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.
Read more about our Pharmacy Department and moving to Jersey here - Pharmacy candidate brochure
Main duties of the job
Provide specialist Clinical Pharmacy Services to HCJ to help ensure the safe, clinically effective, and economical use of medicines.
Job responsibilities
- 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. LFiaise 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 service.
- 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.
- On-call involvement and participation in the weekend rota are an essential requirement for the role.
Person Specification
Essential qualifications:
- Registered pharmacist with the GPhC.
Essential experience:
- Vocational (four year) masters 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.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Health and Care Jersey
Address
Government Of Jersey
Union Street
St. Helier
Jersey
JE2 3DN
Employer's website: https://www.gov.je (Opens in a new tab)
For more information please email pharmacycareers@gov.je