Specialist Surgery Pharmacist

We have an opportunity for a Specialist Surgery Pharmacist to develop a career in Surgery, build skills as a directorate pharmacist and work with aspirational pharmacy and surgical teams. You will work in a clinical role across various surgical specialties across 3 hospitals, delivering education and training, gain experience in audit, quality improvement of services, improving medicines safety and access to medicines. You will have the opportunity to carry out directorate work including formulary activities, electronic prescribing, guidelines and procedures review and medicines expenditure surveillance within Surgery. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people. Become part of a vibrant pharmacy team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. Our trust delivers elective and emergency surgical care. Surgical specialties include major trauma, plastic, orthopaedic, surgical rehabilitation, colorectal, upper gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, bariatric, vascular, endocrine surgery, ear, nose and throat, urology, breast and ophthalmology. You will be self-motivated and organised with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will need to be able to develop effective working relationships with a wide range of professionals. You will need good IT skills and be able to work with various IT programs & databases. Applicants should be a pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. Upon joining Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust you should have completed a minimum of 18 months of a postgraduate clinical pharmacy diploma and working towards full diploma or equivalent experiential learning. Interviews are scheduled to be held on Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th July 2024 at St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London, W2 1NY. Main duties of the job You will rotate between St Mary's, Hammersmith and Charing Cross hospital sites in order to provide a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service to surgical wards. Ensuring the safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of medicines whilst undertaking quality improvement projects to drive efficiency in surgical admissions, discharge and medicines safety. You will have the opportunity to undertake medicines expenditure surveillance and ensure safe and appropriate use of medicines through audit and service evaluation. You will also be involved in supporting & helping develop trainee pharmacists, band 6 pharmacists & medicines management pharmacy technicians as appropriate. About us At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. Job description Job responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert. Person Specification Education/ Qualifications Essential Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent Undertakes continuing professional development (CPD) and maintains a CPD portfolio and professional revalidation Certificate in Pharmacy Diploma or equivalent relevant postgraduate experience & studying for completion of full Diploma Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council Desirable Completed full Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent Post Graduate Qualification Non-medical prescribing qualification Experience Essential Appropriate post-registration training and experience in hospital pharmacy - this must include a solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice (medicines information, aseptic services, ward services and dispensing) Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options for patients Demonstrable use of clinical audit, service evaluation or quality improvement project to improve practice Desirable Experience of drug expenditure reporting Previous experience in delivering training and education Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities Essential Good ability to organise and prioritise work Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management Good ability to use computer systems including Excel, Word & NHS/online databases Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the Clinical Governance agenda Desirable Experience of using electronic prescribing systems Employer details Employer name Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Address Trustwide London W6 8RF Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply. 290-WCCS-1465 #J-18808-Ljbffr