Senior Pharmacist - Antimicrobial & Respiratory Medicine | The Royal Wolverhampton Nhs Trust

This post offers a unique opportunity to work in Antimicrobial Stewardship, alongside our Principal Pharmacist for AMS and consultant microbiologists. Whilst at the same time maintaining your frontline clinical skills and developing specialist knowledge in Respiratory Medicine. You will have the opportunity to work on respiratory wards, cover cystic fibrosis clinics, input into the TB service and work with our respiratory directorate to complete service improvement projects; support by our Senior Respiratory Pharmacist.
We are seeking an experienced, motivated and dynamic clinical pharmacist with excellent communication and leadership skills.
Our department prides itself in cross-sector working breaking down barriers, highlighted by a strong admission avoidance agenda. The pharmacy department has strong education links with universities and we actively encourage staff development, supported by our Principal Pharmacist for Education and Training. Many of our pharmacists are working on their Advanced Pharmacist Portfolios or pursuing postgraduate studies.
If you are interested in the role and believe you hold the qualities we require then please apply.
Support the Trust on the system wide delivery of AMS and to work with local, regional and national stakeholders to ensure delivery of the NHSE Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) strategy.
Providing highly specialist evidence-based advice in infection management whilst training all grades of clinical staff on to encourage and ensure good prescribing practices, optimise outcomes and reduce individual patient and organisational risk.
Attend regular AMS and antifungal stewardship (AFS) ward rounds.
Lead, manage and strategically develop specialist clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation services related to the use of antimicrobial agents within the Trust.
Provide an expert level of clinical pharmacy services to wards and departments caring for adult patients who present to the Respiratory Directorate.
The post holder will be encouraged to use the RPS Advanced Pharmacy Framework to support their development, with guidance from our Principal Pharmacist for Education and Training.
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Please see full job description and person specification attached to the vacancy.
This advert closes on Sunday 28 Jan 2024