Band 7 Main area Senior Clinical Pharmacist Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (seven day working, late duty and first line on-call commitment) Job ref 343-6807618-FM-AG Site St Helier and Epsom Hospital Town Carshalton and Epsom Salary £51,883 - £58,544 Pro-rata pa inc Outer (HCAS) Salary period Yearly Closing 22/01/2025 23:59
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for motivated individuals to join our team as a Senior Rotational Clinical Pharmacist. If you're an ambitious and forward-thinking individual seeking to enhance your clinical expertise while honing your management skills, then this position is tailor-made for you.
When you join ESTH you’ll be welcomed by our very friendly and welcoming team who will support you throughout your career.
If career progression is high on your priority list, we offer numerous specialised roles in our department at 8A and above, including paediatrics, antimicrobials, education and training, critical care, renal medicine, and biologics and homecare. We also offer support to our colleagues who are interested in completing the Independent Prescribing qualification.
As one of South West London's largest teaching hospitals, we offer a unique opportunity to expand your clinical knowledge. Our status as an Acute Trust ensures you'll be exposed to a diverse range of medical conditions, allowing our pharmacists to develop a breadth of clinical expertise. Additionally, we're home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre, and our dedicated paediatric hospital at St Helier provides a valuable opportunity to work with a diverse patient population and encounter an extensive array of medical conditions.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Rotational Clinical Pharmacist, you'll work across a number of different rotations, including critical care, paediatrics, surgery, and a variety of medical specialties. Your daily responsibilities will encompass ward-based tasks, chart reviews, clinical interventions, working closely with the medical team to optimise medication regimens, patient education on medications, screening discharge prescriptions, and supporting junior or trainee pharmacists. In addition, you'll take the lead in conducting audits and driving quality improvement initiatives.
During 6-monthly rotations you will provide a comprehensive pharmaceutical service, working towards expert level knowledge. You will also be supported to develop managerial skills and expertise by working towards agreed objectives.
This position is full-time with a requirement for 37.5 hours of work per week, including participation in seven-day working and on-call rotas. However, we are open to applications from individuals seeking part-time, job-share, or flexible working arrangements.
If you’d like to be a part of a team that offers a supportive and collaborative environment fostering growth and development, where your contributions are valued and recognised, we invite you to apply.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In the full job description, you will see clearly the full range of duties within these roles that will enable you to work as part of the pharmacy team and with the clinicians and ward-based teams to provide patient-focused, individual care for our patients. Tell us in your application how you meet the criteria in the attached person specification.
Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria
* Professional qualification – General Pharmaceutical Council registration
* Certificate in clinical pharmacy (at least 12 months complete and working towards 18 months)
Desirable criteria
* MSc in Clinical Pharmacy Practice or equivalent. Management training
* Full Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
* Management training
Experience Essential criteria
* Post registration UK hospital experience (min 18 months)
* Experience of providing services to a broad variety of patients
* Demonstrate evidence of good clinical knowledge and skills.
Desirable criteria
* Management of staff/ Staff appraisal
Skills Essential criteria
* Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
* Good organisational skills, self and others.
* Ability to motivate self and others
* Drug usage review/evaluation/audit experience
Desirable criteria
* Clinical governance and risk management
* Experience of contributing to or leading on the writing of trust guidelines, policies and procedures
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
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