality clinical pharmacy service as part of the multidisciplinary team to medical specialities patients, to ensure maximum efficacy, safety, and economic drug use and to demonstrate professional accountability to enhance patient care.
- Act as a deputy for Principal Pharmacist when necessary.
- Act as a clinical role model, and support training and supervision of junior members of the pharmacy team.
- Development and implementation of clinical guidelines.
- Effective control of drug expenditure and management of processes regarding high-cost drugs.
- Support the commissioning and funding processes for intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) including adherence to the national NHSE commissioning policy and evaluation of evidence for use.
- Participate in audits and practice research.
- Work with the clinical risk team to minimise the risk of medicines.
Requirements:
Potential candidates will have experience working as a band 7 pharmacist at minimum, with experience of working in Medicine and other associated specialities. You will be comfortable working with nursing and medical staff at ward level. Previous experience of high-cost drug processes and writing of drug reviews and clinical guidelines would also be beneficial.
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About the Trust:
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6 million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17 million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Aoife Tynan
- Job title: Principal Pharmacist
- Email address: aoifetynan@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 02077940500
- Extension: 31175
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