Clinical Pharmacist

Clinical Pharmacist London, England

East London NHS Foundation Trust
Full Time London, England 43742 - 50056 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

The post holder would provide a single accessible point of contact for the Home Treatment Team. They will be involved in conducting home visits and phone calls to manage patients with crisis in the community and be responsible for medicines optimisation. They should advise on medications for physical and mental health conditions and influence prescribing of psychotropic drugs. There is a role to provide training and supervision to staff as well as assist in the development of clinics within the Home Treatment Team. The post holder should reduce the risk of harm to the patient including iatrogenic harm, improve the outcome and experience of care, be involved in the implementation of EPMA within Home Treatment Team and improve communication between the team and primary care.

  • To be involved in the detection and prevention of psychiatric adverse reactions caused by medicines for physical health conditions (e.g. anti-parkinsonian drug-induced psychosis) and the detection and management of physical adverse reactions caused by psychotropic medicines (e.g. SSRI antidepressant-induced gastric bleeding/haemorrhagic stroke)
  • To enhance patient and carer experience
  • To be involved in medicines optimisation for any new referrals and have an understanding of how the patient’s current treatment could have contributed to crisis.
Ensure safe and appropriate use of medicines to maximise benefit and minimise risk to patients. This includes regular review of prescriptions, identification of significant drug interactions, advice for clinical monitoring, compliance with legal aspects (Medicines Act, Mental Health Act) of medicine supply and compliance with the Trust formulary
  • To have broad and comprehensive expertise in pharmacology, therapeutics and medicines optimisation
  • To co-ordinate pharmaceutical care with acute Trust pharmacy teams, community pharmacists, care homes and GPs
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.

Clinical Pharmacist
East London NHS Foundation Trust

www.nhs.uk
London, United Kingdom
Amanda Pritchard
$5 to $25 million (USD)
10000+ Employees
Government
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1946
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