Job Description

Job title - Senior Pharmacist - Acute Medicine and Medicines Advice



Fixed-term post - 6 months



An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and self-motivated clinical pharmacist to join the Acute Medicine and Medicines Advice (MA) team and develop the role of clinical pharmacy. Medicine includes AMU (Acute medical unit) and AAU (Acute assessment unit), Thoracic Medicine and TREAT (triage readmissions elderly admissions team) services and support to Accident and Emergency unit. The pharmacist will play a key role in the safe and effective management of drugs across medicine/ thoracic and will be a key member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).



The role includes overseeing the day-to-day management of the service provided to the medical wards as well as assisting the lead medical advice pharmacist in managing the daily operations in the MA service. You will also be responsible for the development of evidence-based guidelines and protocols, additionally, oversee the training and development of junior pharmacists including setting their objectives.



Potential candidates will have experience working as a band 7 pharmacist, with some experience of working in medicine/MA. They will be comfortable working with consultant level staff and have some knowledge of managing drug budgets, developing and implementing policies/guidelines and supervision and training of staff.



Act as a deputy for Principal Pharmacist in Medicine or lead medicines advice pharmacist when necessary



Regular active participation in speciality ward rounds to support safe and effective use of medicines with these areas



Delivery of a safe and effective medicines advice service



Maintaining clinical governance within the medicine and medicines advice services



Ensuring seamless pharmaceutical care from admission to discharge, including liaising with other pharmacists and healthcare professionals (primary and secondary) who may be taking over care of the patient



To act as a clinical role model, and support training and supervision of junior members of the pharmacy team



Development and implementation of clinical guidelines



Effective control of drug expenditure and management of processes regarding high-cost drugs



Developing the role of independent prescribing within medicine



To participate in audits and practice research



To work with the clinical risk team to minimise the risk of medicines



The Royal Free London NHS Trust is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the UK with many specialties including kidney and liver transplantation, haemophilia, amyloidosis and scleroderma with the newly opened Pears Building being at the forefront of medical research.



The trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This large-scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, in finding ways to deliver even better care to patients.



The Pharmacy department is a friendly, and progressive unit dedicated to providing the highest standards of pharmaceutical care and service. Providing a variety of pharmacy services across all three sites, the pharmacy department have played a pivotal role in the implementation of electronic prescribing system and have strategic plans for the development of more consultant and independent prescribing pharmacists. The pharmacy medicine team consists of a team of pharmacists and technicians working across all the medical wards to provide a safe, cost-effective and timely service to patients. The team are well-respected at ward level, providing advice to both nursing and medical staff on the use of medicines. Medicines advice consist of a friendly team of the lead MA pharmacist and rotational pharmacists from Royal Free and Barnet sites.



Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.