To provide a highly specialist clinical pharmacy service within the Women & Children's Directorate ensuring high quality, safe, effective, legal and accurate use of medicines within the specialty.

They maintain a regular clinical commitment to both women and paediatric wards and will provide information support for division and specialist pharmacists and will deputise for the Lead Directorate Pharmacist when required.

The post holder will provide and manage pharmaceutical services to the Women & Children Directorate in accordance with the needs of the Division. Along with working with senior clinicians on determining medicines related cost pressures for the Women & Children Directorate. The post holder will also monitor and review prescribing practice within the Women & Children Directorate and to work with clinicians to ensure effective, safe, evidence based and cost effective prescribing.

Interview Date: 23rd January 2025.

Main duties of the job

To provide a highly specialist clinical pharmacy service within the Women & Children's Directorate ensuring high quality, safe, effective, legal and accurate use of medicines within the speciality. The Senior Pharmacist will maintain a regular clinical commitment to both women and paediatric wards and will provide information support for division and specialist pharmacists and will deputise for the Lead Directorate Pharmacist when required.

Key working relation relationshipsLiaises with:

• Patients
• Pharmacy Staff
• W& C Directorate staff
• Finance
• Human Resources
• External Personnel working within the W& C field
• External Personnel with whom the Trust has an SLA to provide services for the Trust

Supervises:

• Specialist Pharmacists W& C
• Rotational resident pharmacists
• Pre-registration pharmacists and other junior staff

About us

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites--Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital--along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A& E, and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.

We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.

We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.

The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven't heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.

Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Participate in other areas of clinical pharmacy practice in order to ensure a broad base of pharmaceutical knowledge
• To participate in weekend/public holiday and on-call rotas.
• To assist the Department in the production of ward and on-call rotas.
• To participate in the operational management rota.
• Liaise with other clinical pharmacists to ensure efficient transfer of drug related care
• Be aware of, and apply, relevant legislation such as the H & SAWA, COSHH, Medicines Act, GMP etc.
• At all times practice in accordance with the Code of Ethics of the General Pharmaceutical Council

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Womens and Children's experience as a registered pharmacist
• Experience working in hospital pharmacy, including providing clinical pharmacy services
• Experience in training healthcare professionals
• Implementing research into practice
• Working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Supervision of staff

Desirable

• Paediatric/NICU TPN experience

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered as a practising Pharmacist with the GPhC
• Clinical pharmacy certificate or relevent experience

Desirable

• Variety of clinical practice to include Women and Children's experience
• Independent prescriber
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• MSc. in Clinical Pharmacy

Employer details

Employer name

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chelsea and Westminster

369 Fulham Rd

London

SW10 9NH

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