Advanced Pharmacist Dermatology | Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Are you a highly, experienced clinical pharmacist looking for a new and unique way to develop your clinical specialism, whilst playing a pivotal role in delivery of transformational change across 3 acute trusts in a provider collaborative?, You will initially focus on working across BSW Acute Healthcare Alliance to deliver some key, specialty- specific, biosimilar switch savings, but will also work towards establishing the role of a Dermatology Specialist Pharmacist within the Dermatology team at Great Western Hospital, including non-medical prescribing in out-patient / day hospital settings and supporting medicines optimisation and medicines effectiveness in both in-patient and outpatient services.

By demonstrating the value of this post to both our Trust and the wider BSW Acute Healthcare Alliance at the end of its fixed-term, you will play a key role in influencing our future service developments and, potentially, the establishment of a similar permanent post.

1. Act as an advanced Pharmacy practitioner for the dermatology, to plan the care and identify areas of concern related to medicine use within this specialty.

2. To be an Independent Prescriber (IP) and to continue to develop the role of pharmacist independent prescriber within the Trust.

3. To provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service to patients in dermatology out-patient areas in line with clinical pharmacy standards and objectives.

4. Clinically checking all prescriptions before dispensing and referring to the prescriber any unusual doses, potential drug interactions or incompatibilities for confirmation or revision before authorising dispensing.

5. Assist in clinical decision making to ensure patient safety and medication effectiveness through the medicines optimisation agenda.

6. Discussing with patients any issues about their medication, and liaising with other health care professionals in Primary and Secondary Care as appropriate.

7. Reviews results of external audit related to patient care and develop action plan as necessary.

8. Fulfil the role of Responsible Pharmacist in the dispensary when registerable activities are taking place, when required as part of the rota or out of hours, as defined in the relevant Trust guidance document. To be aware of the requirements of this role and the relevant standard operating procedures, and to complete the record forms as require.

"Our STAR values - Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect - are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives."

Specialist Lead

Work in collaboration with system wide colleagues to ensure best medicines value for Dermatology.

To lead and develop the clinical pharmacy service to Dermatology speciality within the Trust. This includes setting and monitoring quality standards for clinical pharmacy services.

To introduce, maintain and develop a team and speciality-based model for clinical pharmacy service provision.

To act as the point of liaison for the speciality and lead on pharmacy-related aspects of the development of services, medicines introduction, horizon scanning and specialist information provision.

To regularly meet with the Pharmacy Clinical Services Manager and Commissioning and medicines value lead, and develop a strategic plan to ensure post achieved medicines value and clinical targets.

To provide the Pharmacy Clinical Services Manager and commissioning and medicines value lead with details of output, performance and activity of the clinical pharmacy service within Dermatology speciality at specified time intervals in a format agreed by the Pharmacy leadership team.

To actively participate in trust wide medicines assurance, governance and specialty meetings to promote the safe effective use of medicines and role of Pharmacy in medicines optimisation.

To prepare business cases to support clinical Pharmacy service developments within the speciality.

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