Clinical Pharmacist

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust; Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as a Clinical Pharmacist, responsible for improving medication optimization across various clinical settings. This role involves rotations in critical care, surgery, and specialized areas, offering the chance to develop your skills and contribute to patient care in a supportive environment. With an emphasis on staff development and wellbeing, the Trust provides comprehensive resources and support for continuous professional growth.

Benefits

On-site staff nursery

Wellbeing practitioners

Occupational health services

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Registered with the GPhC.
• 2+ years NHS hospital experience as clinical pharmacist.
• Desirable experience with Electronic Prescribing.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical services in various clinical rotations.
• Support training and supervision of trainee pharmacists.
• Participate in proactive patient care and quality improvement.

Skills

Clinical services

Patient care

Teamwork

Education and training skills

Education

GPhC registered pharmacist

Minimum 2 years post-registration NHS hospital experience

Tools

Cerner E-Prescribing

JAC

Job description

Do you want to take on the challenge of more responsibility but are not yet ready to specialise? Then come and join us!

We are looking for enthusiastic pharmacists who want to work as part of a strong team to improve medicines optimisation for our patients.

You will be able to build on your previous knowledge and experience taking on more responsibility while rotating through critical care, medical admissions, different medical specialities, general surgery and adult TPN ward rounds

You will be predominantly ward based in the clinical rotations but will also be trained and gain experience in specialist areas including paediatrics / NNU, Homecare and Biologics screening, Haematology, Antimicrobials and the OPAT service. This post provides a great opportunity to gain experience in various rotations and further develop their skills to progress your career.

You will provide clinical services to our Acute Admissions Unit at weekends which will be worked as part of your contracted hours on a rotational basis.

Experience with Electronic Prescribing is desirable as the Trust uses the Cerner E-Prescribing system on the wards.

The opportunity to develop education and training skills exists as you will participate in the clinical training and supervision of trainee pharmacists and support less experienced pharmacists.

You are required to be fully registered with the GPhC and have a minimum of 2 years post-registration NHS hospital experience working as a clinical pharmacist on wards. Knowledge of JAC would be an advantage.

Development and staff wellbeing

Your growth and personal happiness matters to us. After all, we can’t expect the best from you if we don’t invest in your development and nurture your wellbeing. From the moment you join us, we’re committed to fostering your professional and personal development within a supportive, empowering environment. Whether you’re just starting your career or looking to advance further, we provide you with the tools and opportunities you need to succeed. We actively support colleagues to take part in research, quality improvement and innovation, whatever their role or level in the organisation.

To support your wellbeing, we offer an extensive range of resources, including an on-site staff nursery at Kingston Hospital, wellbeing practitioners, regular wellbeing classes, dedicated staff physiotherapist, comprehensive occupational health services, 24/7 employee assistance programme, and a range of other support and activities.

We also take every opportunity to thank and recognise the work our teams do, through weekly ‘shoutouts’ and patient feedback, monthly and annual awards.

Wherever you work across our organisation, we look forward to welcoming you.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Roshni Thoppil Job title: Senior Principal Pharmacist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 020 8934 3142

Kunali Patel, Senior Pharmacist Education & Training on 020 8934 2065.