Job summary
Senior Pharmacist Outpatients
We have an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist to join our Pharmacy Outpatient Team at St Helier Hospital.
We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and motivating team member who will work alongside thePrincipal Pharmacist, Outpatient Services and Clinical Trials to deliver a first class service to our customers, our staff, and healthcare professionals, preparing outpatient prescriptions, providing appropriate counselling, promoting the safe use of medicines, and other associated services.
We are looking for someone who is inspiring and who will re-invigorate our processes delivering a professional, efficient and caring service.
It is desirable that you have hospital experience to understand hospital prescribing and medicines management but if you only have experience of community pharmacy, you will bring transferable skills such as customer care and liaising with prescribers.
Taking up this post could be the start of something wonderful and the best decision you make this year. If it's time for a change, don't delay - submit your application today!
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Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
1. Abide by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) standards of conduct, ethics and performance as well as standards for registered pharmacies, observing and applying all professional, ethical and legal obligations.
2. Ensure that the Outpatient Pharmacy service is patient focused, responsive and appropriate and that the professional image of the department is upheld at all times.
3. Work in the Outpatient pharmacy by undertaking responsibilities required as per JD including ensuring that medicines are dispensed in a legal, efficient and accurate way and that appropriate clinical and other checks have been carried out.
4. Ensure patients are given appropriate counselling and information, regarding their medicines. To counsel patients on the use of their medicines if necessary.
5. Provide professional leadership with the support of the Principal Pharmacist Outpatients in the pharmacy, ensuring all pharmacy practice, including their own, is within the boundaries described within the latest version of the Medicines, Ethics and Practice issued by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and General Pharmaceutical Council.
6. Ensuring individual patient needs are met and appropriate actions are taken to resolve issues and complaints as they arise.
7. Participate in the clinical pharmacy service as appropriate including participation in the late duty, seven day, bank holiday and on-call rotas.
About us
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surreyand NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and issupported by over 500 volunteers.
Job description
Job 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 Outpatient team
Tell us in your application how you meet the criteria in the attached person specification.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
8. Post GPhC registration experience
9. Understanding of Good Clinical Practice and Good manufacturing Practice in relation to clinical trials
10. Clinical experience in a range of clinical specialties
Desirable
11. Management of staff/ staff appraisal
12. Previous experience in clinical trials/research
13. Good Clinical Practice Certificate
14. Post GPhC registration UK hospital experience
Skills
Essential
15. Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
16. Good organisational skills, self and others.
17. Ability to motivate self and others
18. Ability to manage change
Desirable
19. IT literate
20. Familiarity with CMM (formerly JAC) Pharmacy Computer System
Qualifications
Essential
21. Masters in Pharmacy Degree (MPharm)
22. 1 year pre-registration training and Professional registration with GPhC
23. Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
Desirable
24. Membership of Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
25. Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training