Job summary
To provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service to patients within the Planned Care Directorate
To ensure the safe, effective, legal and accurate use of medicines within the speciality and to support and supervise less experienced pharmacists on rotation.
Manage Band 5 Medicines Management Technician (MMT) and supervise Rotational Band 6 Pharmacist as directed by Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Planned Care;
Supervise pre-registration pharmacists and other junior staff
Main duties of the job
Be responsible and accountable for the clinical pharmacy service provided to the sub-speciality of Surgery. This includes surgical wards, Theatres, ITU, Total Parenteral Nutrition, Day Surgery, surgical satellite pharmacy and pre-assessment clinic.
Review prescriptions for accuracy and legality and identify actual or potential problems.
Ensure the effective supply of medicines suitable for use as an inpatient and appropriately labelled for discharge if applicable.
Ensure the effective outcomes of treatment with medicines.
Monitor patients for potential and actual adverse effects of their medicines.
Take steps to ensure patients understand the purpose of their medicines and deal with any practical issues that may prevent the optimal use of their medicines.
Support the planning of patient discharge with respect to medication, including the transcription of requests for dispensing.
Demonstrate professional accountability to patients.
Liaise with the Senior Clinical Pharmacist -Planned Care to provide and develop clinical pharmacy services to the Division including ward pharmacy and medicines management.
Aim to provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in the patients as allocated.
About us
Our 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 1.5m, providing full clinical services including maternity, A&E and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health care. The CQC 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 an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Mid.
We are delivering sustainable healthcare through our Green Plan. In line with Greener NHS ambitions, we aim for net zero carbon emissions by 2045. Achieving this requires collective effort. We encourage staff to reduce their impact on carbon, waste and pollution wherever possible. Every action counts to create a healthier, more sustainable future.
We are committed to equal opportunities and believe diversity drives innovation and excellence. We welcome applications from the global majority, veterans and underrepresented communities, valuing the perspectives they bring.
If you haven't heard from us within 3 weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probation. Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Roles and responsibilities
Clinical Practice
Be responsible and accountable for the clinical pharmacy service provided to the sub-speciality of Surgery. This includes surgical wards, Theatres, ITU, Total Parenteral Nutrition, Day Surgery, surgical satellite pharmacy and pre-assessment clinic.
Review prescriptions for accuracy and legality and identify actual or potential problems.
Ensure the effective supply of medicines suitable for use as an inpatient and appropriately labelled for discharge if applicable.
Ensure the effective outcomes of treatment with medicines.
Monitor patients for potential and actual adverse effects of their medicines.
Take steps to ensure patients understand the purpose of their medicines and deal with any practical issues that may prevent the optimal use of their medicines.
Support the planning of patient discharge with respect to medication, including the transcription of requests for dispensing.
Demonstrate professional accountability to patients.
Liaise with the Senior Clinical Pharmacist Planned Care to provide and develop clinical pharmacy services to the Division including ward pharmacy and medicines management.
Aim to provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in the patients as allocated.
Make appropriate referrals where necessary; ensure the clear and effective communication of patients pharmaceutical needs to other pharmacists and health care professionals both within the trust and in other health care environments.
Demonstrate and apply general pharmaceutical knowledge, and where applicable, specialist clinical pharmacy knowledge in core areas in order to plan, manage, monitor and review therapeutic programmes for patients allocated, thereby ensuring the quality of patient care.
Participate in Productive ward rounds to integrate into the multidisciplinary team and raise the pharmacy profile via contributions at consultant level.
Demonstrate appropriate clinical reasoning and judgement.
Work across traditional boundaries, including the transcription of discharge medication.
Be readily available and keen to answer any general medicine related pharmaceutical queries from patients, pharmacists and other members of staff within pharmacy as well as from other health care professionals including medical staff.
Proactively provide advice and information on any pharmaceutical issues within the Planned Care to pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals as needed.
Demonstrate awareness and commitment to the Trusts Clinical Governance Agenda.
Support the maintenance and development of the Medicines Management Initiatives including use of patients own medicines and self-medication.
Facilitate writing of discharge prescriptions according to prescribing or approved transcribing systems and develop accreditation schemes for this purpose.
Manage and run Surgical Satellite pharmacy services.
Increase the number of TTAs dispensed in surgical satellite pharmacy
Act as a link pharmacist to the acute pain team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Roles and responsibilities
Clinical Practice
Be responsible and accountable for the clinical pharmacy service provided to the sub-speciality of Surgery. This includes surgical wards, Theatres, ITU, Total Parenteral Nutrition, Day Surgery, surgical satellite pharmacy and pre-assessment clinic.
