Job Description

Job Title: Specialist Pharmacist ED and Admissions

Division: Unplanned & Integrated Care

Band: 8a

Salary: £50,952 - £57,349 per annum/pro rata

Interview Date: Week Beginning 12th June 2023

We are recruiting for aSpecialist Pharmacist ED and Admissions who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

The post holder will be required to lead, provide and develop specialist clinical pharmacy to the Emergency Department and the admissions areas. The post holder will liaise between wards, departments and pharmacy to ensure that pharmacy services are tailored to meet the required needs wherever possible.

The post holder will specifically be expected to:
Lead a pharmacy service in accordance with current professional standards and clinical governance guidance.

Ensure the safe and timely discharge of patients from the admission areas

Work closely with the department, care group and directorate and lead on information in relation to clinical and financial aspects of drug prescribing such as drug protocols and drug budget management

Develop and ensure regular pharmacist attendance on post take ward rounds.

Act as a specialist role model and an expert in emergency, acute and general medicine and train rotational pharmacy staff at ward level.

Ensure all staff and teams are motivated, perform effectively and provide high quality and safe service levels.

Our values areBold,Every Person Counts,Sharing and Open andTogether. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.

All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.

We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under – represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.

All staff at Medway comply the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

The pharmacy department sits within the Unplanned & Integrated Care directorate and provides medicines optimisation services to the entire Trust. The department is undergoing exciting changes with a desire by the team to focus on continuous improvement of our services for the benefit of our patients

To manage the delivery and development of the clinical pharmacy service to the Emergency Department and the admissions areas

To facilitate the safe and timely discharge of patients from the admissions areas, and to work with the department, care group and directorate to lead on initiatives to improve the discharge process.

To ensure high standards of clinical and financial pharmaceutical management

To lead a pharmacy service in accordance with current professional standards and clinical governance guidance

To ensure the safe and timely discharge of patients from the admissions areas

To work closely with the areas and lead on information in relation to clinical and financial aspects of drug prescribing such as drug protocols and drug budget management

To develop and ensure regular pharmacist attendance on post take ward rounds.

To act as a specialist role model and an expert in emergency, acute and general medicine and train rotational pharmacy staff at ward level.

To ensure all staff and teams are motivated, perform effectively and provide high quality and safe service levels.

Please note, if you are considering applying for a role within our organisation we do recommend that staff are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, this is no longer a mandatory requirement.

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