Senior Pharmacist – Emergency Medicine

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000

Job description

Whipps Cross hospital has been a healthcare cornerstone in East London. Serving a vibrant community of over 350,000 people from Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Epping Forest and beyond. Our comprehensive services ranging from general inpatient care to specialised maternity services and a 24/7 Emergency department, ensure that every patient receives care tailored to their needs.

The Barts Pharmacy Department are looking for a dynamic and energetic individual who is ambitious and forward-thinking with clinical experience in acute and emergency medicine to join our Pharmacy team at Whipps Cross University Hospital. The post holder will provide highly specialist and advanced clinical and professional pharmaceutical services to patients admitted to the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Unit and acute medicine with support to the Emergency Department to promote the optimised, safe and cost-effective use of medicines.

You will be a core member of the pharmacy team and the Trust's acute and emergency care team, providing professional pharmaceutical governance, medicines safety, medicines information, medicines finance, education and training and medicines optimisation support to the team and the service's patients. The post holder will be supported to further develop both your clinical skills and your abilities as an advanced clinical practitioner.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will play a key role in establishing a seamless 7-day working schedule, ensuring continuous pharmaceutical support and enhancing patient care. The goal is to develop a 7 day Pharmacy service across the acute and emergency areas and the post holder, along with other team members, would work towards supporting a flexible working pattern across 7 days. This would be negotiated with the post holder.

We welcome applications from individuals with excellent communications skills who demonstrate a patient-centred focus and compassionate and collaborative leadership. You will require excellent prioritisation skills and have a passion for service review and quality improvement. As a valued member of our team, you'll be part of a culture that values communication, patient-centred care, and collaborative leadership. We welcome individuals who share our commitment to excellence.

If you're ready to embark on a fulfilling journey of professional growth while making a real difference in people's lives, Whipps Cross University Hospital is the place for you.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MPharm or equivalent
• Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy / Pharmacy Practice or equivalent
• Independent prescribing qualification, or willing to work towards
• MSc in clinical pharmacy or equivalent
• Significant experience post registration in a hospital based clinical post
• Proven experience of good performance in previous posts
• Previous evaluations or reviews of medicines
• Evidence of basic teaching and tutoring in a hospital setting through training others e.g. pre-registration / foundation training pharmacists/other staff groups
• Experience of providing prescribing advice to general practice
• Experience of working at interfaces of care
• Experience of working with electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) systems
• Experience of successfully managing staff, performing appraisals and giving feedback
• Experience delivering care in acute medicines specialties in a ward setting

Knowledge

• Understanding of GPhC Revalidation requirements
• Knowledge of medicines management systems
• Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g. controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
• Understanding of stock control systems
• Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements
• Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation
• Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives
• Knowledge of drug and therapeutics at Diploma level or equivalent
• Understanding of clinical governance and clinical risk management
• Knowledge of interface issues relevant to the patient group
• Knowledge of risk management issues relevant to the patient group and root cause analysis

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Assertive, diplomatic, persuasive with ability to negotiate.
• Demonstrates numeracy skills and ability to perform accurate, complex calculations
• Data analysis skills
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self
• Ability to manage time effectively and work to deadlines
• Demonstrates initiative to work independently and as part of a team
• Demonstrates critical appraisal skills
• IT literate; able to use Microsoft office with intermediate IT skills including, accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programmes
• Demonstrates effective customer service skills
• Good team worker
• Evidence of good ward practice
• Able to communicate complex information effectively to all health and care professionals, colleagues, patients and their loved ones
• Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training
• Effective pharmaceutical care skills.
• Ability to motivate and act as a role model
• Ability to work under pressure, dealing with peaks and troughs in workload
• Ability to identify when advice needs to be sought

Other

• DBS - Enhanced check with a check of the barred lists required as patient facing may interact with adults / children
• Reliable with a good attendance record
• Flexibility with regards to working hours for late, early meetings and 7 day working
• Demonstrable commitment to CPD
• Highly motivated and reliable
• Demonstrates values consistent with those of the Trust
• Ability to work evenings, weekends, bank holidays or backup oncall duties (as required by the department)

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.