Pharmacist, Senior, General Hospital

Candidate must demonstrate depth and breadth of hospital pharmacy experience to include experience providing ward and clinical pharmacy services.

The Pharmacy department purchases and dispenses medicines for Mallow General Hospital. It aims to ensure the safe, effective and economical use of medicines, and support education, training and practice-based research. The department consists of pharmacists, pharmaceutical technicians, clerical staff and porters. Clinical pharmacists monitor prescriptions and provide advice & medicines information to medical and nursing colleagues and patients. Oncology Pharmacists and technicians manufacture or order cytotoxic drugs for oncology and haematology patients. Other aspects of the service include drug protocol development, antibiotic stewardship and surveillance, management of anticoagulant clinics, daily ordering of neonatal TPN, outpatient dispensing to patients of the Infectious Diseases, Hepatology and Psychiatric services, formulary management and provision of budgetary information to the hospital management.