Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Lambeth/Southwark Services

Job description Job responsibilities 1. To lead the pharmacy services within allocated wards and teams in line with local and national priorities2. To demonstrate a high standard of clinical knowledge and a patient-focused approach.3. To attend and co-ordinate a quality pharmacy service to multidisiplinary ward rounds at the Maudsley4. To liaise with dispensary managers to seek innovative ways to improve the clinical services at the Maudsley5. To work in allocated wards and teams to ensure safe and effective use of medicines. This includes adhering to Trust policies, pharmacy procedures, local and national guidelines, and legal requirements.6. To work with the borough MDTs to ensure effective and appropriate medicines use.7. To liaise with primary care, acute trusts, CMHTs, HTTs and wards, as necessary.8. To be responsible for providing a clinical pharmacy service to groups of patientsa. Ensure effective outcomes of treatment with medicinesb. Support the teams to monitor patients for potential and actual adverse effects of their medicinesc. Support patients after discharge from hospital, which may include telephone consultation or face-to-face follow-up appointments where appropriated. Undertake medicines-related consultations with patients and carerse. Take steps to ensure patients understand the purpose of their medicines and deal with any practical issues that may prevent the optimal use of their medicines.9. To assess medicine regimes both during enquiry answering and/or through referral, providing highly specific advice to other clinical team members on the management of often complex medicine related issues, such as complex drug interactions, high dose antipsychotic prescribing, unlicensed use of medicines etc.10. To prescribe medicines within their scope of practice and in line with Trust policy if qualified and registered with the GPhC as an independent pharmacist prescriber.11. To be able to present information in a suitable format (e.g. written and/or verbal) and style for the target audience. Barriers to effective communication may include learning disability, mental impairment, non-consenting/noncompliant patients, and patients detained under the mental health act who may be violent/aggressive.12. To prepare and deliver training for clinical staff (e.g. nurses, support workers, junior doctors) on a wide range of medicines-related issues. To provide clinical supervision to a team of pharmacists as part of a group.13. To support local implementation of Trust Medicines Management Policies within own clinical area, and ensure medicines are handled safely and securely within designated clinical areas.14. To record and collect data on patient and service outcomes and report these to relevant committees on a regular basis.15. To demonstrate innovation and extend the boundaries of the profession16. To participate in and develop quality improvement initiatives, undertake local and national audits, and engage in research and medicines evaluation as required by the Chief Pharmacist17. To participate in any other duties as requested by the site lead pharmacist in keeping within expectations of the grade18. To participate in the on-call, saturday and bank holiday services