Lead Directorate Pharmacist - Medicine

Chelwest; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in London seeks a Clinical Pharmacist to provide specialist pharmacy services within the Emergency and Integrated Care Division. This role involves ensuring the safe use of medicines, leading junior pharmacists, and contributing to medicines optimisation research. Successful candidates will be part of a dynamic team dedicated to providing high-quality care and improving patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Be responsible for clinical pharmacy services.
• Leadership in training junior staff.
• Manage drug expenditure and optimise medicines.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical pharmacy services to patients in designated wards.
• Monitor and evaluate medication usage and budget.
• Lead governance and service improvement initiatives.

Skills

Clinical Practice

Leadership

Management of service

Clinical pharmacy service

Medicines optimisation

Education and training

Education

MPharm Degree or equivalent

Pharmacist registration

Job description

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To provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service to patients within the Emergency and Integrated Care (EIC) Division. To ensure the safe, effective, legal and accurate use of medicines within the speciality and to support and supervise less experienced pharmacists on rotation.

To deliver on objectives for medicines optimisation research in line with departmental priorities and initiatives supported by National Institute of Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health research and Care in Northwest London (NIHR CLAHRC NWL).

• Clinical Practice
• Be responsible and accountable for the clinical pharmacy service provided to patients
• Leadership
• Act as a role model for senior pharmacist, junior pharmacists, and trainee pharmacists in the rotation.
• Management of service
• Ensure national and local agendas are delivered.
• To provide clinical pharmacy services for patients admitted to medicine wards, acute medical wards, Ambulatory Care and Emergency Department in accordance with the priorities set by Associate Chief Pharmacist.
• Monitor drug expenditure within the directorate and to participate in the negotiations of contracts as appropriate with the aim of saving agreed targets savings each year.
• Identify changes in prescribing practices that may impact on the drugs budget, including new prescribing practices (horizon scanning).
• Evaluation of Service
• Monitor clinical pharmacy in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.
• Research and Service Development
• Manage agreed improvement work streams to deliver medicines optimisation improvements within pharmacy and the wider medicine directorate.
• Education and Training
• Participate in the training and supervision of junior pharmacists, trainee pharmacists and pharmacy undergraduates in providing and improving the clinical pharmacy service to medical patients.
  
  

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children’s services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.

We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.

We are committed to equal opportunities and believe that diversity drives innovation and excellence. As part of our dedication to equity, we actively welcome applications from individuals from the global majority, veterans and underrepresented communities. We value the unique perspectives and experiences that diverse teams bring and are committed to creating an environment where all voices are heard, respected, and empowered to succeed."

If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.

Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Gulseren Kaya Job title: Associate Chief Pharmacist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07586595375

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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