140 Healthcare / Pharmaceuticals jobs in Oxclose, Sunderland

We are seeking a highly motivated, forward thinking clinical pharmacist with a passion for developing new ideas to join our well established team at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital. The successful candidate will lead on delivering a patient focused service to trauma and orthopaedic patients with emphasis on supporting pre- and postoperative medicines optimisation, falls medication review and pain management. Key to this will be developing the role of the pharmacist prescriber, looking at innovative ways to integrate and work alongside our COTE teams to support our orthopaedic trauma patients. Additionally, the postholder will support the Acute Pain Team, working alongside specialist pain nurses to provide advice and support in the management of post-operative patients. This post is based at the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital although there is an expectation that the postholder would work closely with colleagues at all sites to support both elective and emergency care across surgical specialities., You will be a motivated individual who will assist in shaping the service and the clinical contribution we provide. You will hold an independent prescribing qualification and ideally have experience of either working within surgery or care of the elderly/ falls management. Within your area of responsibility you will:

• Provide leadership to both elective surgery and orthopaedic trauma including attendance on the daily board rounds and input into the MDT
• Provide prescribing and clinical support to the orthopaedic and surgical wards
• Support the acute pain team in providing post-operative pain management
• Provide prescribing support and clinical advice to the technician-led pharmacy pre-assessment service
• Support orthopaedics with advice and support in areas such as clinical guidelines, patient safety and governance, as well as supporting quality improvement initiatives.
You will be required to possess good communication and interpersonal skills, be able to work effectively in busy environments both independently and within a team. You will work closely with clinicians and nursing colleagues to support and promote the safe and effective use of medicines as well as ensuring the cost-effective use of resources. This will include attendance at relevant directorate forums.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.