Clinical Pharmacist - Elective Orthopaedic Centre

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Pharmacist to deliver a high-quality clinical pharmacy service across the Elective Orthopaedic Centre. You will manage medicines from admission to discharge and integrate with the multidisciplinary team to drive safe, effective care.

The role requires an MPharm with GPhC registration, and experience in an acute hospital setting. You will contribute to discharge planning and patient communication, with on-call and weekend

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) required.
• Certificate in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent experience.
• Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe and effective clinical pharmacy service from admission to discharge on the Elective Orthopaedic Centre.
• Perform accurate medication reconciliation to minimise errors on admission.
• Maintain pharmaceutical input within a multidisciplinary team to ensure optimal medicines usage and value for money.
• Facilitate speedy discharge by organising medications per Discharge policies.
• Collaborate with the team to implement the same day discharge pathway.
• Communicate with patients, ward staff, doctors, nurses and GPs to improve care.
• Provide pharmaceutical service on rota at weekends, late duties, bank holidays and on-call.

Skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Self-motivated

Education

MPharm

Certificate in Pharmacy Practice

GPhC registered

Job description

The centre specialises in elective bone and joint surgery and sees patients from across 12 hospitals and 8 boroughs. It is a fast-paced, dynamic environment, with continual improvements being made to discharge pathways. The post-holder will be responsible for providing a safe and effective clinical pharmacy service to meet the needs of the enhanced recovery pathway. The post-holder will support in the management of the ward Pharmacy service, including suggesting, implementing and reviewing service improvement changes. Additionally, the post-holder will be involved in providing a Pharmacy pre-op service to elective surgical patients across London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust.

Responsibilities

• Providing a safe and effective clinical pharmacy service from admission to discharge on the Elective Orthopaedic Centre in accordance with Trust policies.
• Providing accurate medication reconciliation, in order to minimise medication related errors on admission.
• Maintaining a high level of pharmaceutical input, as part of a multidisciplinary team within the department and on the wards, to ensure optimal medicines usage and value for money.
• Facilitating a speedy discharge for patients by organising their medication according to Dispensing for Discharge policies.
• Liaising with the multidisciplinary team to facilitate the successful implementation of the same day discharge pathway
• Liaising with the multidisciplinary team and be ward based, to improve communication with patients, hospital doctors, nursing team and GPs.
• The post holder provides a pharmaceutical service to the Trust on a rota basis at weekends, late duties, bank holidays, Christmas and on-call.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm)
• Certificate in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent experience
• Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council

Desirables

• Post graduate diploma in pharmacy practice
• Independent prescriber, Good, broad clinical knowledge and ability to apply to a ward and dispensary setting
• Relevant post-graduate experience
• Some experience of providing training, mentorship and supervising staff
• Documented evidence of completed project work, audit and practice research
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
• Apply knowledge to practice
• Willing to take responsibility
• IT literacy including word processing, e-mail and use of the internet
• Staff management
• Clinical pharmacy experience in an acute hospital setting

Essential Skills

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal & written
• Ability to convey information to patients who may be distressed or have barriers to understanding
• Good interpersonal skills. Confident and assertive when working with other professionals
• Ability to work quickly, calmly and accurately under pressure
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to work in a team
• Self-motivated & enthusiastic
• Able to embrace technology
• Flexible approach to working methods
• Expect to deal with members of the public and other health care workers in a professional manner
• Available for out of hours services
• Ability to identify and prioritise service needs

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:

Hospital Sites

• 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.

Based at Central Middlesex Hospital, the orthopaedic centre is a collaboration between the four acute trusts in north west London:

Collaboration Trusts

• Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Trust
• London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust.

Salary & Employment

• £55,524-62,652 per year
• Permanent
• Full-time
• 9 hours ago

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. "We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with general data protection regulation (GDPR)."