Band 8 Clinical Pharmacist

Job Description:

Job Title and Grade: Band 8 Clinical Pharmacist

Location/Trust: Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust

Department Covered: Pharmacy 12 month contract

· The Advanced Clinical Pharmacist will be responsible for medicines optimisation in Acute Medicine &Emergency Medicine

· Analyse, interpret and compare highly complex drug usage and expenditure data, and prepare detailed reports.

· Provide highly specialised advice to Clinical Divisions and relevant Trust Committees.

· Produce recommendations in support of medicines optimisation strategies and efficiency savings relevant to the specialty area.

· Develop and implement medicines-focused training to pharmacy, medical and nursing staff of all grades.

· Work independently as an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist at ward level to provide safe and efficient specialised pharmacy services. This includes clinical duties such as medicines reconciliation, patient counselling, highly accurate clinical review of medicines, discharge prescribing and working alongside other health care professionals to optimise patient care.

Skills/Responsibilities:

To apply for this post, you will need:

· Postgraduate diploma or Postgraduate Master’s degree in clinical pharmacy, or the equivalent degree of experience

· Experience of working in hospital pharmacy, including ward-based clinical work

· Demonstrate ability to use initiative and be proactive

· Information technology skills, including use of Microsoft Office applications

Who are NHS Professionals?

NHS Professionals (NHSP), owned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), works in partnership with hospital trusts to provide a bank of highly skilled temporary workers who want to work flexibly within the NHS.

Working through the NHSP bank means Trusts don’t have to rely on expensive agencies. Right now, we have over 130,000 members registered on our bank from various roles, grades and specialities, saving the NHS over £70 million each year. This money is then reinvested back into the NHS.

Register today for various flexible working options and long term placement opportunities.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Work Location: In person