Senior Specialist Pharmacist, Enhanced Care Unit

Senior Specialist Pharmacist, Enhanced Care Unit

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, innovative and enthusiastic pharmacist to work in critical care. This vacancy is a fixed term maternity leave cover. The pharmacist will have the opportunity to work on the Enhanced Care Unit at Central Middlesex Hospital. The patient group is diverse taking adult surgical patients, often from complex gastrointestinal or orthopaedic surgery.

We pride ourselves on a multidisciplinary approach to individual patient care.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for someone who has extensive clinical pharmacy experience, critical care experience and the ability to work with a multidisciplinary team. You will need to have excellent communication, clinical and negotiation skills, as well as experience providing training and education to a range of healthcare professionals and patients. Experience in managing individuals or team(s) is also an advantage.

Job responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Council
• Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent
• Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
• MSc
• Previous publications in national journals
• Independent prescriber

Knowledge and experience

• Wide range of ward pharmacy experience
• Good, broad clinical knowledge and ability to apply to a ward and dispensary setting
• Training, mentorship, supervision of staff
• Documented evidence of completed audit work and research practice
• Apply knowledge to practice
• Working knowledge of primary literature databases
• Appraisal of staff
• Experience in caring for level 2 Critically ill post-op surgical patients

Skills, abilities and attributes

• Excellent communication skills (oral and written)
• Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Well-developed leadership and motivational skills
• Well-developed negotiating and influencing skills
• Excellent organisational skills
• Good team player
• Knowledge of current therapeutics
• Previous experience as a tutor or mentor

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.