Specialist Support Pharmacist – Surgery

Job description Job responsibilities Service Delivery Responsibilities Work closely with the Lead Surgical Pharmacy Technician to deliver a patient focused clinical pharmacy service to patients within the elective Surgical Wards. To develop and evaluate clinical services to the adult elective surgical wards at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust and implement areas for improvement to support patient flow and patient experience. To support the provision of a clinical pharmacy service to the Trust Adult Critical Care Unit in the absence of the Critical Care Pharmacist. Provide a clinical pharmacy service and support medical optimisation to Level 1 patients based on the Unit. Contribute to the timely discharge of patients being discharged from the surgical wards by ensuring TTAs are prepared prior to discharge. To improve patient experience by ensuring patients by providing patient counselling and education of medications prior to discharge. To work as part of the multidisciplinary team to support medical and nursing staff, as well as allied healthcare professionals. Creation and implementation of surgical guidelines as necessary. To monitor and evaluate the pharmacy services provided in accordance with the set objectives to ensure that they are of a high quality and that departmental standards are met Participate in audits and service reviews in accordance with the set objectives agreed with the Lead Pharmacist for Critical Care. Clinical Pharmacy Duties Provide high quality clinical pharmacy input as part of the multidisciplinary team within directorate to improve and enhance the quality of patient care Ensure that medication histories and patients’ own drugs are check on admission. Reconcile patients’ regular medication and professionally screen prescriptions, thus taking professional responsibility, as required by legislation. To prioritise clinical interventions in accordance to patients’ individual needs. To provide timely and expert clinical pharmaceutical advice to medical and nursing staff to enable them to prescribe and administer medicines for inpatients in a safe, appropriate and efficient manner. To help with the monitoring and implementation of clinical management guidelines such as the antimicrobial guidelines and adherence to Trust Formulary. To work with the Lead Pharmacist for Critical Care to develop and input into clinical prescribing guidelines, care pathways, care bundles, patient group directions, implementation of NICE and other guidance in line with local and national directives. To undertake counselling and provision of information on medication related issues, delivering highly sensitive information to a vulnerable sector of the community, both patients and carers. To train and work as an independent prescriber (IP) according to Trust policies and within your identified scope of practice, if required. To monitor, audit and report on any medicines related incidents, complaints or clinical governance issues and explore ways of minimising risk of future re-occurrence or risk to patients and staff. Make appropriate recommendations to support improvement in these areas. To undertake clinical audits and to participate in undertaking research, audit or development work for service improvement.