Senior Rotational Pharmacist

Transformationunitgm; Ealing; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

Join London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust as a Band 7 Pharmacist. In this innovative role, you'll experience rotations through various pharmacy services, enhancing your clinical skills while contributing to a dedicated team. This position supports career progression with a focus on leadership and training.

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) required.
• Experience in clinical pharmacy and mentoring.
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

Responsibilities

• Rotations through various pharmacy services like Infectious Diseases and Cardiology.
• Provide clinical and professional support to pharmacy operations.
• Assist in training Junior Pharmacists.

Skills

Clinical knowledge

Team management

Training and mentorship

Education

Masters Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm)

Certificate in Pharmacy Practice

Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice

Job description

Employer London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site London Northwest University Hospital Trust - Northwick Park hospital, Ealing Hospital and Central Middlesex Hospital Town Harrow Salary £51,883 - £58,544 per annum inclusive HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 24/06/2025 23:59

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH

Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy

We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.

• H onesty
• A ccountability
• T eamwork

These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

Would you like to join an innovative department and participate in an interesting senior rotational post? If you want to broaden your experience of hospital Pharmacy, whilst contributing towards the work of a busy department, then this is the job for you.

We are a department that believe in equipping our Band 7 Pharmacists with skills to carry out senior roles to aid their career progression. Rotations have been developed to ensure leadership roles are key with a high emphasis on delivering teaching and training to a wide range of healthcare professionals as well as managing teams. You will be able to develop senior roles and responsibilities and we encourage individuals to take on any new responsibilities to meet their development needs.

The Trust is incorporating Independent Prescribing training into the Senior Pharmacist rota from April 2023.

Main duties of the job

Working in partnership with our senior pharmacist team, the post holder will have the opportunity to spend a rotation in each of the main pharmacy services, depending on the site the post holder is working on.
Rotations include:
• Specialist Gastroenterology
• Medicines Information
• Infectious Diseases
• Respiratory Medicine
• Cardiology
• Endocrine & Rheumatology
• Cancer services
• Elderly care & rehabilitation
• Acute Medicine
• Patient Services
•Medication Safety
•Surgery & ITU
•HIV & Antimicrobials
The post holder provides clinical and professional support and assists the day-to day operation of the section of the department they are rotating through, as well as a clinical service to the wards, both on- and off-site. The post holder provides and supports Trainee and Junior Pharmacist training.

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm)
• Certificate in Pharmacy Practice or Equivalent Experience
• Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice or equivalent

Experience

• Good, broad clinical knowledge and ability to apply to a ward and dispensary setting
• Some experience of providing training, mentorship and supervising staff
• Willing to take responsibility
• Staff Management

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We promote the wellbeing and safety of all our patients and carers by acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately, according to the standards determined by our policy and procedures. All posts working with vulnerable groups will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check upon appointment and staff will need to give their consent for the Trust to receive regular updates on their criminal records status throughout their employment.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.After the closing date we strongly advise you check the email account which is registered. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Our employment checking processes require that all shortlisted applicants provide the contact details of their current HR Department. If shortlisted you will be sent an email reminder to present the contact details of your HR Department at the interview.

Please note the Trust uses identity checking software for verifying the authenticity of identity documents provided by candidates.

As part of our commitment to the Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BME (Black ,Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve.

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.