A Vacancy at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic, innovative and friendly team dedicated to improving our ward based clinical pharmacy services. In this key post you will be working as part of an established multidisciplinary team and be responsible for providing a high-quality clinical pharmacy service to our Emergency Department and Admissions wards.
The post holder will work closely with the Pharmacy Lead - Emergency and Acute Medicine and Principal Pharmacist - Clinical Services to monitor and control the drug use withinEmergency andAcute Medicine. They will lead on the strategic development of the pharmacy clinical and ward based services and lead on reducing risks associated with medicines withinEmergency andAdmissions wards.
As an enthusiastic and patient oriented pharmacist, you will combine expert opinion and expert practice at the bedside to benefit patient care, and work at the forefront within the multidisciplinary team to help us implement, deliver and continually improve medicines management. Overall, you will be responsible for optimizing medicines prescribed on admission, make timely pharmaceutical interventions and facilitate rapid discharge; thereby facilitating high quality patient outcomes whilst ensuring patient safety.
This position offers the opportunity to build on your management experience and specialise inEmergency andAcute Medicine You will need excellent communication, interpersonal and time management skills and will need to enjoy working as part of a multidisciplinary team. You will need post-registration experience relevant to hospital pharmacy and will have the Post Graduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice or equivalent qualification.
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
This advert closes on Sunday 5 Jan 2025