Senior Pharmacist

NHS Professionals Limited; Harlow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS staffing organization is seeking a Senior Pharmacist to provide clinical pharmacy services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust. Candidates must have a pharmacy degree with GPhC registration and experience in clinical pharmacy services. The role includes managing high-cost drugs, participating in patient care, and ensuring safe and effective use of medicines. Flexible shifts and learning opportunities are provided.

Benefits

Access to Learning & Development opportunities

Flexible shifts

Wellbeing resources

Qualifications

• Pharmacy degree with current GPhC registration.
• Experience in clinical pharmacy services at ward level.
• Experience using patient information systems and electronic prescribing.

Responsibilities

• Act as a member of the directorate team and deputise for the directorate pharmacist.
• Provide specialist clinical pharmacy services for complex therapies.
• Manage the safe dispensing of medicines and supervise pharmacy staff.
• Provide patient-centred services, including counselling and medicines information.
• Liaise with CCGs and NHS England on drug funding and policy matters.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy services

Patient counselling

Drug dispensing

Communication with healthcare professionals

Education

Pharmacy degree with current GPhC registration

Relevant clinical or general pharmacy practice qualifications

Tools

Patient information systems

Electronic prescribing

Pharmacy dispensing/stock holding systems

Job description

We havean exciting opportunity for a Senior Pharmacist at The Princess AlexandraHospital NHS Trust (PAHT). The Trust provides a comprehensive range of generalacute, outpatient, and diagnostic services across its hospital sites. In thisrole, you will participate in the professional pharmaceutical provision ofpharmacy services to the Trust and its external partners, ensuring safe,effective, and evidence-based patient care. You will provide clinical pharmacycover, including near-to-patient services, and support the work of designateddirectorate pharmacists and senior staff, deputising for them when required.The role also involves contributing to specified projects and group initiativesto support service development, as well as participating in the pharmacyemergency duty rota as part of the departments commitment to high-quality,continuous patient care.

Main duties of the job

As aSenior Pharmacist you will work as part of the wider pharmacy team to deliveran effective and professional pharmacy service across a range of key areas,including the pharmacy dispensary, clinical pharmacy services, clinicalpharmacy training, pharmacy technical services, and medicines information. Therole requires adherence to all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) relating toclinical activities, ensuring the highest standards of prescription monitoring,drug chart documentation, and antibiotic stewardship. Additionally, you willwork closely with near-to-patient teams, undertaking tasks such as drug historytaking, supporting patients own drug use, self-medication programmes, one-stopdispensing, transcribing To Take Away (TTA) medications, and providingdischarge counselling to ensure continuity of care and safe, effective use ofmedicines.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Job responsibilities

• To act as a member of the directorate team and deputise as the directoratepharmacist when required, supporting the management of high-cost drugs,chemotherapy prescriptions, and clinical prescribing guidelines.
• To provide specialist clinical pharmacy services, including TotalParenteral Nutrition (TPN), clinical screening of prescriptions forinterferons, HIV, anti-TNF drugs, and other high-cost or complex therapies.
• To manage the safe and effective dispensing of medicines, includingControlled Drugs, clinical trials, extemporaneously prepared products, andintravenous preparations, while supervising and supporting pharmacy staff.
• To provide patient-centred services, including counselling, medicinesinformation, clinical input into care pathways, and participation innear-patient schemes, ensuring safe and economic use of medicines.
• To liaise with CCGs and NHS England on drug funding and policy matters,and to provide education and guidance to healthcare staff and patients on thesafe and effective use of medicines.
• To communicate effectively with healthcare professionals, patients, andpharmacy teams, attend meetings and ward rounds, and participate in training,project work, audits, and continuous professional development activities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Pharmacy degree with current GPhC registration and relevant clinical or general pharmacy practice qualifications.
• Experience in clinical pharmacy services at ward level, hospital dispensing services, and project work, including risk management.
• Experience of using patient information systems, electronic prescribing, and pharmacy dispensing/stock holding systems.

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.