The successful candidate will also play a key role in financial monitoring of drug expenditure, training healthcare staff, promoting medicines safety, and engaging in clinical audit and research activities. Strong communication and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to work effectively under pressure, are essential. The position emphasises collaboration with various organisations within the healthcare system, making it integral to the continuous improvement of patient care and medication optimisation.
Surgery and peri-operative medicine
We are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive clinical pharmacist to join our peri-operative and surgical pharmacy team.
You will be working across the surgical division providing expertise to both patients and healthcare professionals across a range of surgical specialties such as urology, colorectal, trauma and orthopaedics and upper GI.
The role will involve covering in-patient areas, pre-op and post-op clinics, working with a team of experienced pharmacists, surgeons, anaesthetists and specialist nurses. Helping to manage perioperative care and optimisation for our elective and emergency surgical patients.
Please get in touch with us for further information or to arrange an informal visit.
Working closely with the pharmacy, nursing, medical and management teams, you will lead on delivering services to surgical teams to improve how patient's medicines are optimised.
o Reviewing patients with acute and complex needs as part of the multi-disciplinary ward round;
o Developing, implementing and monitoring prescribing guidelines;
o Financial monitoring of drug expenditure;
oSupporting the training and education of pharmacists, Medicines Management Technicians (MMTs) and other healthcare staff;
o Promoting the medicines optimisation and medicines safety agenda;
o Participating in other clinical activities such as clinical audit and practice research;
o Collaborating with other system organisations, including Wirral CCG, MLCSU, CWP, community pharmacy and WCHC.
The successful candidate will be a self-motivated, organised person with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and can work effectively under pressure, both alone and as part of a team then we want you to join our team
About us
Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Highly Specialist Pharmacist position available at WUTH.
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