Do you want to join an award-winning department that puts clinical pharmacists at the forefront of medicines optimisation and patient care?

The Pharmacy Department at Barts Health covers a population of 2.5 million. We provide medicines management and medicines optimisation services from our four hospital sites across the City of London and East London.

We are looking for motivated and dynamic pharmacists to join the department at Barts Health to participate in the rotational band 7 pharmacist programme. The programme includes 9 month rotations across the four different sites of Royal London hospital, St Bartholomew's hospital, Whipps Cross hospital and Newham hospital.

You will work closely with medical and nursing staff and the wider multidisciplinary team on a wide range of medicines optimisation matters, and to ensure standardisation of medicine policies and procedures wherever appropriate.

You will also be expected to contribute to the research agenda working with staff across the Pharmacy department and student placements.

For further information or to organise an informal visit please contact:

Funke Alimi-Omidiora, Deputy Head of Pharmacy, Royal London and Mile End Hospitals (a.alimi-omidiora@nhs.net)

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work on the wards and deliver quality care to patients at ward level through efficient medicines optimization. This will include the assessment of patient's own drugs, medicine reconciliation, original pack dispensing at ward level, counseling patients about their medicines and coordinating the supply of discharge medication. The post holder will work with their ward-based team to continually develop the service, while maintaining high standards and achieving best practice to meet the needs of patients and the Trust. The role will also involve dispensary-based responsibilities.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• oPost registration experience in an acute hospital based clinical post.
• oExperience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care.
• oExperience of undertaking research, quality improvement or audit projects
• oTo have been involved in bringing about change to a service/department

Desirable

• oExperience delivering care in acute medicine and surgery specialties in a ward setting

Skills

Essential

• oExcellent interpersonal skills.
• oAble to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail.
• oAble to accurately follow written procedures under pressure.
• oDemonstrate numeracy skills and ability to perform accurate, complex calculations.
• oAbility to plan, prioritise and organise self and others.
• oAbility to manage times effectively and work to deadlines.
• oAbility to work unsupervised and under pressure.
• oIT literate able to use Microsoft Office with intermediate IT skills including accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programs
• oEffective problem solving skills
• oAble to communicate complex information effectively to all health and care professionals, colleagues, patients, and their loved ones.
• oDemonstrates ability to deliver staff training.

Desirable

• oExperience investigating and managing medication-related incidents.

Knowledge

Essential

• oDemonstrates sound clinical knowledge.
• oKnowledge of drug and therapeutics at Diploma level or equivalent.
• oUnderstanding of clinical governance and clinical risk management
• oAwareness of current national standards, guidelines, and service delivery issues.
• oUnderstanding of GPhC revalidation requirements
• oKnowledge of medicines management systems at ward level.
• oUp to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice e.g., controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work.
• oUnderstanding of stock control systems
• oUnderstanding of the pharmaceutical care needs.
• oKnowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements.
• oUnderstanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation
• oDemonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives

Qualifications

Essential

• oMPharm or equivalent
• oRegistered as a pharmacist with the GPhC.
• oDiploma in Clinical Pharmacy/Pharmacy Practice or equivalent.

Desirable

• oIndependent prescribing qualification

Other

Essential

• oDBS - Enhanced check with a check of the barred lists required as patient facing and may interact with adults / children

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

The Royal London Hospital

London

E1 1FR

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