Antimicrobial Steward, Vaccination & IV Therapy Lead Pharmacist inMaghull inMaghull PUBLISHED WED 27 NOV 2024

The post holder will act as the trust lead for antimicrobial stewardship. The post holder will also act as the clinical pharmacist lead for infection management and Intravenous therapy.The post holder will work closely with the infection prevention & control team and Regional AMR leads to co-ordinate and deliver a high quality AMS programme across the Trust.The post holder will also support ICB colleagues to positively impact antimicrobial prescribing practices in primary care, in line with national and local prioritiesThe post holder will be the flu and vaccination programme lead within the medicines management team and will participate in emergency planning in an advisory capacity.The post holder will be responsible for leading, delivering and developing a comprehensive clinical pharmacy and medicines supply service, providing specialist information and advice to all members of the multi-disciplinary team to maximise patient pharmaceutical care.

Shortlisting planned for: 5 December 2024

Interviews planned for: 13 December 2024

To be actively involved in providing a seven-day pharmacy medicines management service to Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will act as the trust lead for antimicrobial stewardship. The post holder will also act as the clinical pharmacist lead for infection management and Intravenous therapy. The post holder will be the flu and vaccination programme within the medicines management team and will participate in emergency planning in an advisory capacity. The post holder will be responsible for leading, delivering and developing a comprehensive clinical pharmacy and medicines supply service, providing specialist information and advice to all members of the multi-disciplinary team, to maximise patient pharmaceutical care. The post holder will also participate in the dispensary rota to ensure that medicines are supplied in an accurate and timely manner and to maintain competency indoing so. The post holder will be responsible for training and supervising other pharmacy and trust staff members in issues relating to antimicrobial resistance and stewardship. The post holder will be expected to work flexibly in line with the hours of operation and requirement to provide an on-call service.

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1. To participate in the delivery of highly specialist clinical pharmaceutical and medical supply services, ensuring that services meet the standards set by the General Pharmaceutical Council and relevant legislation.
2. To act as the lead specialist for antimicrobial stewardship within the trust.
3. To develop and implement a strategy for antimicrobial stewardship, ensuring that it covers all areas of the trust and that it is regularly audited.
4. To ensure the safe, appropriate and effective use of antimicrobials across the trust.
5. To develop and implement effective, evidence-based and economic antimicrobial prescribing policies, patient group directions and training.
6. To develop, implement and audit an antimicrobial prescribing review programme across the organisation to ensure appropriate review and prescribing for relevant indications for all antimicrobials, in line with the relevant formularies and clinical guidelines.
7. To support the trust in ensuring antimicrobial prescriptions are reviewed in line with the start smart then focus approach/campaign.
8. To actively initiate and take part in practice research relating to antimicrobial stewardship, which may lead to publication or to the presentation of papers or posters at conferences and workshops.
9. To provide assurance on antimicrobial stewardship to the Director of Infection Prevention and Control and the Chief Pharmacist.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for full details on the requirements of this post.