Clinical Pharmacist

To be part of the Dorset HealthCare Medicines Team (DHMT) providing clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation support to patients in the inpatient and patient home setting.

Provide clinical pharmacy support to community and mental health inpatient beds within Dorset HealthCare working closely with the clinicians covering these beds.

Using pharmaceutical expertise, to clinically review all prescription charts following admission of patients to the post-holder's allocated wards/units, ensuring patients are prescribed safe and effective medication. This includes monitoring all prescription charts (paper and electronic) to ensure safe, legal and evidence based prescribing takes place - and safe accurate administration - including clinical screening for drug interactions, overdoses or inappropriate prescribing e.g. renal, liver, cardiac impaired or pregnant patients.

To support the pharmacy technicians and ward/unit staff to ensure that adequate ward/unit pharmacy stock levels are maintained on allocated wards and to regularly review and adjust levels if necessary depending on prescribing trends.

To compile a drug history where possible from patients admitted to Trust services to ensure continuity of their medication and records relevant information in order to facilitate the discharge process.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of.

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.

Knowledge, skills and training

Desirable: - Good Presentation skills

Job specific experience

Personal qualities/attributes

Desirable: - Proactive and innovative

Information Technology

Desirable: - Experience of using EPMA Systems; - Experience of Using Electronic Patient Records