Senior Pharmacist, Acute Medicine (Band 7)

Barts Health NHS Trust are searching for a passionate and experienced Band 7 Specialist Pharmacist to join their highly skilled Acute Medicine team. Barts Health is one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers and the largest trust in the NHS.

The Role

The post holder will work on the wards and deliver quality care to patients at ward level through efficient medicines optimisation. This will include the assessment of patient’s own drugs, medicine reconciliation, original pack dispensing at ward level, counselling patients about their medicines and coordinating the supply of discharge medication. The post holder will work with their ward-based team to continually develop the service, while maintaining high standards and achieving best practice to meet the needs of patients and the Trust. The role will also involve dispensary-based responsibilities.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• To provide a high level of clinical pharmacy input as part of the multidisciplinary team and to ensure optimal medicines usage including value for money.
• Close working with the multidisciplinary and wider pharmacy teams to help optimise patient flow.
• Implementing formulary based clinical guidance grounded in best practice, emerging evidence, national guidelines, drug availability and financial implications within each rotation.
• Safe handover of prescribing and monitoring as patients are transferred within the Trust and between primary and secondary care.
• Responsibility for ensuring that the education and training requirements for junior pharmacists, MMPTs and trainee pharmacists working within the team are met.
• Participation in regular teaching and training of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care professionals as required.
• Identification of risks associated with medicines use and implementation management strategies to mitigate these.
• Working closely with the Pharmacy Governance Team, Pharmacy Medicines Information and with local governance arrangements to deliver on this important agenda.

Responsibilities will include:

• Regular consultant-led multidisciplinary (MDT) ward rounds
• Drug listing of medicines for discharge
• Drug Use Reviews (DUR)
• Development and review of Patient Group Directions and Shared Care Guidelines locally.
• Concordance improvement
• Interpretation and implementation of relevant National guidelines at a local level
• Audit and analysis of medicines usage

Requirements

• MPharm or equivalent.
• Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC.
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy/Pharmacy Practice or equivalent.
• Post registration experience in an acute hospital based clinical post.
• Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care.
• Experience of undertaking research, quality improvement or audit projects.
• To have been involved in bringing about change to a service/department.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail.
• Able to accurately follow written procedures under pressure.
• Demonstrate numeracy skills and ability to perform accurate, complex calculations.
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self and others.
• Ability to manage time effectively and work to deadlines.
• Ability to work unsupervised and under pressure.
• IT literate; able to use Microsoft Office with intermediate IT skills including accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programs.
• Effective problem solving skills.
• Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training.

Benefits

• Be part of a diverse and inclusive team committed to excellence
• Access to NHS benefits including pension scheme and generous annual leave
• Work in a state-of-the-art facility at the heart of East London
• Contribute to a service that supports over 2.5 million people across London
• Access to free Core Skills training via Bank Partners