Clinical Pharmacist - Cardiothoracic Surgery - Royal Brompton Hospital
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated clinical pharmacist to join our friendly, developing and ambitious cardiothoracic surgery team at the Royal Brompton Hospital site.
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 Lead and Senior Pharmacists, Surgery and Pain 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, late dispensary duties as required in the provision of cover for 'out of hours' Pharmacy services.
About us
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
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
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Lead Pharmacists - Surgery and Pain (job share)
£54,320 to £60,981 a year per annum including HCAS
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