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- SE1 9RT
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Senior Pharmacist - Surgery - Harefield Hospital
Closed for applications on: 29-Apr-2024 00:03
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 29-Apr-2024 00:03
Key details
Location
- Site
- Harefield Hospital
- Address
- Hill End Road
- Town
- Harefield, Uxbridge
- Postcode
- UB9 6JH
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent: (Monday-Friday core hours with rostered working on weekends and Bank Holidays)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £56,388 - £62,785 per annum inc. Outer London HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 8a)
Specialty
- Main area
- Pharmacist
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and ambitious clinical pharmacist to lead the pharmacy cardiothoracic surgery team at Harefield Hospital. You will need to have significant experience in the field of cardiothoracic surgery and preferably some experience in delivering medicines optimisation to level 2 patients. The role will involve delivering a specialist clinical pharmacy service to cardiothoracic patients, supporting and training junior pharmacists, leading and developing cardiothoracic pre admission clinics in line with ERAS and working closely with the multidisciplinary teams. You must be able to work under pressure, be highly motivated and possess excellent staff management and problem-solving skills.
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- To lead and deliver a safe, effective and innovative clinical pharmacy service to cardiothoracic patients at Harefield Hospital.
- To provide a framework for the safe, efficient and cost-effective use of medicine within the cardiothoracic surgery directorate at the Harefield Hospital site, by the provision of education and training, procedures, protocols, and medicines usage information.
- To develop and maintain specialist knowledge in medicines used within cardiothoracic surgery.
- To lead and support the development of protocols and guidelines, as well as assist in education and training in cardiothoracic surgery
- To participate in multidisciplinary ward rounds and committees.
- To monitor, audit and provide specialist support for medicines related risk and collaborate with the multidisciplinary team in reducing and managing such risk.
- To deliver and develop the pharmacy pre admission pathway in cardiothoracic surgery patients at Harefield Hospital.
Working for our organisation
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about this role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Postgraduate Diploma or MSc in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent
- A registered independent prescriber
Desirable criteria
- Registered Trainee Pharmacist Pharmacy tutor for the RPSGB
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience in delivering pharmaceutical services to cardiothoracic medicine and/or surgical patients in a hospital setting.
- Progressive and continuing professional development. Experience of multidisciplinary team working.
- Contribution to data collection for clinical audit.
- Experience in producing new drug evaluations for the New Drugs Group.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in the use of clinical audit to improve practice.
- Experience of financial reporting to directorates.
- Published practice research.
Skills
Essential criteria
- The ability to initiate and implement change.
- The ability to identify and prioritise clinical work.
- Communication skills (written and verbal).
- Leadership skills.
- Contributes to the team.
Desirable criteria
- Generation of drug expenditure reports and their analysis.
- Proficient in the use of EPIC
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Beejal Shah/Karen Y Lee (Job Share)
- Job title
- Lead Specialist Pharmacists, Surgery and Pain
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02073528121
- Additional information
Karen Y Lee: [email protected]
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