Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Health Informatics inDarlington inDarlington PUBLISHED
THU 7 NOV 2024
Additionally, the position entails maintaining an active clinical portfolio, offering expert advice on electronic prescribing, and supporting the integration of pharmacy systems within broader Trust initiatives. The Senior Clinical Pharmacist will also be responsible for proactive education efforts aimed at promoting safe medication usage and addressing local prescribing challenges, as well as supporting medicines procurement and formulary processes. Overall, this position plays a critical role in ensuring effective and efficient pharmacy and medication management within the Trust to improve patient care and safety.
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Clinical Pharmacist to join our Health Informatics team. We are seeking a highly motivated individual with a strong interest in digital health systems to lead the optimisation and development of the Trust's electronic prescribing and medication administration system, ensuring that the highest standards of patient care and safety are embedded throughout.
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest integrated care provders in England, serving a population of around 600,000 people. We invite you to join us in shaping the future of medication management. This position is based at either Darlington Memorial Hospital or the University of North Durham, with the opportunity for hybrid working available. We also welcome requests for flexible working arrangements.
The successful candidate will lead the implementation and provide ongoing support to pharmacy informatics projects, including the electronic prescribing and medicines administration system.
The post holder will oversee the integration of pharmacy clinical IT systems that promote the safe use of medicines across the Trust.
As part of this role, the post holder will provide comprehensive training and support to a wide number of healthcare professionals and continuously monitor system performance.
Effective collaboration with key stakeholders, including clinical staff and the Trust's IT team, will be vital at ensuring that digital systems improve and develop over time.
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The successful candidate will:
Lead on the implementation and on-going support of pharmacy informatics projects, including electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) within the Trust, and to be responsible for managing the delivery of safe, effective and efficient pharmacy and medicines management support for pharmacy informatics projects.
Be responsible for ensuring pharmacy clinical IT systems support the safe and effective use of medicines within the Trust.
Be responsible for supporting Trust-wide informatics projects that impact on or involve integration with pharmacy systems.
Provide and support the delivery and development of pharmacy and medicine management services within the trust.
Maintain and develop a portfolio of personal clinical activity within the trust at a level commensurate with an advanced pharmacist.
Provide expert advice on electronic prescribing and medicines administration to all members of the directorate, the Trust and the wider health economy.
Provide expert advice relating to the use of Define (Rx info) system for monitoring and benchmarking drug usage data
Employ models of practice that recognise the needs of patients and carers whilst maintaining practice that is embedded in the principles of risk minimisation and patient safety.
Monitor the practice of other healthcare providers, including medical staff, to ensure that prescribing and medicines use is safe and effective for patients. This would include the resolution of local prescribing issues and contribution to the education and training of clinical and non-clinical staff to promote safe and effective medicines use within the trust.
Support medicines procurement and formulary processes within the trust and to be the lead pharmacist for pharmacy based IT systems.
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