Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Participate in the provision of Clinical Pharmacy services, including near to patient schemes, to:
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All wards at Princess Alexandra Hospital and Trusts to which pharmacy provide a service.
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Follow all clinical care pathways, care bundles and guidelines and ensure record keeping is of the required standard.
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Follow all SOP’s relating to clinical activities, including appropriate standards of prescription monitoring, drug chart endorsing, writing in medical notes, rewriting drug charts and controlling antibiotic prescribing
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Report any medication related incidents.
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Minimise non-administration of medicines.
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Assess patients for specialised needs i.e. monitored dose systems.
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Oversee the work of other members of the pharmacy team (pharmacists, technicians and ATO’s).
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Liaise with GP’s and community pharmacists regarding medication information at discharge.
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Record all major clinical interventions.
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Carry out the prescription monitoring service at ward level, to ensure safe, effective and economic prescribing. Include appropriate drug choice, monitoring of outcome and side effect profile.
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Contribute to the writing and review of clinical guidelines.
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Organise the supply of medicines according to need following the requisitioning and topping up procedure.
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Offer drug advice to prescribers, nurses and patients/carers.
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Take part in pharmacist accompanied consultant/medical ward rounds.
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Assist in Medicine Information Service as required.
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Work as a member of pharmacy near to patient teams, to include drug history taking, patients own drug use, self medication, one stop dispensing, TTA transcribing and counselling for discharge.
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Undertake specialist ward duties that are not at present encompassed by directorate pharmacists.
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Review literature to provide evidence based solutions to pharmaceutical problems.
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Input and participate in self-medication programmes, adverse drug reaction reporting, therapeutic drug monitoring and risk management.
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Have a pro-active role in all aspects of medication use on wards and influence prescribing practice.
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Ensure formulary control of prescribing.
To support work of designated Specialist/Lead Pharmacists
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Develop and input into clinical prescribing guidelines, care bundles, care pathways, patient group directions, implementation of NICE and other guidance, care packages for contract purposes and shared care guidelines in line with government directives.Participate in the provision of specialist clinical services e.g. Total Parental Nutrition (TPN), clinical screening of prescriptions for interferons, HIV, anti-TNF drugs and other high cost drugs
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Validate completed ICS and NHS England pro-formas and IFR forms for high cost drug applications where applicable.
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Support in the management of high cost drugs and drug funding issues
- Validate chemotherapy prescriptions
- Participate in the provision of expenditure reporting, audit and report writing.
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Attend directorate meetings, ward rounds and provide education and information to medical, nursing, pharmacy and other health care staff as well as to patients.
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Development of clinical risk management.
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Write and input into Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s).
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Following service review there may be a need to undertake supplementary independent prescribing.
To assist in the training of pharmacy staff and other healthcare workers to:
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Be involved in clinical pharmacy training/teaching to trainee pharmacists, technicians, ATO’s and junior pharmacists.
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Provide pharmaceutical education and training to other healthcare staff in ward areas to which you have a responsibility.
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Take part in the lecture programme for trainee pharmacists and clinical technicians.
To work as part of the Pharmacy Team in the professional provision of a dispensary based Pharmacy service to:
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Open and close the pharmacy dispensary when required to.
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Clinically screen prescriptions to ensure safe, effective and economic use of drugs and to resolve prescribing problems.
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Operate the automated pharmacy storage and dispensing system.
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Identify, select dispense and distribute drugs for in and out patients prescriptions.
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Identify dispense and distribute pharmaceutical items including Controlled Drugs, Clinical Trials and extemporaneously prepared products to wards and departments throughout the Trust according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s)
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Take part in patient counselling and provide information on medicines to patients, doctors and other health care staff.
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Provide clinical input into patient services.
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Supervise and or check the dispensing of prescriptions.
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Carry out reception duties, involving dealing with patients, relatives and all grades of healthcare workers.
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Deal with telephone enquiries and handle prescription charges.
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Use the computer systems to track prescriptions.
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Monitor statutory and local regulations regarding the storage, control and administration of medicines, including ward controlled drug checks.
To provide professional support to the Technical Services Unit to:
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as part of an oncology rotation, provide support to the oncology pharmacy team and technical services team (e.g. validation of chemotherapy prescriptions)
To follow all Health and Safety standards in compliance with Trust policies and procedures. This includes:
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Report all accidents, incidents and near misses
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Dealing with hazardous chemicals (including cytotoxic drugs) used in the department, following COSHH regulations.
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Attendance of all mandatory training.
Carry out the following in all areas of Pharmacy to:
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Maintain stock control and stock rotation
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Follow all standard operating procedures (SOP’s) accurately.
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Maintain accurate manual and computer records.
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Housekeeping duties
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Ensure disposal of pharmaceutical waste is carried out according to SOP’s.
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Ensure professional and legal standards are adhered to.
- Comment on SOP’s and make recommendations on service improvement as required.
To participate in specified project/audit and or group work, according to need. This is likely to be supervised by a senior pharmacist and involve the post-holder in current developmental work.
To support pharmacy weekend services through weekend working rotas
To maintain registration, as a pharmacist, with the General Pharmaceutical Council, and to act in accordance with the code of ethics.
This job description may be subject to change according to the varying needs of the service. Such changes will be made after discussion between the post holder and the manager. All duties must be carried out under supervision or within Trust policy and procedure.
