Specialist Clinical Pharmacist Medicine for Older People and REACT

The post holder will support clinical work/wards within the Medicine for Older People Directorate and also the Rapid Emergency Assessment and Care Team to enable patients to stay out of hospital where this is the aim. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to work closely within the multidisciplinary team to deliver a high level of pharmaceutical care, advice and medicines optimisation service. You will also have the opportunity to be involved in project work and to develop your clinical and management skills., 1. To deliver a specialist pharmaceutical care service in the directorate of medicines for Older People.2. Identification and prioritisation of high-risk patients requiring specialist pharmacist input and delivering proactive and prompt pharmaceutical advice.3.Undertaking medicines management duties, medicines reconciliation, optimisation, improving prescribing practices and supporting timely discharge.4. Delivery of specialist and accurate information and educational training to medical and nursing staff, and to patients in an appropriate and sensitive manner regarding medications, therapeutic effects, monitoring and potential adverse effects.5. To participate in the provision of a sessional dispensary service (to agreed Trust and National standards) for inpatients and outpatients at any pharmacy department within the Trust.6. Ensure prescriptions comply with legal requirements and that all pharmaceutical treatments are appropriate for individual patients taking into account the condition being treated, concomitant conditions, other medicines and results of laboratory tests as available

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