Advanced Specialist Pharmacist – Gastroenterology and Hepatology Job at Stoke on Trent Full Time NEW

Job summary

We’re looking for an experienced clinical pharmacist to join our Gastroenterology and Hepatology team at the Royal Stoke site. You’ll help deliver a high-quality clinical pharmacy service to high-acuity and complex patients across our Gastroenterology and Hepatology inpatient ward and JAG accredited endoscopy units at Royal Stoke, County Hospital and the Community Diagnostic Centre. You will also provide expert advice to the inflammatory bowel disease and hepatitis MDT to support our outpatient cohort.

You’ll work closely with pharmacy colleagues and multidisciplinary team members, with opportunities for education, development, research and networking. You will also train and support the development of trainee and junior pharmacists within the gastroenterology rotation.

We’re looking for someone who:

Has experience of delivering evidence-based, cost effective care

Is able to support team development

Has a passion for gastroenterology and hepatology medicine, and thrives in a fast-paced clinical environment

Main duties of the job

• Deliver a high quality, patient focused clinical pharmacy service to Gastroenterology and Hepatology
• Prioritise and review high-risk patients (e.g. those with epilepsy, diabetes, Parkinson’s disease), ensuring their medicines are prescribed and administered within a timely manner
• Utilise your independent prescribing skills daily, working within your scope of practice
• Provide prescribing support for complex medicines e.g. aminophylline, vancomycin
• Support patient flow with mechanisms for obtaining discharge medicines both in and out of hours
• Review adverse incidents and take appropriate action to reduce future risk
• Review and develop guidelines and PGDs.
• Line manage and train and develop junior pharmacists and trainee pharmacists
• Work with the Advanced Clinical Lead Pharmacist for Gastroenterology, Respiratory and Endoscopy on the strategic development of the clinical pharmacy service to the Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy departments.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Address

UHNM

Newcastle Road

Stoke on Trent

ST4 6QG

United Kingdom

Employer’s website

https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Address

UHNM

Newcastle Road

Stoke on Trent

ST4 6QG

United Kingdom

Employer’s website

https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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