inpatient pharmacist
NMC
Total des années d'expérience :4 years, 10 Mois
• Preparing chemotherapy.
• Checking crash carts, medication auditing rooms.
• Checking prescriptions to ensure that there are no errors and that they are appropriate and safe for the individual patient.
• Providing advice on the dosage of medicines and the most appropriate form of medication, for example, tablet, injection, ointment or inhaler.
• Participating in ward rounds, taking patient drug histories and involvement in decision-making on appropriate treatments.
• Liaising with other medical staff on problems patients may experience when taking their medicines.
• Discussing treatments with patients' relatives, community pharmacists and GPs.
• Ensuring medicines are stored appropriately and securely.
• Supervising the work of less experienced and less qualified staff.
• Answering questions about medicines from within the hospital, other hospitals and the general public.
• Keeping up to date with, and contributing to, research and development.
• Writing guidelines for drug use within the hospital and implementing hospital regulations.
• Providing information on expenditure on drugs.
• Preparing and quality-checking sterile medications, for example, intravenous medications.
• Setting up and supervising clinical trials.