Job Overview
Are you a passionate and dedicated pharmacist looking for an exciting new opportunity? We are currently seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to join our dynamic healthcare team in Jersey. Whether you are newly qualified, have experience in community pharmacy, or come from a hospital pharmacy background with a clinical diploma, we want to hear from you!
Please email us at pharmacycareers@health.gov.je for an informal discussion.
Job Purpose
Provide specialist Clinical Pharmacy Services to HCJ to help ensure the safe, clinically effective, and economical use of medicines.
Job Specific Outcomes
- Support the Lead Pharmacists and Clinical Pharmacy Manager in the delivery of a high quality, patient-focused medicines optimisation service for patients in line with nationally approved standards, within a designated area.
- Monitor and review therapeutic programmes for patients and provide specialist information, advice and guidance on the safe, effective and economical use of medicines, so that patients receive the best pharmaceutical treatment with minimal adverse effects.
- Undertake medication reviews, including medicines reconciliation for newly admitted patients and pharmaceutical care planning prior to discharge, to minimise risks with medication associated with transfers between care settings. Liaise with medical and nursing staff over any clinical issues, to ensure that each patient is receiving the most appropriate medication.
- Work as a member of the multi-professional health and care teams including attendance at ward rounds, providing highly complex clinical pharmacy advice and expertise to peers, patients and management to ensure that best practice is promoted and delivered to patients.
- Advise on complex prescribing issues to medical and nursing staff to ensure that legislative requirements and best practice standards are met in the delivery of pharmacy services.
Job Specific Outcomes
- Support the Clinical Pharmacy Manager in the development of local clinical pharmacy guidelines and policies. Implement national and local policies and guidelines related to medicines.
- Provide specialist information to support formulary decisions by the Drugs and Therapeutics Committee.
- Provide planned sessional clinical and professional supervision with the pharmacy dispensary.
- Develop and deliver medicines related training programmes to medical, nursing and pharmacy staff.
- Identify and participate in areas of research including audits of medicines use to assist with medicines optimisation throughout the department.
Person specification
- Vocational (four year) master’s degree in pharmacy.
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (obtained by completing one-year post-graduate pre-registration training with final examination).
- Post-graduate MSc or Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (desirable but not essential – different salary schemes)
- Specialist knowledge of therapeutics of common disease states and frequently used therapeutic regimes.
- Well-developed knowledge of pharmaceutical technical and clinical procedures acquired through training and experience.
- Knowledge of checking dispensed prescriptions and supervising staff within the Pharmacy.
- Good understanding of medicines governance, safety and management, including relevant legislation.
- Understanding of clinical governance, medication incidents and risk management.
- Up to date knowledge of national guidelines and legislation relating to medicines use and pharmacy practice.
- Practical knowledge of maintaining records according to confidentiality and data protection protocols
- Excellent communication; verbal and written.
- Communicates effectively across all levels.
- Ability to adapt personal style in order to influence others and gain support for ideas.
- Supports the development of and shares learning with other members of staff.
- Able to remain professional and effective under pressure.
- Committed to continuous service improvement and also continued professional development for themselves and their team.
Qualifications
Registered pharmacist with the GPhC.
Salary
Grade 10: Working/willing to work towards a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice ranging from £62,106.04 - £68,437.82 per annum.
Grade 11: Holder of a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice ranging from £68,437.82 - £76,236.77 per annum.
