Senior Clinical Pharmacist | Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting opportunity for motivated pharmacists who want to be at the cutting edge of pharmacy service development to join our welcoming and innovative team. The post presents excellent opportunities to optimise all of your expertise and to develop further into specialist roles including outpatient clinic support, prescribing roles and ward rounds. Our rotations are 6 or 12 months in duration and provide opportunities to experience various clinical specialties, as well as chances to work in operational roles such as clinical governance, medicines management, antimicrobial stewardship, aseptics and education and training. You will be self-motivated and organised with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will be able to work effectively alone and as part of a team. You will work closely with the wider clinical pharmacy team to maximise medicines optimisation by:

• Reviewing individual patient's medicines
• Developing a role as a key member of the multidisciplinary team
• Supporting the training and education of junior pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacists, technicians and other healthcare staff
• Participation in formulary management and financial monitoring of drug expenditure in conjunction with directorate pharmacists
• Developing, implementing and monitoring prescribing guidelines.
Full training and an extensive CPD programme is provided, along with opportunities to attend annual conferences such as UKCPA. All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as "competent and caring staff" by our patients.

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Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents. We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint. We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m. The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.