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- Lead, manage, strategically develop and deliver specialist clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation to Critical Care and Cardiovascular pharmacy services.- Act as a role model and national expert in the critical care pharmacy field and ensure a consistently high clinical pharmacy service in line with corporate objectives and NHS Plan. - Lead education and development in medicines management for the multidisciplinary team in Critical Care and Cardiovascular services.- Provide… Show more - Lead, manage, strategically develop and deliver specialist clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation to Critical Care and Cardiovascular pharmacy services.- Act as a role model and national expert in the critical care pharmacy field and ensure a consistently high clinical pharmacy service in line with corporate objectives and NHS Plan. - Lead education and development in medicines management for the multidisciplinary team in Critical Care and Cardiovascular services.- Provide expert opinion on medicine issues and queries where appropriate. - Undertake audit and research into medicines in critical and cardiovascular illness.- Deliver the Clinical Governance agenda in relation to medicines management.- Motivate and inspire others (both within pharmacy, the directorate andthe wider critical care and cardiovascular community).- Proactively develop clinical pharmacy services in line with local and national objectives.- Ensure national and local agendas are delivered.- Help produce and implement business plans for all advancements of pharmacy services.- Plan, undertake, evaluate and publish research into clinical findings related to medicines use. Show less

- Lead pharmacist for theatres, anaesthetics and peri-operative medicine (TAP) directorate. My role includes clinical governance management surrounding medication safety within the directorate, presenting medication safety reports to the trust’s medication safety committee, dealing with stock shortages and procurement, working closely with anaesthetic consultants updating guidelines, auditing practice and answering queries. - Developing the service within TAP, namely identifying and… Show more - Lead pharmacist for theatres, anaesthetics and peri-operative medicine (TAP) directorate. My role includes clinical governance management surrounding medication safety within the directorate, presenting medication safety reports to the trust’s medication safety committee, dealing with stock shortages and procurement, working closely with anaesthetic consultants updating guidelines, auditing practice and answering queries. - Developing the service within TAP, namely identifying and managing change in relation to local and national priorities. Implementing theatre specific anaphylaxis kits in line with the latest national recommendations. - Managing the medication related risks on the trust’s risk register, with the aim of minimising or mitigating these risks.- Responsible for drug finance within the TAP directorate, monitoring spending trends and costs and ensuring cost remains within budget. Presenting quarterly financial reports to the directorates and making interventions in prescribing practices where necessary.- Lead pharmacist in the “Acutely ill patients” steering group. This involves senior multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs) collaborating to address local and national agendas minimising deteriorating patients’ risk on wards and preventing ICU admission. My role included analysing medication related incidents and implementing change (such as adding safety warnings to high risk drugs on the electronic prescribing system), updating trust-wide guidelines and dealing with all medication-related matters affecting the trust. - As the pharmacy lead for resuscitation for the trust, I successfully implemented new intubation kits for use trust-wide for patients requiring emergency intubations on the wards. This was a trust requirement for a few years and I succeeded in making the change required when the lack of intubation medications was further highlighted during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Show less

Rotational clinical pharmacist:Surgery - trauma and orthopaedics Renal medicine - transplant and dialysisCardiothoracic surgeryCritical care medicine

Gastoenterology, inflammatory bowel disease and acute medicine specilaity.

Resident pharmacist within Barts health undertaking sole night shifts providing out of hours pharmacy service to the trust.

Resident pharmacist within Barts health undertaking sole night shifts providing out of hours pharmacy service to the trust.

Resident pharmacist within Barts health undertaking sole night shifts providing out of hours pharmacy service to the trust.