Advanced Clinical Pharmacist, Emergency Care/Admissions

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The main responsibilities of the post include the following:

Clinical Services
 To provide information, advice and guidance on the safe, effective and economical use of medicines and to challenge poor practice.
 To maintain appropriate standards of service and safety; to enforce guidelines, policies and procedures to ensure standards are met.
 To fulfil the requirements of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Good Professional Practice.
 To optimise medicines management by reconciling drug histories, performing medication reviews, using patients’ own medicines, counselling and ensuring continuity of care on discharge.
 To detect, record and report adverse drug reactions to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and via Datix as per Trust Policy.
 To monitor pharmacy interventions and Datix reports to identify training and information needs within Urgent Care.
 To participate in CQUINs and QIPPs within Urgent Care.
 To identify and implement service improvements within Urgent Care.
 To lead and support on the auditing of medicines and prescribing within Urgent Care.
 To implement countywide and local prescribing strategies within the Trust.
 Facilitate the expansion of the tools within EPMA.
 Support the development and implementations of medicine related guidance, policies and procedures within medicine and Urgent Care.
 Support the process for new medicines being integrated into the Trust by Formulary submissions.
 To detect, record and report adverse drug reactions to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and via Datix as per Trust policy.
 To undertake validation duties in the dispensary.
 To supervise, check and, if necessary, undertake the supply of medicines. Technical checking is in place; pharmacists make initial validations and have a professional responsibility to decide on the need for their further involvement in the supply process.

Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Role
 To lead and develop practice guidelines and protocols within the Emergency Department and how these relate to national and other guidance.
 To optimise medicines through prescribing role operating within areas of competence (where appropriately qualified and authorised via the Trust NMP register).
 To prescribe safely in the interests of the patients and in line with the formulary, policy, procedures and guidance.
 Provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service to the Emergency Department and urgent care wards.
 To provide an Enquiry Answering Service for Urgent care-related enquires from other pharmacists or referred from other wards.
 Support the Advanced Clinical Pharmacists in Admissions in delivering clinical pharmacy and medicine management services and developing relevant business cases to Urgent Care.
 Able to demonstrate and understanding of relevant pharmacy services priorities and contribute to 
the implementation of these priorities.
 Requirement to undertake and support in project work within the Urgent Care Team.
 Attend governance meetings and report any medicine management issues.
 Support and develop Medicines Management Team with Advanced Technician for Urgent Care 
Education, Training and Supervision
 To line manage staff including objective setting and appraisal.
 Act as a role model to the pharmacy team, including supporting junior pharmacist to achieve their 
objectives.
 Attend clinical pharmacy meetings and education/training schemes relevant to post.
 To take part in formal and informal education of pharmacy staff e.g. Technician enhanced 
counselling skills and other healthcare professionals in Urgent Care.
 To supervise aspects of undergraduate, trainee pharmacist, diploma or as Designated prescribing 
Practitioner (DPP) .
 To line manage and lead those staff allocated, undertaking appraisals, supervision and 
identification of training and development of their skills and knowledge.
 To assist in the induction of staff into the service; to help identify training and development needs.
 To provide information to patients, parents, and carers on admission and at discharge regarding 
treatment and medication to optimise patient concordance, particularly if there is a need to 
overcome language or communication barriers.
 To maintain up-to-date clinical knowledge in clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice to ensure a 
broad base of pharmaceutical knowledge, clinical reasoning and judgement.
 To take responsibility for own personal CPD by participating in education and training programmes 
to improve competence and to develop specialist expertise in Urgent Care area.
 To obtain/maintain prescribing qualification and support services and ward rounds as appropriate. 

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