Job summary
Why might this job interest you?
Are you a skilled and compassionate Pharmacist
ready to play a crucial role in patient care? Join our team at Buckinghamshire
Healthcare NHS Trust and help us make a difference!
Main duties of the job
What you can
add:
Assess prescriptions against legal
requirements and the appropriateness of treatment with individual medicines,
taking into account the condition being treated, concomitant conditions and
other medicines and results of laboratory tests as available.
Participate
to an agreed level in the provision of ward / clinical pharmacy services to
clinical areas, reviewing prescriptions, communicating effectively with
appropriate healthcare professionals to solve patient related medicines
management problems, and minimising clinical risk.
Educating
patients and carers in all aspects of their drug therapy and medicines
management and advising them of any discharge issues.
Taking
responsibility for confirmation of identity of dispensed medicines in
accordance with prescribers' instructions and national recommendations on
supplementary labelling.
Recording
significant information in patients prescription and administration records
and clinical records to ensure safety in medicines administration.
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges
Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave
Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want
Job description
Job responsibilities
This
post requires:
Concentration at all times
to ensure safe practice and minimise the risk of medication errors.
The ability to work in a
busy environment, on wards or in a dispensary with frequent interruptions.
Delivery of accurate
information to medical and nursing staff, and to patients, in an appropriate
and sensitive manner, about therapeutic effects, side effects, and potential
adverse effects of medicines.
Handling issues related to
treatment of patients with medicines, who are seriously ill or injured, in
advanced or end-stages of disease.
Eliciting information from
staff and communicating information about urgent or emergency situations.
Managing situations and
actions required in urgent or emergency circumstances.
A
large proportion of the day will be spent standing when on dispensary duties or
on ward visits.
Dispensary
duties
To
participate in the provision of a dispensary service (to agreed Trust and
National standards) for in patients and outpatients. Activities include:
Assess prescriptions
against legal requirements and the appropriateness of treatment with individual
medicines, taking into account the condition being treated, concomitant
conditions and other medicines and results of laboratory tests as available.
Dispensary duties
To
participate in the provision of a dispensary service (to agreed Trust and
National standards) for in patients and outpatients. Activities include:
Assess prescriptions
against legal requirements and the appropriateness of treatment with
individual medicines, taking into account the condition being treated,
concomitant conditions and other medicines and results of laboratory tests as
available.
Accurately assembling and
labelling dispensed medicines in accordance with legal requirements and SOPs.
Taking responsibility for
confirmation of identity of dispensed medicines in accordance with
prescribers' instructions and national recommendations on supplementary
labelling.
Effectively communicating
with medical and nursing staff to solve problems in the best interests of
patients.
Effectively communicating
information to practitioners to ensure administration of medicines is
appropriate to the clinical needs of the patient.
Communicating with
patients in a sensitive and respectful manner to ensure concordance and
adherence to treatment.
Providing information to
patients to ensure understanding of the purpose and effects of their
medicines.
Providing information to
practitioners to ensure accurate and appropriate administration of medicines.
Manage formulary
procedures in individual patient treatments.
Clinical services
Participate to an agreed
level in the provision of ward / clinical pharmacy services to clinical
areas, reviewing prescriptions, communicating effectively with appropriate
healthcare professionals to solve patient related medicines management
problems, and minimising clinical risk.
Educating patients and
carers in all aspects of their drug therapy and medicines management and
advising them of any discharge issues.
Recording significant
information in patients prescription and administration records and clinical
records to ensure safety in medicines administration.
Prioritise workload on
clinical areas to ensure higher priority dealt with first.
Seek advice from senior
pharmacists as necessary.
Quality and Governance
To be aware and adhere to
Trust Governance.
To be able to follow and
work according to SOPs, policy and guidelines where appropriate in the role.
Participate in the
process of our internal error reporting and external investigations (Datix)
and collate the data for resolution, feedback and implement changes to
improve safety and prevent reoccurrence.
Communication and Relationship Skills
Act as a role model in
professional and personal attributes for all members of staff.
Be visible and
approachable for patients, carers, and staff for clinical and pharmaceutical
issues.
Maintain a Continuing
Professional Development portfolio and maintain personal knowledge and skills
in line with developments in Pharmacy practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy plus successful completion of pre-registration training year (or earlier equivalent.)
- Member of General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Diploma/MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Prescribing Qualification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
NHS Professionals Limited
Address
Stoke Mandeville Hospital Nhs Trust
Mandeville Road
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP21 8AL