Specialist Pharmacist Thrombosis inStevenage inStevenage PUBLISHED
THU 2 JAN 2025
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Key responsibilities include conducting root-cause analyses for healthcare-associated thrombosis, developing and monitoring anticoagulant protocols, and engaging in service development through critical evaluation skills. The Specialist Pharmacist will also mentor junior pharmacists and contribute to the work of the Trust Thrombosis Committee. Candidates are expected to embrace the Trust's core values of Inclusion, Respect, and Improvement throughout their work.
We are recruiting for a Specialist Pharmacist Thrombosis who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We are looking for a dynamic, motivated and forward thinking pharmacist to work across the Trust to lead the VTE Quality Improvement Project, work with the Thrombosis Multi-disciplinary team and the pharmacy team.
This is a full time post (37.5 hours per week) and includes working weekends and on-call on a rota basis in the pharmacy. We also welcome part time and job share applicants.
We will fully fund and support you to undertake relevant post graduate training including the prescribing qualification and leadership training.
We will develop your portfolio of skills to prepare you for more senior roles within the department through involvement in directorate and project work focused on improving quality of clinical services and patient-focused care.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
To operate as specialist pharmacist for thrombosis including leading the Trust wide quality improvement project into VTE.
To participate in service development and demonstrate use of critical evaluation skills. This includes the undertaking of root-cause analysis for patients who develop healthcare-associated thrombosis; critique the thromboprophylaxis provision they received; feedback results to the relevant Directorate teams and support the preparation & publication of a quarterly report on the data collected.
Develop, implement, monitor and evaluate protocols and guidelines for anticoagulant therapy. These may be used both Trust-wide and external to the Trust.
Organise, deliver, evaluate and feedback audit and project work with respect to anticoagulant use
Develop and maintain Patient Group Directions regarding anticoagulants where appropriate.
To support the delivery of the Trust Thrombosis Committee agenda
To be a clinical mentor and guide junior pharmacists, foundation trainee pharmacists throughout their training programmes.
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