Band 8a Head Pharmacist | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The post holder is professionally and managerially responsible for the provision and development of a professional and progressive pharmaceutical service in line with professional and government guidelines to the Wards at West Heat Hospital, with specific responsibility for West Heath Hospital Pharmacy Department and Service.

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Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.

• Provision of a ward pharmacy service to all wards and supply of non-stock items including cytotoxic drugs. The service includes medication reconciliation, medication reviews with patients, falls reviews, reviewing every drug chart for correct dosages, drug interactions, side effects, legality and clarification of ambiguous prescriptions. Cancelling medication when the course is complete. Provision of medicines advice in specialised areas especially with regard to using medicines outside their product license and dose guidance in the elderly.


• Access summary care records and other patient records to ensure correct medicines information is obtained and patients are monitored as appropriate to their drug treatment


• Make records in patient's notes relating to pharmaceutical care


• Planning for discharge


• Implement the Integrated Medicines Optimisation Committee (IMOC) Drug Formulary and review non-formulary medicines as appropriate. Support clinicians to make applications for drugs to be added to BCHC formulary where needed.


• Plan, manage and prioritise the pharmacy workload and help other pharmacy staff to prioritise their work.


• Plan and organise the provision of the pharmacy service to the Wards


• Plan pharmacy work rotas on a monthly basis with regard to skill mix to ensure that the Pharmacy service is adequately covered on all sites by the appropriate deployment of staff. This may include on call rotas if covering West Heath.


• Responsible for authorising time sheets and in house study leave.


• Chair regular departmental team meetings.


• Cascade Trust Team Talk


• Supervision and management of all pharmacy staff.


• Write, update and implement any pharmacy related drug policies, procedures and guidelines. Ensure these are reviewed and updated within necessary time period. Liaise with wards to ensure their adoption.


• Contribute to the Trust Medicines Optimisation policies and procedures, including those for pharmacy.


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  · Looking for a new challenge?


· A compassionate leader?

· Looking for real opportunity to make a difference?

· Innovative and forward thinking? Looking for a post to show off your skills?

Due to staff retirement, we are looking for a caring and compassionate, lead pharmacist to work within our expanding pharmacy team for our in-patient services at West Heath Hospital.

West Heath is a community hospital offering general medical and sub-acute care as well as specialist rehabilitation services for inpatients.

If you are a self-motivated, forward-thinking individual & would like to play an integral part in growing the reputation of the pharmacy team, embedding medicines optimisation in our MDT's and contributing to service developments, we have the perfect opportunity for you.

As well as being able to demonstrate strong leadership and service development skills, you will also be able to exercise advanced clinical skills.