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Job overview

If you are looking for a change and a move into a more specialist area this job is the one for you . As part of our developing Clinical  Services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust you will lead and develop a high quality, specialised clinical pharmacy service to patients within the Neurology department to promote safe, clinically effective and economic use of medicines.

You will work directly and regularly with consultants, senior nursing staff and managers within neurology and neurology patients and play an important part of the wider Pharmacy team

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be based in the pharmacy and neurology departments at PAH.

To be the Lead Pharmacist for neurology providing highly specialised clinical pharmacy services to this group of patients, also supporting the Lead Pharmacist for Medicine.

To develop and maintain clinical guidelines and formulary within neurology.

To work directly and regularly with consultants, senior nursing staff and managers within neurology and neurology patients.

To hold independent prescribing qualification, 

To set up and run neurology clinics .

To lead and manage high cost/homecare medication within neurology.

Ensures medicines are used appropriately, safely, and cost-effectively in accordance with NICE guidelines, national guidelines, Trust and ICB policy, standard operating procedures and medicine legislation.  circumstances.

To monitor and interpret expenditure on medicines within neurology 

To support the implementation of NICE Technology Appraisals in neurology

To provide professional pharmaceutical advice and training to all prescribers, pharmacy colleagues and other health and social care professionals on drug use within neurology

To work as part of the wider Pharmacy team 

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation  

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping. 

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire. 

Our Values 

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences: 

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts 

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both 

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care 

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.