Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Specialist Surgery and Theatres

Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Specialist Surgery and Theatres

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

• To operate as an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist in Surgery across the Trust.
• To be the speciality pharmacist for Specialist Surgery and Theatres supporting safe and effective use of medicines within these specialties to improve medicines safety.
• To operationally oversee on a day to day basis the performance of the surgical team working within these specialties.
• To effectively manage and supervise pharmacists working within the surgical team and oversee the supervision of other pharmacy staff working on the surgical wards.
• To deputise for the Lead Pharmacist for Surgery at Pharmacy and Care Group level when required.

Main duties of the job

• To operate as an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist in Specialist Surgery and across the Trust
• To be the dedicated pharmacist for Specialist Surgery and Theatres across the Trust and supporting safe and effective use of medicines within this specialty to improve medicines safety
• To operationally oversee on a day to day basis the performance of the surgical team working at WHH
• To effectively manage and supervise pharmacists working within the surgical team and oversee the supervision of other pharmacy staff working on the surgical wards
• To deputise for the Lead Pharmacist for Surgery at Pharmacy and Care Group level when required

About us

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Job responsibilities

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.

If you have further queries please don't hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

Person Specification

Experience

• Significant experience working with surgical specialties
• Teaching a variety of HCP
• Management of staff and or service

Qualifications

• MPharms
• Diploma or equivalent clinical knowledge demonstrated
• NMP or enrolled on a course
• Educational Supervisor or equivalent

Skills

• Applying Trust values

Knowledge

• Working with a speciality as a dedicated pharmacist
• Medicines use in surgery

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.

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours