Senior Pharmacist Antimicrobials
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Job summary
Full Time: 37.5 hours pw (12-month maternity leave cover)
Part time: 22.5 hours pw (substantive)
We are looking for 2 enthusiastic and highly motivated pharmacists to join our team, working alongside the Microbiology Consultants. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the work currently undertaken with respect to antimicrobial stewardship within the Trust and ensure that antimicrobials are also used safely and effectively within our established Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) service.
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Pharmacy Department provides a high quality, professional pharmacy service and has an excellent reputation within the Trust. Both the Pharmacy Department and the Trust have a long standing reputation for being a friendly and rewarding place to work.
Main duties of the job
Key roles will include:
Regular attendance at antimicrobial ward rounds with the microbiology consultants
Providing specialist clinical input into the Trust OPAT service and contribute to weekly MDT meetings
Working towards the Trust's antimicrobial stewardship strategy
In conjunction with the rest of the OPAT team, ensuring that patients on OPAT receive appropriate monitoring and follow-up, auditing outcomes.
Undertake audits for antimicrobials and antifungals including CQUINs in conjunction with the microbiology consultants
Training multi-disciplinary team members in the appropriate use of antimicrobials.
This post would suit experienced Pharmacists with excellent clinical knowledge, good communication skills and experience in antimicrobials.
To support 7 day working you will be expected to participate in the on-call, weekend, Bank Holiday and late duty rotas.
For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact Roshni Thoppil, Senior Principal Pharmacist (Monday to Thursday) on 020 8934 2092.
About us
The Trust has defined its culture as one that is patient centred which puts safety first and where all staff take responsibility, are valued and value each other. To support this, our five values are that we are all:
Caring - we design and deliver care around each individual patient's needs and wants
Safe - we make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern (safety comes first)
Responsible - all staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation
Value each other - we all value each other's contribution
Inspiring -we always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients
Our training, policies, procedures, and practices are all intended to support behaviours in line with our values and all staff are expected to uphold these by 'Living Our Values Everyday'
Details
Date posted
06 September 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£59,490 to £66,239 a year pa incl of Outer HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
396-NN-6593143-ACS-Y
Job locations
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Galsworthy Road
Kingston
KT2 7QB
Employer details
Employer name
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Galsworthy Road
Kingston
KT2 7QB
Employer's website
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