An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic pharmacist to lead our friendly and supportive Medicines Information (MI) team within the Pharmacy Department at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH).
You will be responsible for co-ordinating and supervising the day-to-day provision of a high quality Medicines Information service to healthcare professionals within the Trust and to patients via our established medicines helpline, while supporting the long-term planning, organisation and delivery of the service.
You will also support the Clinical Pharmacy team by delivering direct patient care at ward level and acting as a clinical role model for other staff.
In addition to providing a high quality clinical enquiry answering service, you will be actively involved in training and supporting our junior rotational staff and will have the chance to drive service improvement projects within the department.
We are looking for an experienced pharmacist with excellent communication and organisational skills and the desire to provide a high quality, safe, effective and efficient service to our healthcare professionals and patients.
Our friendly and supportive Medicines Information team also comprises of a specialist clinical pharmacist, rotational band 6 pharmacists and a specialist pharmacy technician.
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Medicines information
Analyse and interpret highly complex information from a variety of sources to provide expert evaluated medicines information and advice in response to enquiries from pharmacy, medical and nursing staff, allied healthcare professionals and members of the public (via the medicines helpline).
Lead the planning and organisation of the day-to-day activity of the Medicines Information Service.
Promote, evaluate and further develop the medicines helpline for patients.
Manage and assist in the production of proactive medicines information.
Manage the information resources for NUH pharmacy staff and ensure that all resources are up to date and communicated appropriately to the wider trust.
Ensure that all standard operating procedures are in place and current and develop new procedures where appropriate.
Oversee the training and development of junior medicines information staff.
Lead the medicines information department directly line managing members of this team and acting as a role model
Lead on the internal peer review system and assist with the audit of enquiries.
Lead on the development and review of risk assessments within medicines information.
As lead for the Medicines Information team, ensure that medicines recalls and notifications received into the Trust are dealt with in a timely manner.
Collaborate with local and national specialists and groups to enable best practice to be identified and incorporated into NUH practice.
To support strategy development and review of planning processes in Medicines Information by keeping abreast of national developments and strategy documents and attending regional and national meetings as appropriate.
Lead in the provision and update of national monographs for the NHS Injectable Medicines guide and assist in the maintenance and update of any local monographs
Work closely and effectively with members of the Pharmacy Procurement team in solving problems relating to medication shortages and discontinuations.
Clinical Pharmacy
Ensure safe, rational and effective prescribing by undertaking medication reconciliation, assessing suitability of prescribed medication, enabling use of patient’s own medicines and patient self-administration, counselling (to optimise medicines use), and ensuring continuity of patient care into the community.
Interpreting and requesting clinical tests to monitor and make recommendations to improve effectiveness of drug therapy.
Pro-actively liaising with other members of the multidisciplinary team (medical staff, nurses, microbiologists, physiotherapists, dieticians) in order to ensure safe use of medicines.
Making recommendations about medicines to improve patient outcomes, promote formulary adherence and align with national guidelines.
