Rotational Pharmacist

Deliver proactive clinical pharmacy services to patients across the Trust. Work will be based mainly on the clinical wards working with the multidisciplinary team to review medication to ensure it's safe and effective.

• Take medication histories from patients on admission
• Review patients' medication to ensure safe and effective use
• Formulate individual patient pharmaceutical care plans
• Perform therapeutic level monitoring for specific medicines
• Educate patients about their medicinal therapy
• Participate in consultant ward rounds
• Facilitate implementation of local and national guidelines where appropriate
• Challenge inappropriate prescribing
• Deliver clinical and where appropriate final dispensing checks within the systems for dispensing & issuing medication from the pharmacy, in accordance with the prevailing safe systems of work
• Provide professional and legal clinical supervision in the dispensary as allocated
• Participate in, and supervise technical staff in, patient counselling to outpatient, inpatients and day‑case patients

• Computer literate
• Logical thought processes
• Ability to thrive in a changing environment
• Appropriately assertive
• Innovative thinking
• Integrity and ability to effectively communicate with patients/clients
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to prioritise appropriately
• Good organisational skills
• Ability to work alone and as part of a team
• Good interpersonal skills
• UK professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Evidence of relevant and ongoing personal CPD

• Teaching/training/mentoring skills
• General level knowledge of medical and surgical medicines issues
• Knowledge of the law relating to pharmacy and medicines
• Appreciation of pharmacoeconomic principles
• Previous hospital experience
• Vocational masters degree in pharmacy

Rotations across a wide variety of clinical areas including acute medicine, respiratory, cardiology, diabetes, general surgery, vascular, TPN, medicines information, care of the elderly, neurology and gastroenterology.

Friendly, enthusiastic pharmacy team and opportunities for development and skill expansion.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status or disability status.