NhsJobs Bristol

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Finance, service development, governance

• In conjunction with the highly specialist renal & transplant pharmacists provide and develop a specialist pharmaceutical service to the Renal & Transplant specialty within the Trust.

• Attend speciality meetings and meetings with Specialty and Divisional management teams as required and produce reports on activity as directed.

• Advise on strategies to ensure cost-effective use of resources and be involved with achieving CIP targets. Provide feedback regarding this to prescribers.

• Support achieving general pharmacy and appropriate specialist CQUIN targets.

• To support the highly specialist renal & transplant pharmacists to help progress the pharmacoeconomics element of the service.

• Record and investigate incidents in line with Trust procedures.

• Record clinical Pharmacy activity in line with departmental procedures.

• Audit and risk manage selected areas of practice to promote continuous quality improvement as required by the Division, Pharmacy department or the Trust.

Clinical

• Clinically screen prescriptions to ensure the safe, efficient, evidence-based and rational use of medicines in line with the Trust Formulary and departmental policies so that risks to patients are minimised.

• Challenge inappropriate prescribing and escalate as appropriate.

• Support and promote antimicrobial stewardship

• Be the named pharmacy contact for the clinical screening of homecare prescriptions for renal & transplant outpatients.

• Ensure that an accurate medication history and a full medicines reconciliation (in line with Trust policy) is completed for all patients seen as part of a clinical pharmacy service to allocated inpatient ward(s).

• Provide advice and information to patients/carers to ensure compliance with complex treatment regimens including immune suppression and renal replacement therapies

• To lead on medication reviews to patients undergoing renal replacement therapy at satellite units

• Provide accurate medicines information to other healthcare professionals and patients.

• Provide support and implement the self-medication policy for patients able to manage their medications in this manner.

• Deliver effective management of patient's medication to ensure timely and seamless discharge of patients. Communicate effectively with healthcare colleagues in Primary care when necessary, as part of this process.

• Maintain medicines management systems in conjunction with patients/carers, ward staff and pharmacy staff.

• Provide professional supervision to Patients Services on a sessional basis including being the responsible pharmacist when required.

Education & Training

• Contribute to the training of pharmacy undergraduates, medical students, pre-registration pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and medical and nursing staff as appropriate.

• Train other pharmacists to provide cover to the renal & transplant service when needed.

• Support the development and training of trainee pharmacists as needed.

• Keep up to date with developments in pharmacy to maintain a high level of professional knowledge and competence. Attend study days and courses as necessary for the development of the service and the individual.

• Maintain a record of CPD in line with GPhC requirements.

Leadership & Management

• Represent specialist pharmaceutical interests in multidisciplinary meetings within the Trust and in the wider local health economy, sharing knowledge and experience with other neurosciences pharmacists at a local and national level.

• Act as a role model for less experienced pharmacists and promote best practice.

• Supervise medicines management technicians and/or other dedicated pharmacy staff.

• Responsible for conducting appraisals, one to one meetings and sickness absence interviews for staff under your line management.

Other

• Provide professional supervision to Patients Services on a sessional basis including being the responsible pharmacist when required.

• Participate in the pharmacy weekend, bank holiday and late duty service.

• Participate in the pharmacy emergency duty on-call rota if required.

Job description

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Finance, service development, governance

• In conjunction with the highly specialist renal & transplant pharmacists provide and develop a specialist pharmaceutical service to the Renal & Transplant specialty within the Trust.

• Attend speciality meetings and meetings with Specialty and Divisional management teams as required and produce reports on activity as directed.

• Advise on strategies to ensure cost-effective use of resources and be involved with achieving CIP targets. Provide feedback regarding this to prescribers.

• Support achieving general pharmacy and appropriate specialist CQUIN targets.

• To support the highly specialist renal & transplant pharmacists to help progress the pharmacoeconomics element of the service.

• Record and investigate incidents in line with Trust procedures.

• Record clinical Pharmacy activity in line with departmental procedures.

• Audit and risk manage selected areas of practice to promote continuous quality improvement as required by the Division, Pharmacy department or the Trust.

Clinical

• Clinically screen prescriptions to ensure the safe, efficient, evidence-based and rational use of medicines in line with the Trust Formulary and departmental policies so that risks to patients are minimised.

• Challenge inappropriate prescribing and escalate as appropriate.

• Support and promote antimicrobial stewardship

• Be the named pharmacy contact for the clinical screening of homecare prescriptions for renal & transplant outpatients.

• Ensure that an accurate medication history and a full medicines reconciliation (in line with Trust policy) is completed for all patients seen as part of a clinical pharmacy service to allocated inpatient ward(s).

• Provide advice and information to patients/carers to ensure compliance with complex treatment regimens including immune suppression and renal replacement therapies

• To lead on medication reviews to patients undergoing renal replacement therapy at satellite units

• Provide accurate medicines information to other healthcare professionals and patients.

• Provide support and implement the self-medication policy for patients able to manage their medications in this manner.

• Deliver effective management of patient's medication to ensure timely and seamless discharge of patients. Communicate effectively with healthcare colleagues in Primary care when necessary, as part of this process.

• Maintain medicines management systems in conjunction with patients/carers, ward staff and pharmacy staff.

• Provide professional supervision to Patients Services on a sessional basis including being the responsible pharmacist when required.

Education & Training

• Contribute to the training of pharmacy undergraduates, medical students, pre-registration pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and medical and nursing staff as appropriate.

• Train other pharmacists to provide cover to the renal & transplant service when needed.

• Support the development and training of trainee pharmacists as needed.

• Keep up to date with developments in pharmacy to maintain a high level of professional knowledge and competence. Attend study days and courses as necessary for the development of the service and the individual.

• Maintain a record of CPD in line with GPhC requirements.

Leadership & Management

• Represent specialist pharmaceutical interests in multidisciplinary meetings within the Trust and in the wider local health economy, sharing knowledge and experience with other neurosciences pharmacists at a local and national level.

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What is the salary for this pharmacist role in Bristol?

The advertised salary for this pharmacist role at Bristol NHS Foundation Trust is £49387.00 to £56515.00 p.a.. Typical pharmacist pay in Bristol varies by experience, sector (NHS versus community), and employer; see the PharmSee UK pharmacy salary guide for benchmarks.

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