Job summary
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 the medical wards on the Ealing Hospital site.
The post holder will work closely with the Pharmacy Team Lead for Medicine to monitor and control medicine use within the Medicine division. They will support the strategic development of the pharmacy clinical and ward based services and lead on reducing risks associated with medicines within the Medicine division.
Main duties of the job
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:
- Supporting the development and delivery of clinical pharmacy services within the Medicine division.
- Providing a safe, efficient and cost-effective pharmacy service to the Medicine division.
- Contributing to the management of junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working within the Medicine division.
- Supporting and helping to deliver key performance targets within the Medicine division, in particular those related to prescribing, optimizing medicines and the turnaround times of discharge medicines.
This position offers the opportunity to build on your clinical and management experience. 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.
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GPhC registered
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy
Desirable
- Independent Prescribing Qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Hospital Pharmacy Experience
- Experience in Relevant Clinical Speciality
- Experience in training
Desirable
- Previous permanent post within Medicine
- Experience in leadership/team management
- Experience in project management
Skills
Essential
- Communication skills
- Ability to prioritise workload under pressure
- Demonstrates teamwork
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
Ealing Hospital
601 Uxbridge Road
Southall
UB1 3HW