Specialist Clinical Pharmacist- Surgery

• Provide specialist pharmacist services, including attending ward rounds, in the following areas: trauma and orthopaedics, colorectal and nutrition, upper GI, surgical admissions, vascular, urology, ENT, ICU and stepdown.
• Be a part of a collaborative multi-disciplinary team working alongside the pain team, dietitians, stoma nurses, nutrition team, orthopaedic teams in addition to the core Surgical team.
• Promote the safe and effective use of medicines in a ward environment.
• Review and update guidelines and protocols within the surgical division.
• Support the Advanced Pharmacists within the Surgical team to manage the introduction of new drugs and treatment guidelines into the division.
• Assist with the management of errors, complaints and incidents in the in accordance with the Trust Risk Management and Complaints Policies.
• Work with the Advanced Surgical Pharmacists to prepare financial reports and ensure that drug usage and expenditure is monitored and regularly reported to Divisional management team.
• Deliver educational sessions to junior pharmacists, Doctors and Nurses as well as providing one to one support to trainee Pharmacists.
• Opportunities for participation in quality improvement projects within the Surgical Division.
• The post includes weekend working, participation in the bank holiday rota and senior late shift rota.
• Train as a prescriber and actively contribute towards improving the standards of prescribing through participation in the role.

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Essential

• GPhC Registered Pharmacist
• Demonstrable experience in hospital clinical pharmacy

Desirable

• Independent prescribing qualification
• Post Graduate Clinical Diploma

Essential

• Broad clinical pharmacy experience and expert knowledge and ability to use research findings to develop services and patient care.

Desirable

• Evidence of involvement in developing policies, procedures or patient information
• Evidence of audit related work and presentation
• Experience of mentoring, tutoring and managing other staff

Essential

• Evidence of communication with a broad spectrum of people
• Evidence of influencing skills
• Evidence of ability to work on own and within a team
• Evidence of ability to prioritise own workload and that of others

Desirable

• Evidence of leadership skills