Highly Specialist Pharmacist Paeds Critical Care/Specialist Medicine

Barts Health Nhs Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS healthcare provider in the City of Westminster seeks an enthusiastic clinical pharmacist to join their pharmacy team. The successful candidate will manage the Paediatric Critical Care Service and support multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality patient care. If you have broad experience in paediatric pharmacy services and are looking to develop your career, we welcome your application.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering and leading paediatric pharmacy services.
• Knowledge of clinical guidelines and medication management.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Lead pharmacist for the Paediatric Critical Care Service.
• Support the multidisciplinary PCCU team.
• Train and supervise junior staff.

Skills

Paediatric pharmacy services

Clinical skills

Team leadership

Education

Pharmacy degree

Registration with pharmacy council

Job description

Overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated clinical pharmacist to join our pharmacy team. You will work with a team of highly specialist pharmacy staff to deliver patient-centred pharmaceutical care to paediatric patients across Barts Health. You will also support the development and implementation of clinical guidelines, liaising with clinicians and nurses and support the children's services in the effective usage of medicines with a specialty in Paediatric Critical Care and paediatric specialist medicine.

The post holder will be supporting the Service Lead Pharmacist in leading a team of staff in the delivery of high quality clinical and directorate related pharmacy services to paediatrics, in particular at the Royal London Hospital. The job description is not intended to be exhaustive and it is likely that duties may be altered from time to time in the light of changing circumstances and after consultation with the post-holder. The post holder might be required:

Responsibilities

• To be the lead pharmacist and manage the professional, clinical and technical input to the Paediatric Critical Care Service (PCCU) and paediatric specialist medicine.
• To support the multidisciplinary PCCU team
• To be actively involved in developing the PCCU pharmacy service
• To train and supervise junior staff in paediatric services
• To be the ward pharmacist and lead development of services for PCCU
• To lead the development of pharmacy services to the paediatric specialist medicine team including pain, neurology, immunology, antimicrobial and theatres

If you have experience delivering & leading paediatric pharmacy services and are interested in developing your career, we would love to hear from you.

About Barts Health

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.