Review prescriptions for accuracy and legality and identify actual or potential problems.
Ensure the effective supply of medicines suitable for use as an inpatient and appropriately labelled for discharge if applicable.
Ensure the effective outcomes of treatment with medicines.
Monitor patients for potential and actual adverse effects of their medicines.
Take steps to ensure patients understand the purpose of their medicines and deal with any practical issues that may prevent the optimal use of their medicines.
Support the planning of patient discharge with respect to medication, including the transcription of requests for dispensing.
Demonstrate professional accountability to patients.
Liaise with the Senior Clinical Pharmacist Planned Care to provide and develop clinical pharmacy services to the Division including ward pharmacy and medicines management.
Aim to provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in the patients as allocated.
Make appropriate referrals where necessary; ensure the clear and effective communication of patients pharmaceutical needs to other pharmacists and health care professionals both within the trust and in other health care environments.
Demonstrate and apply general pharmaceutical knowledge, and where applicable, specialist clinical pharmacy knowledge in core areas in order to plan, manage, monitor and review therapeutic programmes for patients allocated, thereby ensuring the quality of patient care.
Participate in Productive ward rounds to integrate into the multidisciplinary team and raise the pharmacy profile via contributions at consultant level.
Demonstrate appropriate clinical reasoning and judgement.
Work across traditional boundaries, including the transcription of discharge medication.
Be readily available and keen to answer any general medicine related pharmaceutical queries from patients, pharmacists and other members of staff within pharmacy as well as from other health care professionals including medical staff.
Proactively provide advice and information on any pharmaceutical issues within the Planned Care to pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals as needed.
Demonstrate awareness and commitment to the Trusts Clinical Governance Agenda.
Support the maintenance and development of the Medicines Management Initiatives including use of patients own medicines and self-medication.
Facilitate writing of discharge prescriptions according to prescribing or approved transcribing systems and develop accreditation schemes for this purpose.
Manage and run Surgical Satellite pharmacy services.
Increase the number of TTAs dispensed in surgical satellite pharmacy
Act as a link pharmacist to the acute pain team.
Person Specification
Trust values
Essential
- evidence to show Trust values
Education and qualifications,
Essential
- Master's Degree in pharmacy
- Registration as a practicing pharmacist with General pharmaceutical council
- Postgraduate Certificate in clinical pharmacy or equivalent
Desirable
- Registered independent prescriber
Exprience
Essential
- Experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner, demonstrating appropriate levels of competency e.g. able to show consistent achievement in all areas outlined in the General Level Competency Framework / RPS Foundation Level Framework
- Variety of clinical practice to include the provision of pharmaceutical care to patients on a Surgical ward.
Desirable
- Advanced clinical pharmacy experience
- Undertaken clinical audits or quality improvement projects to improve patient care
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Meets expected levels of practice as defined by RPS Foundation Pharmacy Framework
- Accuracy of clinical screening, transcription, dispensing and checking of prescriptions
Desirable
- Advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement
- Awareness of and commitment to the Clinical Governance Agenda
Personal qualities
Essential
- Occupational health cleared for the role specified
- Methodical with attention to detail
Desirable
- Friendly, empathetic and reliable team worker able to relate to all grades of staff
Person Specification
Trust values
Essential
- evidence to show Trust values
Education and qualifications,
Essential
- Master's Degree in pharmacy
- Registration as a practicing pharmacist with General pharmaceutical council
- Postgraduate Certificate in clinical pharmacy or equivalent
Desirable
- Registered independent prescriber
Exprience
Essential
- Experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner, demonstrating appropriate levels of competency e.g. able to show consistent achievement in all areas outlined in the General Level Competency Framework / RPS Foundation Level Framework
- Variety of clinical practice to include the provision of pharmaceutical care to patients on a Surgical ward.
Desirable
- Advanced clinical pharmacy experience
- Undertaken clinical audits or quality improvement projects to improve patient care
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Meets expected levels of practice as defined by RPS Foundation Pharmacy Framework
- Accuracy of clinical screening, transcription, dispensing and checking of prescriptions
Desirable
- Advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement
- Awareness of and commitment to the Clinical Governance Agenda
Personal qualities
Essential
- Occupational health cleared for the role specified
- Methodical with attention to detail
Desirable
- Friendly, empathetic and reliable team worker able to relate to all grades of staff
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).