Senior Clinical Pharmacist (Nights)

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a Senior Clinical Pharmacist to join their night services team. This role involves supervising staff, developing clinical guidelines, and ensuring optimal patient care through medications. Ideal candidates have a master's in pharmacy and relevant clinical experience. Competitive salary and unique working environment are offered.

Qualifications

• Completion of a master's degree in pharmacy (or equivalent).
• Post graduate clinical diploma in clinical pharmacy (hospital) or equivalent experience.
• Full registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).

Responsibilities

• Support the development of clinical and medicines related guidelines.
• Supervise junior staff in the pharmacy service.
• Work with multidisciplinary colleagues for safe medication prescriptions.
• Provide high quality advice to patients for medicines optimisation.
• Assist with the management of complaints.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy expertise

Patient counselling

Supervisory skills

Guideline development

Education

Master's degree in pharmacy

Post graduate clinical diploma

Job description

Cleveland Clinic London offers a brand-new high-acuity environment with the very latest equipment, where caregivers are encouraged to grow their expertise across multiple specialties, and in collaboration with expert clinicians. Our Mission, Caring for life, researching for health, and educating those who serve, assures our unwavering commitment to professional development.

We are looking to recruit a Senior Clinical Pharmacist to join our night services within our Pharmacy team, with a competitive salary range on offer. This is a Monday - Sunday role, covering the night services with the following shift patterns: 20:00-08:00, 3-4 shifts per week.

Patient safety is at the heart of all our pharmacy services. At Cleveland Clinic London, well be using automation, unique to the UK, digital infrastructure, secure storage systems, and bar-coded medicines administration to achieve a closed loop medicines administration system. Our Pharmacy services will enable patients to be fully involved in their own care and to make shared decisions about their treatment.

Main duties of the job

• Support the development, validation, and maintenance of the clinical and medicines related guidelines and protocols.
• Supervise junior staff members in the delivery of the clinical pharmacy service, and where necessary to assume responsibility for specialist clinical service.
• Work with multidisciplinary colleagues to ensure that medicines prescribed for patients represent the safest treatment option.
• Provide high quality advice and counselling to patients to support medicines optimisation.
• Assist with the management of complaints and take corrective actions as appropriate.

About us

Cleveland Clinic is one of the leading providers of specialised medical care in the world, providing clinical excellence and superior patient outcomes for almost 6 million patient visits per year across more than 200 locations. We employ over 80,000 caregivers worldwide and continue to drive innovation in healthcare.With over 100 years of history, our Patients First philosophy is at the heart of everything that we do.

Job responsibilities

• Support the development, validation, and maintenance of the clinical and medicines related guidelines and protocols.
• Supervise junior staff members in the delivery of the clinical pharmacy service, and where necessary to assume responsibility for specialist clinical service.
• Work with multidisciplinary colleagues to ensure that medicines prescribed for patients represent the safest treatment option.
• Provide high quality advice and counselling to patients to support medicines optimisation.
• Assist with the management of complaints and take corrective actions as appropriate.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Completion of a masters degree in pharmacy (or equivalent).
• Post graduate clinical diploma in clinical pharmacy (hospital) or equivalent experience.
• Full registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.