Resident Pharmacist

Job summary

We are seeking motivated band 6 pharmacists to join our team of residents at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

This rotational post provides an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and self-motivated pharmacist to develop and use their medicines optimisation knowledge and skills to enhance the patient experience and improve flow across the Trust. Rotations are available in haematology and oncology; paediatrics; surgery and neurology; general, acute and specialist medicine; cardiology and cardiac surgery; technical services; medicines information and formulary; patient services; Queen Mary's Hospital.

The Pharmacy service is highly regarded in the Trust and has over 200 staff members. The department is friendly, forward thinking and constantly expanding with opportunities for personal development and further postgraduate education. We support the development of independent pharmacist prescribers as a new model of care for our patients.

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to:

• Be a role model and actively promote safe, evidence based prescribingo Support and promote medicines optimisation services in your designated specialty
• Support the 24 hour pharmacy service that is provided at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Engage with the wider healthcare team to ensure patients are discharged in a timely and safe manner
• Provide education and training for undergraduate healthcare professionalso Be actively involved in audit and research
• Deliver metrics that demonstrate the benefit of this role in providing pharmaceutical services to patients

The successful candidate will be self-motivated and reliable with good interpersonal skills. You must possess a Master's degree in pharmacy.

This position may close earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received.

About us

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute hospital that offers specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, neurosurgery, cardiac care, lipid disorders, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. We are the regional specialist care provider for South-West London, Surrey and beyond. Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff. The helipad was opened in spring 2014 and the work of the Emergency Department has been captured on Channel 4's '24 Hours in A&E' programme.

With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital. We provide services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Roehampton. These include outpatient rapid diagnostic and treatment facilities, a minor injuries unit, limb fitting services and 70 elderly, intermediate care and rehabilitation beds. Our main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London. The site hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.