Clinical Pharmacist – Dispensary

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Clinical Pharmacist to work in Jersey on a full-time basis.

The salary for this permanent Clinical Pharmacist job is £65,805 – £73,304 per annum.

Main Duties:

• Assist the lead pharmacists in delivering a high-quality, patient-centered medicines optimisation service according to national standards within a specified area.
• Oversee and assess patients’ therapeutic programmes, offering expert information, advice, and guidance on the safe, effective, and cost-efficient use of medicines to ensure optimal pharmaceutical treatment with minimal adverse effects.
• Perform medication reviews, including reconciliation for newly admitted patients and care planning before discharge, to minimise risks associated with medication transfers between care settings. Collaborate with medical and nursing staff to resolve clinical issues and ensure appropriate medication for each patient.
• Work as part of multi-professional health and care teams, including attending ward rounds, to provide highly complex clinical pharmacy advice and expertise to peers, patients, and management, promoting and delivering best practices to patients.
• Offer guidance on complex prescribing issues to medical and nursing staff to ensure compliance with legislative requirements and best practice standards in pharmacy service delivery.
• Assist the Clinical Pharmacy Manager in developing 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 within the pharmacy dispensary.
• Develop and deliver medicines-related training programmes to medical, nursing, and pharmacy staff.
• Identify and participate in research areas, including audits of medicines use, to assist with medicines optimisation throughout the department.

Requirements of the Clinical Pharmacist:

• Master’s degree in Pharmacy (four-year program).
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (achieved by completing a one-year postgraduate pre-registration training and passing the final examination).
• Postgraduate certificate in Clinical Pharmacy (completion of the first year of a postgraduate Diploma/MSc) or completion of the RPS postgraduate Foundation Programme.
• Specialist knowledge of therapeutics for common disease states and frequently used therapeutic regimes.
• A minimum of 2 years post registration experience in hospital practice, which should include significant experience in clinical pharmacy.
• Experience of working effectively within a multidisciplinary team. Facilitation and tutoring of pharmacy staff.
• Well-developed understanding of pharmaceutical technical and clinical procedures, acquired through training and experience.
• Knowledge and experience in checking dispensed prescriptions and supervising pharmacy staff.
• Strong understanding of medicines governance, safety, and management, including relevant legislation.
• Familiarity with clinical governance, medication incidents, and risk management.
• Up-to-date knowledge of national guidelines and legislation related to medicines use and pharmacy practice.
• Practical knowledge of maintaining records in accordance with confidentiality and data protection protocols.

Contact:

This Clinical Pharmacist job is advertised by Criag Osborne; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.