Job summary
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is a regional neurosciences centre providing specilaist neurology services and treatments to North West London and beyond. These include amongst others, treatments for Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease, Myasthenia Gravis, epilepsy and migraine.
The trust is home to one of the largest MS services in the country with over 1800 patients on treatment. Many of these treatments being provided through our homecare or on-site community pharmacy partners. Neurosciences services at the trust comprise neurology daycare services plus acute neurology, stroke and neurology rehabilitation wards. We are looking for an enthusiasitic and experienced pharmacist to join our multi-disciplinary team in providing comprehensive pharmacy services to our neurosciences patients.
The post holder will have prescribing responsibilities, support work in outpatinet clinics and will manage a team of pharmacists and technicians in providing services to both inpatient wards and outpatient clinics.
Main duties of the job
- To ensure the smooth running, day to day management and development of the pharmacy service to the neurology wards and outpatient clinics.
- To ensure that service provision is flexible and responsive to patient and service needs.
- To ensure the safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs.
- To ensuring the provision of an effective and efficient service to patients, nursing and medical staff on the neurology wards and outpatient clinics.
- To act as a clinical role model to all pharmacists and ensure the safe, clinically effective, evidence based and cost efficient use of drugs.
- To work as an Independent Prescriber according to Trust Policies, prescribing DMTs for patients with MS.
- To provide a high quality, patient focused pharmaceutical service to in-patients, and outpatients as required by the neurology service.
- To help undertake the education and training of pharmacy staff, for example departmental post-graduate training courses, trainee pharmacists training events as required.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Higher degree or diploma in clinical pharmacy
- Undertakes continuing professional development (CPD) and maintains a CPD portfolio
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Three years post-registration training and experience in hospital Pharmacy
- This must include a solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice (medicines information, aseptic services, ward services and dispensing)
- Previous experience in delivering training and education
- Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options for patients
- Practical Clinical experience
- Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Good ability to organise and prioritise work
- Good clinical practice knowledge
- Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management
- A good understanding of national and local priorities
- Analytical ability for problem solving
- Good ability to use computer systems including excel and word
- Good ability to manage and make change
- Able to work under pressure
- Able to work both alone and in a team
- Good personal organisation and time management skills
Desirable
- Ability to use pharmacy computer systems
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Higher degree or diploma in clinical pharmacy
- Undertakes continuing professional development (CPD) and maintains a CPD portfolio
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Three years post-registration training and experience in hospital Pharmacy
- This must include a solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice (medicines information, aseptic services, ward services and dispensing)
- Previous experience in delivering training and education
- Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options for patients
- Practical Clinical experience
- Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Good ability to organise and prioritise work
- Good clinical practice knowledge
- Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management
- A good understanding of national and local priorities
- Analytical ability for problem solving
- Good ability to use computer systems including excel and word
- Good ability to manage and make change
- Able to work under pressure
- Able to work both alone and in a team
- Good personal organisation and time management skills
Desirable
- Ability to use pharmacy computer systems
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).
