Specialist Pharmacist – Anti-infectives, Virtual Ward

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced pharmacist to join the innovative and friendly Anti-infectives Pharmacy Team atNorthwick Park Hospital. We are looking for an individual with a passion in anti-infectives as well as working within hospital pharmacy. The majority of your role will be dedicated to the Virtual Ward and Early Supported Discharge service for the acute infection pathwaybut will also include working alongside other members of the Pharmacy Anti-infective Team to provide a service to the infectious diseasedepartment and carrying out the Trusts antimicrobial stewardship initiatives. As the role is a fixed term position, monitoring key performance indicators and collecting outcome measures will be essential from the outset to support the business case development for a substantive post.

Main duties of the job

o To lead, deliver, develop, and evaluate clinical pharmacy services to the virtual ward and early supported discharge (ESD) service forthe acute infection pathway in accordance with the objectives and priorities agreed between the post holder, Chief Pharmacist, LeadAnti-infective Pharmacist and the leads for the virtual ward and ESD service, in order to ensure safe, clinically effective, and costefficient use of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) and other anti-infective therapy including prescribing services whenrequired.o To provide a consistently highly specialist pharmaceutical service for patients seen within the virtual ward and ESD service on the acuteinfection pathway in line with Trust and national standards in order to meet all Clinical Governance requirements.o To lead on Medicines Management for the virtual ward and early supported discharge (ESD) service for patients on the acute infectionpathway.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.