Principal Pharmacist - Planned Medicine

Kings College Hospital; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 81,000

Job description

Main area: Pharmacy

Grade Band: 8b

Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity leave cover)

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7 day and Bank Holiday working applies)

Job ref: 213-CAY-6789652-C

Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: King's College Hospital

Town: London

Salary: £70,387 - £80,465 per annum, including HCA

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 09/04/2025 23:59

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

We are looking for a dynamic pharmacist to lead the Planned Medicine team on a fixed term basis (12 months). This post is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the pharmacy service to the following outpatient specialities: Allergy, Immunology, Dermatology, Rheumatology, Diabetes and Endocrine. This role leads a team of pharmacists who are responsible for the different clinical specialities across both the Denmark Hill and South Sites:

Specialist Pharmacist: Dermatology/Allergy and Immunology

The successful candidate must have excellent communication, organisation and leadership skills and while a strong clinical background is essential, it is not expected that candidates will have experience of each clinical speciality.

Main duties of the job

The post holder leads, delivers, develops, manages and evaluates clinical pharmacy services. The focus of the post is on ensuring the provision of high quality, safe, comprehensive (clinical, supply, financial and operational) pharmaceutical services at KCH, in accordance with the priorities set by the Deputy and Associate Chief Pharmacists, Clinical Services.

• Acting as a specialist role model and as an expert in the clinical field and demonstrating an advanced level of knowledge.
• Ensuring the safe, efficacious and cost-effective use of drugs within the Care Group.
• Developing and implementing guidelines, procedures and policies to support medicines management in the Care Group.
• Regular financial reporting, drug usage and expenditure forecasting.
• Initiating and coordinating research and development activity within the specialist area.
• Identifying a vision for the delivery of pharmaceutical services to the Care Group.

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities

• To be responsible for the provision of a highly specialised pharmacy service (clinical, dispensing and supply) to patients within the Care Group.
• To provide highly specialised evidence-based clinical advice and information (doses, interaction, adverse effects, drug availability, complex dose calculations) to nursing and medical staff (within the Trust and externally) on the management of individual patients, in accordance with legislation.
• To act as a pharmacist independent prescriber to optimise the care of patients.
• To participate in consultant ward rounds.
• To manage and make appropriate referrals.
• To provide direct high quality of care to outpatients in clinic(s) within specialist area, as required.
• To follow legal ethical professional and employers codes of conduct.
• To enhance the quality of patient care.
• To manage difficult and ambiguous problems.
• To make decisions with limited information.
• To act as a clinical role model for staff providing clinical pharmacy services to the Care Group.
• To demonstrate advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement.
• To liaise with other pharmacists, services and Trusts to ensure efficient transfer of clinical and medicines management issues.
• To promote and deliver pharmaceutical care specifically for patients within the Care Group and generally for all patients.
• To contribute to and participate in the clinical/ward pharmacy service.
• To minimise risk to patients through effective supervision of clinicians, nurses and patients relating to medicine use.
• To update and maintain patient medication record in accordance with Trust policy.
• To demonstrate awareness and commitment to the Trust Clinical governance agenda.
• To identify trends in drug errors and develop strategies to minimise these.
• To demonstrate a whole-system patient-focused approach.
• To contribute to, adhere to, monitor and assess clinical pharmacy service standards.
• To provide formal or informal patient / carer education and counselling.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacist MRPharmS (1 year competency assessed and examined professional registration)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or Pharmacy Practice
• Registered independent prescriber or willingness to complete

Skills and Experience

• Expert clinical knowledge and skills relevant to area of practice
• Demonstrate high organisational skills - identifying, planning, organising and developing systems to improve service delivery
• Experience of supervising others, including for research and audit projects
• Experience of protocol/guideline development
• Be able to provide highly complex information on both clinical pharmacy and finance issues and impart knowledge to other healthcare professionals (up to and including senior consultant level / regional and national level)
• Ability to work well under pressure by prioritising and managing time effectively
• Ability to identify and manage risks
• Ability to implement and manage change
• Ability to motivate self and others
• Be able to use available evidence to make sound judgments in relation to patient-or drug-specific issues
• Understands national and local priorities
• Demonstration of advanced practice using evidence mapped to the RPS Advanced Practice Framework
• Advanced critical appraisal skills

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• To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances, please contact the named person on this advert
• Please provide email addresses for referees where possible
• Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust’s criminal records checking policy
• All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
• Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Nicola Torrens

Job title: Associate Chief Pharmacist - Clinical Services

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 02032999000

For further information please contact:

Email: [e-mail] or telephone [phone] Ext: 39885

Email: [e-mail] or telephone [phone] Ext: 37844 (Current post holder)