Macmillan Senior Palliative Care Pharmacist

The post holder will: Work closely with medical and nursing staff to improve the pharmaceutical care of patients requiring palliative care and end of life services. Work with and support the Myton Hospice Palliative care pharmacist based at UHCW. Support the Pharmacy team to improve knowledge of palliative care as a speciality and review patients referred to the Palliative Care team at UHCW. Be responsible for all aspects of Medicines Management within palliative care and end of life services at UHCW NHS Trust and have an overarching medicines management role within palliative care across Coventry and Warwickshire. Lead on the provision of education to healthcare professionals in the pharmaceutical aspects of palliative care and end of life services across the above care settings. Develop policies, guidelines, conduct audits and perform research relating to the use of medicines within palliative care and end of life services. Support the Quality, Innovation and Patient Safety aspects of
Palliative Care at UHCW to ensure care is outstanding and continually improving. Role-specific duties 1. Provide a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service for palliative care patients at UHCW NHS Trust, attending board rounds and multidisciplinary team meetings. 2. Support a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service for palliative and end of life care patients across Coventry and Warwickshire by acting as pharmacist representative on the C.A.S.T.L.E. (Care and Support Towards Lifes End) expert advisory group which represents clinical providers of palliative and end of life care across Coventry and Warwickshire. 3. Provide pharmacy representation and input into other relevant groups such as the ICS EOL working group, the West Midlands Specialist Palliative Care Audit and Guidelines Group (SPAGG) and the Central England Palliative Care Pharmacy Group. 4.Provide strategic guidance on clinical pharmacy issues relating to palliative and end of life care services and provide professional pharmacy
leadership in this area of care 5. Proactively influence safe and cost-effective drug therapy with other senior clinical staff within palliative care and end of life services. This will include performing new drug evaluations, financial reporting and development of policies. 6. Identify areas where improvements in both quality and cost effectiveness of pharmaceutical care and prescribing may be encouraged, and influence others to incorporate this for the benefit of the wider health economy. 7. Work with senior staff in palliative and end of life care services to review policies and procedures to ensure safe and effective handling of medication. Ensure policies and procedures comply with existing legal requirements, best practice, national and local guidelines and CQC Requirements. Undertake risk management and conduct audits relating to supply, storage and administration of medicines. 8. Lead, develop and deliver education and training in the pharmaceutical aspects of palliative
care to other healthcare professionals. To encourage and cultivate an environment of clinical and practice-based research and audit. To contribute to current and future research and audit projects associated with the use of medicines within palliative care. 9. To practice as an expert practitioner, providing advice and consultancy to patients, healthcare professionals and other agencies relating to pharmaceutical aspects of palliative and end of life care. Please see the Job Description for the full details.