Rotational Clinical Pharmacist

1. Liaise with patients, carers, nursing staff, GPs and other health care professionals to obtain drug and allergy histories. 2. Review prescriptions, reconcile medicines and identify and resolve pharmaceutical care issues in line with Departmental practice. 3. Review prescriptions and provide clinical information on unlicensed medicines particularly in areas where information is lacking and medical or other opinion differs. 4. Review patients' own medication to ensure safe and effective use. 5. Optimise medication to ensure safe and effective treatment for patients and make appropriate recommendations.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed and motivated pharmacist to join our clinical team. Our friendly department supports learning, innovation, team working and encourages individuals to develop.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000. The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.