Advanced Pharmacist, Frailty/Elderly and Stroke
NHS Jobs Northampton
Clinical ServicesLead and continue to develop aspects of the delivery of clinical pharmacy and medicines management services to the Frailty and Stroke Pathway under the auspices of the Principal Pharmacist for Medicine, and in liaison with the Specialist ClinicalPharmacists in DWP.
To liaise closely with medical, pharmacy and nursing staff to develop and implement complex therapeutic guidelines eg, Antimicrobial Guidelines, standard operating procedures and medicines-related policies in Elderly and Stroke, to provide advicewhere information is lacking, or medical opinions may differ.
To manage and participate in the delivery and development of the Clinical Pharmacy Service eg, proactive participation in ward rounds, input into medicines management review, acting as a clinical pharmacy role model being accountable for your ownprofessional actions.
To develop standards of clinical pharmacy practice which align with national frameworks and performance management measures with Principal Pharmacists. Maintain an up-to-date clinical expert knowledge in clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice to ensure a broad base of pharmaceutical knowledge and an advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement.
To optimise medicines management by reconciling drug histories, performing medication reviews, and using patients own medicines. To promote and develop strategies for effective, safe, and timely discharges from Urgent Care settings with close liaison with community health professionals, to ensure complex medication is reconciled in Primary Care and patients have access to medicines eg, linking with external agents, care homes.
To detect, record and report adverse drug reactions during admissions to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and via Datix as per Trust Policy. To record your clinical activity and to monitor the outcome of your advice.
To proactively promote safe and evidence-based prescribing with all grades of doctors, prescribers, and nursing staff in admission areas by communicating and providing highly complex information on medication and challenging poor practice. To implement high quality specialist prescribing and effective use of medicines in patients presenting in the Acute Frailty Unit, Stroke and Elderly wards, either as a defined cohort of patients or as part of the flow of management of patients with clinicians.
To prescribe safely in the interests of the patients and in line with the formulary, policy,procedures, or guidance. To provide general and specialist pharmaceutical advice and support to the Stroke, Elderly and Frailty Team staff, to enhance the quality of patient care which will include all patient aged groups and of many morbidities.To liaise closely with medical, pharmacy and nursing staff to develop and implement complex therapeutic guidelines eg, Antimicrobial Guidelines, standard operating procedures and medicines-related policies in Elderly and Stroke, to provide advicewhere information is lacking, or medical opinions may differ.
To manage and participate in the delivery and development of the Clinical Pharmacy Service eg, proactive participation in ward rounds, input into medicines management review, acting as a clinical pharmacy role model being accountable for your ownprofessional actions.
To develop standards of clinical pharmacy practice which align with national frameworks and performance management measures with Principal Pharmacists. Maintain an up-to-date clinical expert knowledge in clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice to ensure a broad base of pharmaceutical knowledge and an advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement.
To optimise medicines management by reconciling drug histories, performing medication reviews, and using patients own medicines. To promote and develop strategies for effective, safe, and timely discharges from Urgent Care settings with close liaison with community health professionals, to ensure complex medication is reconciled in Primary Care and patients have access to medicines eg, linking with external agents, care homes.
To detect, record and report adverse drug reactions during admissions to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and via Datix as per Trust Policy. To record your clinical activity and to monitor the outcome of your advice.
To fulfil the requirements of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Good Professional Practice. To implement the Duty of Candour. Please see Job Description for further information.
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes, 12 mi from Northampton
ASEPTIC SERVICES MANAGER
Band 7
Hours: 37.5 per week
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