Pharmacist

Job Summary/Job Purpose:1. Responsible for leading and delivering a specialist clinical pharmacy service to those in prison.2. Responsible for maintain existing pharmacy SOP and Patient Group directives.3. Responsible for providing expert pharmaceutical advice to those in prison prison saff.4. Provide recommendations for the long-term development of clinical pharmacy services.5. Education, training and development of technicains providing a clinical pharmacy service.6. Actively undertake clinical risk management within all areas of pharmaceutical care.7. Leads pharmaceutical audits within area of expertise.8. General pharmacy duties., DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESLead pharmacist for the Prison healthcare unit. This will involve:1. Attendance at healthcare departmental and audit meetings.2. Monitor drug use and expenditure and provide reports to pharmacy management team. Providefurther information should advice be challenged.3. Responsible for providing a specialist clinical pharmacy service4. Provide recommendation to senior departmental medical and nursing staff on drug related issues.5. Ensure adherence to national and local protocols and guidelines.6. Identify and lead drug related research and audit projects.7. Provide advice to clinical services manager for service development within Healthcare non medicalprescribing and other areas as appropriate.8. Assess patients' compliance with medication and consider best treatment based on patientabilities.9. Undertake patient and/or relative care counselling using terminology suitable for patientunderstanding.10. To lead the development of medicines management within Prison
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The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply

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