Lead Pharmacist - Emergency Department

Job overview We have an exciting opportunity for a pharmacist with a passion for emergency care to join our clinical pharmacist team at University Hospitals Sussex. This role is for the lead pharmacist for our Emergency Department at St Richards Hospital. The successful candidate will be engaged in actively reviewing patients in ED and will have close contact with clinical teams to help provide excellent standards of care. We seek a clinically experienced pharmacist with a passion to develop skills in this area. As a senior member of the Trust clinical pharmacy team, you will be an integral part of the pharmacy department and help support and promote our pharmacy and clinical strategies.

We are a department that seeks to be a pioneer with the use of technology with a rollout of electronic prescribing coming soon to our ED departments.

We are committed to providing opportunities for you to develop your clinical & management skills. The Trust holds research as one of its key pillars you will have the opportunity to be involved with and develop skills in this area.

We are a friendly very supportive team both within pharmacy and the wider ED team. We welcome contact from any interested parties to discuss the role and visit the department to find out more.

We welcome applications for Band 7 pharmacists looking for a Band 7 to 8a progressional role.

Main duties of the job To provide pharmacy leadership and development of specialist clinical pharmacy services to the Emergency Department (ED) at St Richards Hospital.

The post holder will be a key member of both the pharmacy and emergency department teams, supporting the Pharmacist Team Leader - Clinical - Medicine to ensure that a high quality patient orientated clinical pharmacy service is developed and provided to the EDs within the Trust.

On a day to day basis the post holder will provide a clinical pharmacy service to patients attending the ED, using independent prescribing (IP) skills as required if available.

Visa Sponsorship This role is eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route however sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements set by UKVI, including the relevant skill and salary thresholds (£25000), and any role-specific criteria.

Professional registration

Registered member of the GPhC.

Member of UKCPA or other relevant specialist interest group

RPS faculity membership or working towards

Experience

Further post-graduate qualification in clinical pharmacy at PG diploma level or sufficient experience gained in practice to equate to this level of training

Independent prescriber

PG leadership or management qualification

Skills

experience of planning and reporting service audits

Significant experience in clinical hospital pharmacy in a broad range of specialties

experience in working in an MDT

excellent written and oral communication skills

working as a specialist pharmacist within the field of emergency medicine

experience in provision of a clinical pharmacy service to acute medicine

People management and development

teaching and tutoring experience

Teaching and training experience

Tutoring experience

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues

Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role)

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