Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Cross Sector Advanced Clinical Pharmacist to work in Lincoln on a full-time basis.
The salary for this permanent Cross Sector Advanced Clinical Pharmacist job is £50,952 - £57,349 per annum.
Main Duties:
- Deliver high standards of patient-focused care by adhering to Clinical Governance principles.
- Ensure compliance with Medicines Management, Controls Assurance Policies, and Treatment Protocols.
- Investigate and assess patients' drug histories, including evaluating patients' own medications (POD) for reuse.
- Review prescriptions for legality, clarity, clinical accuracy, and suitability for the patient.
- Monitor the clinical use of medications, reporting near misses and risk management issues related to prescribing and administration.
- Coordinate timely medication supply in collaboration with nurses, medical staff, ward Pharmacy Technicians, and Dispensary staff.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with service users and other healthcare professionals.
- Provide advice and support to patients and carers to improve adherence to medication regimens, assessing the need for compliance aids.
- Prioritise workload to meet patient and service needs, managing the workload of other Pharmacy staff when necessary.
- Identify patients requiring additional clinical interventions due to complexity or high risk (e.g., polypharmacy).
- Enhance the discharge process by improving efficiency and safety in transferring patient care to primary care settings.
- Contribute to training and education programmes for Pharmacy, Nursing, Medical staff, and other healthcare professionals.
- Provide professional cover for the site Medicines Information Service as needed.
- Support the MDT in patient discharge processes, reviewing EDDs to minimise documentation errors and expedite discharges.
- Develop cross-sector services to identify patients at risk of admission or readmission, providing necessary interventions.
Clinical Pharmacist Duties in GP Practice
- Conduct medication reviews for patients with multiple or single medical issues (e.g., COPD, asthma), optimising treatment.
- Provide structured reviews by assessing ongoing medication needs and monitoring requirements.
- Support patients with medication queries and provide necessary guidance.
- Recommend medicines optimisation strategies to the MDT and attend multidisciplinary case conferences.
- Manage a caseload of patients with minor ailments within your competence.
- Signpost to other healthcare professionals or escalate cases to GPs as appropriate.
- Support the MDT and healthcare teams (e.g., community pharmacy) with medication-related queries.
- Audit and review medication use to identify and address issues linked to unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions.
- Reconcile medications post-hospital discharge and in transitions to care homes.
- Ensure continuity of medicine supply to high-risk patient groups.
- Analyse and present medicines data to inform decision-making and highlight risks.
- Undertake clinical audits of prescribing practices, providing feedback and implementing changes with the Practice team.
- Audit Practice compliance with national guidelines and CQC standards concerning medicines.
Supervision of Dispensing Activities
- Perform clinical checks of prescriptions to ensure legality, accuracy, appropriateness, and policy compliance.
- Prioritise and clinically check prescriptions in the correct order.
- Conduct final checks on dispensed medicines and extemporaneous preparations as needed.
- Provide medicines information and advice to patients, carers, and healthcare professionals.
- Dispense prescriptions, manage stock medicines, and handle Controlled Drugs as required.
- Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation governing the handling of medicines.
- Address complaints from wards, departments, or patients efficiently and compassionately, following Trust policy.
Support of Evidence-Based and Cost-Effective Practice
- Assist in the clinical evaluation of new pharmaceutical products for inclusion in the Trust Medicines Formulary, using unbiased sources.
- Participate in clinical audits and contribute to Research and Development initiatives.
- Conduct drug utilisation reviews and review Practice formularies to ensure optimal use of medicines.
Risk Management in Medicines Usage
- Participate in risk management audits and report medicines-related incidents using the appropriate systems (e.g., Trust Datix).
- Complete intervention reports to monitor the role of pharmacists in risk management.
- Ensure compliance with regulations such as COSHH, National Patient Safety Agency, and MHRA guidelines.
- Identify and report the use of unlicensed medicines or off-label use according to MHRA requirements.
- Participate in medicine recalls as necessary.
Requirements of the Cross Sector Advanced Clinical Pharmacist:
- MPharm degree
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Postgraduate Clinical Diploma or equivalent experience
- Independent Prescriber qualification
- Some experience in a supervisory role
- Extensive specialist medical knowledge acquired through training and experience
- Proven experience in medicines management within a hospital setting across various specialties
- Ability to travel between sites and for On-call duties
Contact:
This Cross Sector Advanced Clinical Pharmacist ob is advertised by Ryan Mann; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
