Clinical Pharmacist Rheumatology & Acute Medicine - Band 7

You will work collaboratively with the Rheumatology Consultant Pharmacist and Rheumatology Highly Specialist Pharmacist (B8a) to provide a robust and effective Pharmacy service to the rheumatology specialty. You will also work with our Acute Medicine Pharmacy Team to ensure best patient care to recently admitted patients in our dynamic admissions areas.Check out this video and meet our Pharmacy team, Work with the Rheumatology and Acute medicine teams to further develop the service within North Bristol NHS Trust.

Be a qualified independent prescriber (or willing to be trained) for the Rheumatology service in an outpatient setting and Acute medicine for inpatients.

Manage on-going pharmaceutical care of patients being maintained on drug treatment for Rheumatological and related musculoskeletal conditions.

Provide an outpatient service to patients with autoimmune and inflammatory conditions, within own competence, referring when necessary.

Advise on strategies to ensure cost-effective use of resources.

Provide pharmaceutical expertise to any multidisciplinary working groups considering protocols, policies and guidelines in the specialist area and attend weekly multidisciplinary team meetings.

Provide risk management support to the management of Rheumatology patients treated at NBT - including correct drug selection and managing supply shortages.

Are you keen to start a career in rheumatology whilst developing your pharmaceutical skills in acute medicine?

Our pharmacy and rheumatology departments are diverse, supportive and ambitious with a vision to strive for excellence. We have an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic and innovative rheumatology and pharmacy teams.

We want to recruit an enthusiastic and proactive clinical pharmacist who is looking to progress their career in rheumatology and acute medicine.

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and majorspecialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

We commit to treating each patient as an individual with respect and dignity, aiming to deliver excellent clinical outcomes and a first-class experience for everyone who uses our services.

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an antidiscriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.