Job summary
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.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Pharmacist will lead on the provision of general paediatrics and the education and training of the internal team along with supporting the provision of parenteral nutrition for paediatrics and neonates.
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 proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England. We have two main acute hospital sites--Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.
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
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
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
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).