Senior Specialist Pharmacist, Surgery

Job summary

We are looking for a forward thinking, enthusiastic pharmacist to help lead, deliver and develop inpatient pharmacy services to the surgery wards at Northwick Park hospital.

Senior Specialist Pharmacist for Surgery

This is a part-time post. The post holder will be required to participate in the on-call (back up), weekend, bank holiday and late-night duty rotas.

Main duties of the job

Key duties include:

Manage, provide and develop a safe and effective clinical pharmacy service to the Surgical Directorate wards and clinical areas, in accordance with Trust policies.

Have oversight of the Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy assistants providing the Pharmacy services to the Surgical directorate.

To act as a lead for the training and development of the rotational band 6 and 7 pharmacists during their Surgery rotations.

To be a practice tutor and educational facilitator to pharmacists taking the JPB postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice

To assist in the training, development and supervision of ward-based Pharmacy technicians and assistants

To work as an independent prescriber, or work towards gaining the relevant qualification, in accordance with a defined scope of practice agreed by the NMP Group

To help with multidisciplinary training to nurses, doctors and other Healthcare professionals

Plan, organise and conduct audit within both the pharmacy department and the Surgical directorate.

Participate in the provision of general pharmacy services such as dispensing for discharge, weekends, public holidays, late duty and on-call duties

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:

o 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

o St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease

o 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

o 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.