Detailed job description and main responsibilities

·        To proactively promote safe and evidence-based prescribing with all grades of doctors, prescribers and nursing staff in Critical Care by communicating and providing highly complex information on medicines and challenging poor practice.

·        To implement high quality specialist prescribing and effective use of medicines in patients presenting to Critical Care, either as a defined cohort of patients or as part of the flow of management of patients with clinicians.

·        To prescribe safely in the interests of the patients and in line with the formulary, policy, procedures or guidance.

·        To provide general and specialist pharmaceutical advice and support to Critical Care, to enhance the quality of patient care which will include all patient aged groups and of many morbidities.

·        To actively prescribe on Critical Care as required

·        To liaise closely with medical, pharmacy and nursing staff to develop and implement complex therapeutic guidelines e.g., standard operating procedures and medicines-related policies in Critical Care, so as to provide advice where information is lacking or medical opinions may differ.

·        To manage and participate in the delivery and development of the Clinical Pharmacy Service e.g., proactive participation in ward rounds, input into medicines management review, acting as a clinical pharmacy role model, being accountable for your own professional actions.

·        Provide pharmaceutical expertise to any multidisciplinary working groups considering

protocols, policies and guidelines as required

·        Deal with high level pharmaceutical queries and provides advice to medical and nursing staff

·        including senior medical staff.

·        Contribute to the overall development of the clinical pharmacy service through active participation in clinical team meetings. Work closely with all members of the pharmacy department and other healthcare professionals.

·        Maintain expert EPMA user status and acquire technical skills needed to program and validate the prescribing components of the EPMA solution.

·        Ensure that the electronic prescribing solution has effective interoperability with other relevant clinical systems, including medicines reconciliation on admission, during transfer and on discharge from hospital.

·        Be responsible for ensuring clinical decision support/alerts where applicable (e.g. in relation to dose ranges, interactions, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and allergies) are clinically appropriate, safe and cost-effective.

·        Adapt and modify the configuration and presentation of the EPMA system

·        Review feedback from clinical users about the electronic prescribing and medicines administration components to improve its functionality and usability.

·        Assist and develop training of other staff in the Trust (such as nurses, junior doctors,

·        pharmacists) in the use and application of the EPMA system

·        Represent pharmacy and where appropriate the Trust, in internal and external forums concerning the EPMA system as required

·        To closely work with the Pharmacy Medicines Value Team to contribute to the Trust Medicines Value agenda.

·        To identify and manage medicine/pharmacy Quality / Innovation / Productivity / Prevention (QIPP) Schemes, including Cost Improvement Programme (CIP) Schemes within the specialities to ensure this is coordinated within the Pharmacy and Trust.

·        To participate in the analysis, identification and management of medication risks

·        Line manage direct reports to include performance management, appraisals SMART objective / target setting, personal development plans and attendance monitoring.

·        To be an Educational Supervisor for the Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice