Clinical Pharmacist - Cardiothoracic Surgery - Harefield Hospital
NHS AfC: Band 7
Main area: Pharmacy
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Permanent: Plus emergency duty commitment (EDC)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday core hours with rostered working on weekends and Bank Holidays)
Job ref: 196-LIS8774-A
Employer: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Harefield Hospital
Town: Harefield
Salary: £49,178 - £55,492 per annum including Outer London HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 30/09/2024 23:59
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated clinical pharmacist to join our friendly, developing and ambitious cardiothoracic surgery team at Harefield Hospital.
As a clinical pharmacist specialising in cardiothoracic surgery, you will need to have broad hospital clinical experience and have experience in the field of cardiothoracic medicine and/or surgery. You will need to have completed at least the Certificate stage of your Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy.
The role will involve providing a high-quality clinical pharmacy service to cardiothoracic patients, supporting inpatient ward services and specialist clinics. You will have an active role in attending multidisciplinary surgical and antimicrobial ward rounds and weekly multidisciplinary team meetings.
You will help to deliver a high level of patient care in our established pharmacist pre-admission surgery clinic, where you will gain unique experience working in a progressive and innovative pathway with members of the wider multidisciplinary team.
You must be able to work under pressure and possess excellent problem-solving skills.
Main duties of the job
1. To provide a safe, efficient and high-quality clinical pharmacy service to cardiothoracic surgery patients and outpatient clinics.
2. To work closely with the Senior Pharmacists, Surgery on the development of policies, guidelines and protocols.
3. To execute effective monitoring of the use of medication, adjusting dosages and route of administration through timely intervention and communication with medical, nursing and other healthcare professionals.
4. To deliver a safe, efficient and cost-effective use of medicines within Cardiothoracic Surgery, by the provision of education and training, procedures, protocols, and medicines usage information.
5. To undertake patient consultations in outpatient clinics and make medicines plans using clinical guidelines and protocols.
6. To deliver comprehensive pharmaceutical care to cardiothoracic surgical patients through clinical pharmacy services and attend appropriate MDT ward rounds, clinics and meetings.
7. To assist in implementing agreed clinical governance initiatives.
8. To support a seven day a week clinical service to the Cardiothoracic Surgery service, including Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays. To participate in emergency on-call duties in the provision of cover for ‘out of hours’ Pharmacy services.
Person specification
* Ability to work under pressure
* Evidence of excellent communication, verbal and written, interpersonal skills
* Evidence of good time management skills
* Experience of managing others in NHS pharmacy
Skills and abilities
* Able to identify and manage risks
* Prioritise clinical work
* Awareness and commitment to clinical governance agendas
* Demonstrate expert clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge in cardiothoracic surgery
* Ability to evaluate and improve service quality
Education and Qualifications
* Vocational Master's Degree in Pharmacy followed by completion of one year pre registration training and experience
* Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
* Working towards a post graduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy (must be at certificate level)
* Post graduate qualification in clinical pharmacy
Experience and knowledge
* Broad up to date general clinical pharmacy experience
* Ward pharmacy experience delivering pharmaceutical services to cardiothoracic patients
* Awareness of current developments in clinical pharmacy
* Experience of multidisciplinary team working
* Experience of delivering teaching and training
* Active participation in clinical ward rounds
* Experience working in outpatient clinics and conducting patient consultations
* Experience in conducting clinical audit and implementing change/improvements
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitably according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or studies at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
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