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We have an exciting opportunity for a clinical pharmacist to join our successful anticoagulation pharmacy team working across various sites at STHFT.

The pharmacy department at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises almost 500 staff, delivering care to patients from all over the country. As a forward-thinking department, we are keen to appoint enthusiastic, knowledgeable and exceptional individuals.

The successful applicant will be an experienced, capable and enthusiastic clinical pharmacist with a specialist interest in anticoagulation & thrombosis prevention. Excellent communication & interpersonal skills and a postgraduate certificate in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experience are required. Independent prescriber status is desirable.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity for personal & professional development within the team.

The team are responsible, together with the haemostasis & thrombosis consultant Haematologists, for ensuring safe, clinical- & cost-effective use of anticoagulant therapies across STH. This involves the writing & implementing of guidelines & policies relating to anticoagulants, educating other health professionals and the assessment of applications for new anticoagulants on to the Trust formulary.

The anticoagulation team provide a pharmacy service to a large group of patients on anticoagulants; participating in MDT meetings and service development.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

The key roles of the post are to:

• To proactively identify, implement and develop optimum clinical pharmaceutical services regarding anticoagulants under the direction of the Principal Pharmacist, in close liaison with haematology.
• To evaluate the delivery, implementation and risks involved with clinical pharmaceutical services regarding anticoagulant therapies, under the direction of the Principal Pharmacist and with close liaison with Haematology.
• To be an active member of the STHFT Thrombosis Committee
• Perform independent pharmacist prescriber role (when completed relevant training).
• Application of highly complex knowledge of the evidence base behind anticoagulant drug therapies
• Produce and implement guidelines, protocols. PGDs and SOPs with the support of a principal pharmacist.
• Provide clinical services to the thrombosis service.
• Provide support and mentorship for the post-registration pharmacists
• Participate in the education and training of pre-registration pharmacists, other pharmacy staff and healthcare professionals.
• Support pharmacy service areas in the department, this may include dispensaries, technical services and medicines information
• Contribute to the out of hours service including evenings & weekends.

Please also note this vacancy is banded dependent upon applicants experience relevant to this post. The banding of the successful applicant will start at band 7 unless they meets the necessary threshold of skills and experience required to start on band 8a.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

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