Senior Clinical Pharmacist (QMS site)

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Sidcup is seeking a Senior Clinical Pharmacist to join their pharmacy clinical team. The role involves providing a clinical pharmacy service on the wards, supporting the multidisciplinary team, and ensuring medicines safety. Candidates must be registered with the GPhC and have a postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or be working towards one. This position offers a salary ranging from £53,751 to £60,651 per annum, inclusive of Outer London HCAS.

Qualifications

• Registered as a Pharmacist with the GPhC.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent (or working towards or willing to do).
• Membership in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

Responsibilities

• Provide a clinical pharmacy service to patients on the wards.
• Ensure patients understand how to take their medicines upon discharge.
• Support medicines safety and provide pharmaceutical advice.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy knowledge

Advanced computer literacy (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Ability to prioritise tasks effectively

Education

Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent

Registered as a Pharmacist with the GPhC

Tools

Datix

Job description

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the right to work in the UK independently, with a visa or immigration status that allows them to fulfil the full duration and type of contract offered. The Trust is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

We are looking for a confident and motivated individual to join our dynamic and friendly pharmacy clinical team based at Queen Mary's hospital in Sidcup. Join us as a Senior Clinical Pharmacist, providing a clinical pharmacy service to our patients on the wards under the Principal Pharmacist. You will support the Principal Pharmacist in provision of pharmaceutical advice to nursing leadership teams and the multidisciplinary team in relation to clinical queries and support of medicines safety. You will also support with the day to day running of the dispensary alongside both the Principal Pharmacist and the Pharmacy Site Lead dealing with prescriptions from a multitude of specialities. As a department we support the education and training of staff through various courses and have put in place a Senior Pharmacist progression plan to build up your managerial and leadership skills.

You must be currently registered with the GPhC as a pharmacist and previous hospital experience is desirable. You must also have a Clinical Diploma/equivalent, be working towards or be prepared to undertake one.

Main duties of the job

If you are ready to develop your clinical knowledge in hospital pharmacy further and progress your managerial and leadership skills then this is the job for you.

You will work alongside the multidisciplinary team on matters relating to the safe, economic, effective and evidence based use of medications. With support from our Medicines Management Technicians you will ensure that patients and carers understand how to take their medicines on discharge including counselling and liaising with primary care colleagues to ensure continuity of care.

You will also provide a medicines optimisation and medicines reconciliation service to achieve department priorities and targets on the wards as decided by the Pharmacy Site Lead.

About us

We are committed to being an inclusive and diverse employer. We strive to employ people who reflect the communities we serve, and aim to create an inclusive culture where everyone can reach their full potential. Whatever your race, ethnicity, belief, generation, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, disability or experience, you'll appreciate the opportunities we give you to work in an inclusive atmosphere. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences to build on the progress we've achieved to make our Trust diverse and the best place to work. We celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that help us overcome challenges and embrace new possibilities. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant Pledge and have a commitment to the Armed Forces Community.

We are dedicated to using our Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) approach as our shared organisation model of change to enhance our services and ensure excellence in patient care.

If you are considering applying for a role, please be aware that as an NHS Employee you may have contact with vulnerable service users. We strongly encourage that all our staff are vaccinated against COVID-19 and are vaccinated annually against Flu, in order to protect the health and safety of our staff and patients. Your commitment will help us to put the safety and care of our patients first, as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues.

Job responsibilities

For a detailed description of the Job roles and responsibilities please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• Registered as a Pharmacist with the GPhC
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent (or working towards or willing to do)
• Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Independent prescriber (or working towards)

KNOWLEDGE

• Awareness of current practice and policy affecting pharmacy practice in the NHS & understanding the NHS structure
• Good clinical pharmacy knowledge
• Advanced computer literacy including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to prioritise tasks effectively
• Roles and function of hospital pharmacy staff
• Knowledge of RPS standards for hospital pharmacy

EXPERIENCE

• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary healthcare setting.
• Hospital Pharmacy Experience
• Datix user
• Experience of writing protocols and standards
• Demonstrable use of audit/research to improve practice

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.

£53,751 to £60,651 a yearper annum inclusive of Outer London HCAS