Pharmacist Emergency, Acute & Elderly Medicine

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in London seeks a motivated Band 7 Pharmacist to join their dynamic team. This role involves providing clinical pharmacy services in Acute Medical Units and Elderly Medicine wards, ensuring high standards of patient care and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. Ideal candidates will have a Master's Degree in Pharmacy and relevant hospital pharmacy experience.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Wellbeing and staff recognition schemes

Cycle to Work scheme

Car lease schemes

Membership options for onsite leisure facilities

Qualifications

• Solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice.
• Experience in delivering training and education.
• Practical clinical experience including attendance at consultant-led ward rounds.

Responsibilities

• Attend regular consultant-led Post-Take Ward Rounds.
• Provide an extended hours clinical pharmacy service.
• Supervise and train junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

Skills

Communication

Clinical reasoning

Teamwork

Training and education delivery

Education

Masters Degree in Pharmacy

Member of the GPhC

FS1 of the Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice

FS2 of the Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice

Tools

Word

Excel

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Pharmacist Emergency, Acute & Elderly Medicine, London

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Client:

Charing Cross Hospital

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

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Posted:

21.05.2025

Expiry Date:

05.07.2025

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Job overview

Are you a motivated and dynamic pharmacist looking to steer your career in a diverse and rewarding clinical environment? Seeking a change and new opportunities? Then you have reached the right place! We are looking for a dedicated Band 7 Pharmacist to join our multidisciplinary team and want to hear from you.

Join one of London's leading Trusts and be part of a progressive and dynamic environment where you can build a rewarding career in pharmacy as a Pharmacist working within our Acute Medical Units (AMU), Acute Assessment Units (AAU), and Elderly Medicine wards at Charing Cross and St Mary’s hospitals. You will be part of one of the largest teams in our Pharmacy Department, already comprising of a group of extremely friendly and aspirational people.

You will play a pivotal part in our services, providing support and working closely with medical, nursing, pharmacy staff, and the wider multidisciplinary team (MDT) on a regular basis. Alongside attending ward rounds, you will also have the opportunity to partake in various MDT teaching, audits, and service improvement projects. This is a unique opportunity to work at the forefront of patient care and support some of our most vulnerable populations. Each site will also provide unique insights and opportunities for your own development and to collaborate with our fabulous teams.

Apply now and let your passion for clinical pharmacy shine!

Main duties of the job

• Attend regular consultant-led Post-Take Ward Rounds and Medicine for the Elderly ward rounds
• Provide an extended hours clinical pharmacy service to the AMU and AAU wards which includes working early and late shifts as well as regular weekends
• Be a key member of the multidisciplinary team
• Provide education and training to the multidisciplinary team
• Give advice at the point of prescribing thereby ensuring adherence to Trust policies and promoting antimicrobial stewardship
• Supervise and train junior pharmacists, trainee pharmacists, Medicines Management Pharmacy Technicians (MMPTs), and Assistant Technical Officers (ATO's)
• Further develop your clinical and management skills
• To lead on medicine management initiatives for Emergency, Acute, and Elderly Medicine patients
• To prepare expenditure reports for Emergency, Acute, or Elderly Medicine directorates and attend directorate meetings if required.

Working for our organisation

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 schemes. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loans, or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time, or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main 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

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
• Member of the GPhC
• FS1 of the Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice (UCL) or other certificate equivalent
• FS2 of the Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice (UCL) or other equivalent certificate

Experience

• This must include a solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice (medicines information, aseptic services, ward services, and dispensing)
• Experience in delivering training and education
• Experience in management of others. Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate, and communicate therapeutic options for patients
• Practical clinical experience including attendance at consultant-led ward rounds. Previous experience in delivering training and education
• Previous experience of managing specialist services
• Planning and developing services

Skills/ Knowledge / Abilities

• Ability to communicate complex information
• Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team, and management
• Demonstrates advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgment and is able to manage difficult and ambiguous problems in the relevant specialist area
• Good understanding of complex medicines use at ward level; effective policies and risk within the relevant specialist area
• Word and Excel at an advanced level
• Communicates best practice outside the organization
• Demonstrated ability to identify training needs of others

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted, you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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