Specialist Pharmacist Cardiac and Critical Care

This is an exciting split post that encompasses anticoagulation, working on the cardiology and cardiac surgery wards, as well as critical care. It is a flexible position that can be adapted to suit you and your experience so far, and there will be plenty of learning opportunities from each team.

You will be working in a friendly team within the pharmacy department to provide anticoagulation dosing advice to patients being managed within both primary and secondary care. You will also provide specialist input to adult cardiac areas and critical care as part of the clinical pharmacy service, and there will be an opportunity to deputise for lead anticoagulation and cardiac pharmacists as required., Your day to day duties will include (but not be limited to):

• Working in the anticoagulation clinic dosing outpatients and inpatients as part of our anticoagulation team


• Supporting rotational pharmacists and the anticoagulation technician in delivering the anticoagulation dosing service


• Providing clinical pharmacy cover to our critical care units and to cardiac services, including team leadership to the cardiac pharmacy team where needed


• Participation in Saturday, Sunday, bank holiday and late working pharmacy rotas.


• To provide an emergency call out service on a rotational basis.


• Our Saturday, Sunday & Bank Holiday shifts are part of normal contracted hours with compensatory 'off-duty days', on a rota basis of roughly one weekend day every 6 weeks, children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge
  
  University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of