Highly Specialist Pharmacist, Respiratory

Job description Job responsibilities Key results from the job holder Report to the Principal Pharmacist for Live Well and Urgent Care and support them in delivering and developing, Pharmacy, speciality, divisional and Trust objectives. Deliver highly specialist clinical pharmacist services to your area of responsibility within the Trust including directorate level support such as horizon scanning, cost benefit analysis, ensuring PGDs / Shared Care Protocols are appropriate and assurance reporting is provided to the Division. To be a non-medical prescriber. Working in partnership with other professionals and partners, to reduce the number and severity of medicines related adverse events by identifying and implementing new systems of work. Thematically review existing medication practices, incident reporting and other intelligence to support safer medication practices within specialist area. Investigate serious errors related to the use of medicines and report findings to manager. Alongside implementing action plans to improve practice. Develop, implement and audit unit wide policies, procedures and guidelines related to medication prescribing, supply, administration or disposal. Publish findings and undertake pharmacy practice research. Ensure compliance with medicines management guidance issued by the Trust, GMMMG or national bodies. Ensure compliance with Medicines Law and CQC requirements. Provide support for specialist and general areas primarily within the Live Well and Urgent Care Division. o Support other divisions within the Trust when required by senior managers. Provide formal education to pharmacists and MDT members such as medics and nurses. Including Trust induction and Trust level events. Produce, update and review: clinical guidelines, monographs, PGDs, governance procedures and other documents requested by senior managers. Attend ward rounds and support junior colleagues to attend ward rounds when service provision allows. Provide specialist pharmacy input on these rounds alongside MDT members. Ensuring medications provided to patients are licensed, and where this is not possible supporting the division to implement and abide by the Restricted Medicine Policy. Horizon scanning for matters affecting the Medicine Division. For example, new products or new guidance, for example, NICE, RCPCH, GMMMG Encourage service development within the scope and funding received into Pharmacy. Explore and implement novel ways of working. Provide support to primary care providers, other secondary care providers and tertiary centres when required for issues that affect our patients. Provide a point of reference for medical and nursing staff for any pharmacy queries. Ensure local medicines management policies adhered to. This would include monthly CD audits Review of ward stocks together with medicines management technicians. Ensure high-cost drugs are appropriately managed, ie Blueteq and PBR drugs. Provide directorate and clinical support to the Division. Support other Divisions if required by senior managers. Cross-site working. Implement quality improvement projects. Support senior pharmacy and Trust colleagues in delivering objectives and implementing change. Contribute positively to the vision and direction of the department.