Specialist Pharmacist

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust; Greenhill; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust in London is seeking a specialist pharmacist to oversee pharmaceutical services across the Women’s and Children’s directorate, including maternity, neonatal, paediatrics and Paeds ED. The post blends ward-based work with outpatient clinics and homecare support.

You will provide a consistently high specialist service, develop safe and cost-effective medicine use, deliver education and training, and contribute to guideline and governance meetings

Responsibilities

• To provide a consistently highly specialist pharmaceutical service for all patients seen within the maternity wards, neonatal units and paediatric areas in line with Trust and national standards in order to meet all Clinical Governance requirements.
• To provide a framework for the safe, efficient and cost-effective use of medicine resources within the W&C Division, by the provision of education and training, procedures, policies and guidelines, medicines usage information, and clinical audit.
• To provide advice to patients, carers and healthcare professionals on medication issues in order to achieve the best outcomes for the patients, as well providing pharmaceutical training, supervision and support for colleagues in the maternity, neonatal and paediatric departments.
• To provide support to the Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Unit (POSCU) and facilitate inpatient, outpatient and Chemocare prescription screening for SACT and supportive medicines as required for an Enhanced Level 1 Unit in accordance with the CCLG and North Thames Paediatric Network.

Job description

This job requires the post holder to help oversee the activities across the Women's and Children's directorate. This includes maternity, neonatology, paediatrics and Paeds ED. The role will be a combination of ward based work as well as providing support for outpatient clinics and homecare services. The pharmacy teams are well integrated with all three areas of the directorate, attending guideline and governance meetings on a monthly basis.

• To provide a consistently highly specialist pharmaceutical service for all patients seen within the maternity wards, neonatalunits and paediatric areas in line with Trust and national standards in order to meet all Clinical Governance requirements.
• To provide a framework for the safe, efficient and cost-effective use of medicine resources within the W&C Division, by the provision of education and training, procedures, policies and guidelines, medicines usage information, and clinical audit.
• To provide advice to patients, carers and healthcare professionals on medication issues in order to achieve the best outcomes for the patients, as well providingpharmaceutical training, supervision and support for colleagues in thematernity, neonatal and paediatricdepartments.
• To provide support to the Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Unit (POSCU) and facilitate inpatient, outpatient and Chemocare prescription screening for SACT and supportive medicines as required for an Enhanced Level 1 Unit in accordance with the CCLG and North Thames Paediatric Network.

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. We run major acute services at:

• 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.