Job Description

A position has become available within the Clinical Pharmacist team at the Southend Hospital site.



This is a great opportunity for a highly motivated, open minded and dynamic pharmacist to support the delivery of our clinical pharmacy service.



The current clinical pharmacists team currently comprises a welcoming, forward-thinking and vibrant group of individuals, always seeking to improve current ways of working to benefit the patients we serve and promote a harmonious working environment.



You will need to be an excellent communicator with strong interpersonal/ relationship building skills. In return, we will offer you a range of career development opportunities, both on the Southend Hospital Site and the wider Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.



This role will involve rotations within varied specialist clinical areas including general medicine, surgery, orthopaedics, department of medicine for the elderly and technical services, as well as contributing to the provision of the 'on-call' service.



Providing a clinical service to the wards, discharge service, outpatients, technical services unit and other service users.

Attend clinical ward rounds, clinical and multidisciplinary meetings as appropriate.



Regularly recording clinical interventions and activities.

Provide specialist pharmaceutical information to medical, nursing and other staff within the Trust where appropriate.



Promote the safe, appropriate and economic use of drugs.

Counsel and advise patients on use of medicines.



Take part in the emergency On-call Pharmacist rota working alone as the On call Pharmacist providing medicines information, advice and supply out of hours and sourcing of urgently required drugs from external suppliers.



To support the Trust Medication Safety Officer and Pharmacy Risk



Governance Pharmacist with the medicine's optimisation and governance agenda.



Ensure clinical incidents e.g. dispensing or administration errors are reported promptly according to current risk management procedures.



Monitor the safe and secure storage of medication both within the pharmacy department and on the wards.



Facilitate implementation of local and national guidelines where appropriate e.g. NICE.



Keep accurate patient medication and drug issue records using the Pharmacy Wellsky computer system.



Supervise trainee pharmacists, undergraduate students and ward-based technicians.



Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.



We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.



Are you looking for an exciting Senior Rotational Clinical Pharmacist role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you!



For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.



We look forward to your application!