King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated Senior Pharmacist to join the Pharmacy Team at the Princess Royal University Hospital. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated pharmacist with a strong clinical pharmacy background and enthusiasm to further develop pharmacy services at the Trust.
The post holder will be an integral member of the clinical pharmacy team, delivering a high quality, cost effective service to wards and departments in the Stroke, Neurology and Cardiovascular Specialties. The successful applicant will be a real team player with significant clinical experience as a registered hospital pharmacist, excellent interpersonal skills, a strong commitment to life-long learning and meticulous attention to detail.
With over 400 staff, the pharmacy team prides itself on being a kind, respectful team that fully embraces the Trust vision to be BOLD (Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything).
Main duties of the job
* Work as part of a dedicated pharmacy team to provide and develop specialist clinical pharmacy services to the Hyper-Acute Stroke Unit (HASU) and the Stroke Unit
* Act as a specialist practitioner and role model in Stroke Medicine
* Contribute actively to multidisciplinary ward rounds and other clinical meetings
* Provide directorate support to the Stroke and other clinical areas
* Participate in clinical audit and research, risk management and clinical guideline development
* Provide supervision, education and training to pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals
* Participate in initiatives to monitor, interpret and minimise drug expenditure
Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
* To act as a specialist practitioner in the clinical area.
To promote and deliver pharmaceutical care specifically for patients within the Care Group and more generally for all patients. To provide highly specialised evidence-based clinical advice and information to nursing and medical staff on the care and treatment of patients. To actively participate regularly in multidisciplinary ward rounds, antibiotic ward rounds and other multidisciplinary meetings as appropriate, delivering and promoting high quality, cost-effective, patient-focused pharmaceutical care. To ensure appropriate and timely supply of medication to patients in conjunction with dispensary staff. To participate in discharge planning.
Financial Management
To support the Principal Pharmacist in monitoring drug expenditure within the Care Group and provide accurate expenditure information, with appropriate analysis, to the Clinical Director and General manager. To identify areas of potential cost-savings within the Care Group, and to implement systems to realise savings and contain prescribing costs.
People Management and Performance
To lead, coach and manage the performance of junior staff in line with good people management practices. To participate in regular performance appraisal meetings and ensure line reports have a clear set of objectives and development plans. To support with the recruitment of the team in line with the Trust's recruitment policy and process. To participate in teaching and supervising students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Research and Service Development
To regularly lead, participate in and co-ordinate relevant research or audit projects. To participate in audit and practice research to investigate and where appropriate improve the quality of service.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Pharmacist (1 year competency assessed and examined professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council)
* Postgraduate CERTIFICATE in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent qualification / experience
* Registered Independent Prescriber or willingness to complete
* Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent qualification / experience
Experience
* Specialist clinical knowledge and skills relevant to area of practice
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.
Salary: £51,883 to £58,544 a year, inc HCA
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