Senior Pharmacist

NHS; Harlow; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000

Job description

Job summary

The Pharmacy department is looking for a Specialist Support Pharmacist - Surgery and Critical Care to join the team. You should be enthusiastic, self-motivated, and have extensive hospital-based pharmaceutical experience.

This is a newly created specialist post. The post holder will lead the elective surgical pharmacy team, support the wider MDT in the provision of pharmacy services, help in the creation and embedding of a ward-led Level 1 service, and support in the development of surgical guidelines.

In addition, the post holder will be an integrated member of the Nutrition MDT and support in the provision of PN services, as well as the opportunity to develop and upskill to support the Critical Care Lead Pharmacist in our Adult Critical Care Unit.

You will use your medicines optimisation knowledge and skills to enhance the patient experience and improve flow across the Trust. In return, we can offer support to develop your career, and we actively encourage all of our Senior Pharmacists to undertake the Non-Medical Prescribing course.

Main duties of the job

1. Work closely with the Lead Surgical Pharmacy Technician to deliver a patient-focused clinical pharmacy service to patients within the elective Surgical Wards.
2. Develop and evaluate clinical services to the adult elective surgical wards at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust and implement areas for improvement to support patient flow and patient experience.
3. Support the provision of a clinical pharmacy service to the Trust Adult Critical Care Unit in the absence of the Critical Care Pharmacist.
4. Provide a clinical pharmacy service and support medical optimisation to Level 1 patients based on the Unit.
5. Contribute to the timely discharge of patients being discharged from the surgical wards by ensuring TTAs are prepared prior to discharge.
6. Improve patient experience by providing patient counselling and education of medications prior to discharge.
7. Work as part of the multidisciplinary team to support medical and nursing staff, as well as allied healthcare professionals.
8. Create and implement surgical guidelines as necessary.
9. Monitor and evaluate the pharmacy services provided in accordance with the set objectives to ensure that they are of high quality and that departmental standards are met.
10. Participate in audits and service reviews in accordance with the set objectives agreed with the Lead Pharmacist for Critical Care.

About us

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient, and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in West Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford, and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt, and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients is identified by our 3 values, which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.

Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.

Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills, and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence, and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

Date posted: 21 March 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 292-7081468-CSS

Job locations: The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Hamstel Road, Harlow, CM20 1QX

Job description Job responsibilities

For further details, please refer to the attached job description and person specification which is available to download at any time.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential:

• Extensive hospital-based experience

Desirable:

• Experience deputising for directorate pharmacists

Qualifications

Essential:

• Registered with GPhC

Desirable:

• Clinical Diploma in General Pharmacy practice or relevant experience
• NMP qualification or working towards this

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address: The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Hamstel Road, Harlow, CM20 1QX

Employer's website: https://www.pah.nhs.uk