Job Description
Job summary We have an opportunity for an enthusiastic foundation level pharmacist to join our surgical pharmacy team to provide maternity leave cover for 12 months.This position is suitable for a newly registered pharmacist.You will work with our friendly team of pharmacists, technicians and support workers to provide a clinical pharmacy service to in-patients across our surgical wards. Main duties of the job This role will be predominantly ward based, working as part of a team to complete medicines reconciliation, treatment reviews and discharge prescription validation for the surgical patients at Mid Yorkshire Teaching Trust.Training and support will be provided by our Advanced and Specialist Pharmacists and our team of experienced technicians and support workers, which will enable the successful candidate to gain a thorough knowledge base and experience of clinical pharmacy. You will be supported through a structured induction process as well as provided with a range of training and development opportunities to build your foundation portfolio.The successful candidate will contribute to our dispensary late night and weekend service on a rotational basis.If you would like to discuss the post further, please contact Siobhan Conaghan - Lead Pharmacist, Division of Surgery on or 01924 541390 About us We provide care and support to over a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our workforce.We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently.We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you. Job description Job responsibilities The postholder is accountable for his/her own professional actions but will always beworking under the guidance of senior colleagues who will be available forreference if required.The postholder will be required to provide pharmaceutical care to patients in variousspecialities on a rotational basis. They are responsible for ensuring that thelegal and statutory requirements in relation to medicines are met and forensuring the delivery of pharmaceutical care to patients meets both nationaland local standards.Onrotation the post holder will be required to:Carry outduties in the dispensary to help ensure that medicines are provided in atimely fashion for in-patients. These duties will include: Act as the Responsible Pharmacist in line withlocal procedure.Clinical and accuracy checking of prescriptions.Dispensing medicines.Dealing with medicines for clinical trialpatients.Ensuring adherence to medicines legislation andaccurate record keeping especially for those medicines covered by the Misuse ofDrugs Act.Ensuring medicines are selected and employed inaccordance with the Trust Medicines Policy and the Drugs Formulary.Supervising technicians and trainee pharmacists.Educating patients and/or their representativesabout their medicines.Liaising with various members of themulti-disciplinary team.Inputting patient related data into computers.Managing and prioritising own workload to tightdeadlines and ensuring urgent work is done.Moving stock when necessary.Makingstraightforward decisions relating to medicines provision.Carry outduties in the Technical Services section, which will include:Clinical and accuracy checking of prescriptions.Dispensing and supervision of others indispensing (by manipulation and reconstitution) injectable medicines (andensuring safe and appropriate disposal of sharps and other waste).Preparation and dispensing of specialformulations for external or internal use.Liaising with medical and nursing staff with aview to providing advice about intravenous nutrition (TPN) prescriptions.Handlingand dispensing medicines used in the treatment of cancer (cytotoxic medicines). Person Specification Special Knowledge and skills Essential Good written and verbal communication skills. The post holder must be equally at ease talking to patients, medical and nursing staff of all grades in both primary and secondary care and will need to present written and verbal reports to senior hospital staff. The post holder must have basic keyboard skills and familiarity with routine office software word processing, spread sheets and PowerPoint. Desirable Interprets information and provides advice. Awareness of own limitations and when to refer to others for advice. Dispensing and accuracy checking skills. Qualifications Essential Master's Degree in pharmacy obtained through four years undergraduate training. Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council achieved by pre-registration training/experience and examination. Desirable Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Membership of the United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacists Association. Personal Attributes Essential Exhibits an enthusiasm for development of the practice of Pharmacy. Able to work as an individual and within a team. Possesses personal organisational attributes. Responds positively to service deadlines. Able to plan and manage own workload. Possesses good verbal and written communication skills. The post holder must display an understanding of and ability to deal with the confidential and sensitive information with which they will come into contact on a daily basis. The post holder will need the necessary skills to be able to communicate complicated medication issues to patients and carers in order that they may understand and make best use of their medicines. The post holder must display an understanding and ability to communicate and deal with all patients and/or carers some of whom may have language, sensory or learning difficulties, or who may be dying or distressed because of their diagnosis or state of health. Experience Essential Experience in pharmacy practice obtained through pre-registration training and examination. Desirable Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team and experience in UK hospital pharmacy.