We are looking for a forward thinking, enthusiastic pharmacist to help lead and deliver out-patient services and work with the specialist pharmacy teams providing services across the trust.

Senior Specialist Pharmacist for Immunosuppressant and disease modifying drugs

This is a full-time post. The post holder will be required to participate in the on-call (back up), weekend, bank holiday and late-night duty rotas.

Main duties of the job

Key duties include: leading a team in the provision of out-patient pharmacy services for immunosuppressant and disease modifying drugs collaboratively working with specialist teams for developing clinical pharmacy services, facilitating training of permanent and rotating staff, including mentoring and tutoring supporting the lead patient services pharmacist in the roll out of patient centre consultations.

You will need to be a GPhC registered pharmacist with a diploma in General Pharmacy Practice or equivalent and broad hospital-based experience. You will need to have excellent communication skills and enjoy working as part of a large multi-disciplinary team. You will also need to be friendly, approachable, adaptable, flexible, willing to learn new skills and be committed to continuous professional development.

The Pharmacy Department offers comprehensive pharmaceutical services across site including in-patient and out-patient services, a well-respected clinical pharmacy service supported by specialist clinical pharmacists and a well-equipped Medicines Information centre integrated into the Regional Medicines Information Centre. A large licensed 'specials' manufacturing unit complements these services

About us

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Registered Pharmacist with GPhC

Essential

• GPhC registered

oPostgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice or equivalent

Essential

• oPostgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice or equivalent

Desirable

• oPost-graduate MSc in relevant subject.
• oLeadership course

Knowledge and experience

Essential

• oSignificant broad based post qualification hospital pharmacy experience

Desirable

• oAdvanced pharmaceutical knowledge of immunosuppressant and disease modifying drug therapy.

Employer details

Employer name

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Northwick Park Hospital

London

HA1 3UJ

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