Job summary
Employer heading
Specialist Pharmacist ICU
Band 7
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
This post holder will be liaising closely with the lead pharmacists in critical care working across sites looking over a broad range of patients. In addition to developing your clinical skills, you’ll be able to enhance your managerial and leadership skills through:
- Participation in multidisciplinary ward and board rounds delivering and promoting high quality, cost-effective, patient-focused prescribing and medicines use.
- Participation in practice and clinical research and audit.
- Contributing to the development and implementation of new pharmacy services, guidelines, policies and procedures.
- Supporting Lead Pharmacists and Divisions to effectively manage medication expenditure.
- Participation in the education, training and supervision of pharmacy, medical and nursing staff.
Main duties of the job
- To deliver, develop and evaluate clinical services to the adult critical care units at Hammersmith Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital and St Mary’s Hospital.
- To assist the Lead Pharmacist in the provision of a high quality focused service to the patients and staff working within Critical Care, Anaesthetics and Pain
- To assist the Lead Pharmacist with training of rotational Band 7s and cover pharmacists in pharmaceutical aspects of care on ICU.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main 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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- FS1 of the Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice (UCL) or other certificate equivalent
- Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable criteria
- FS2 of the Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice (UCL) or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- This must include a solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice.
- Previous experience of managing specialist services
- Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice or service improvements
Desirable criteria
- Previous ITU ward experience
- Previous experience of attending consultant-led ward rounds
- Previous experience of managing specialist services
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Good ability to organise and prioritise work
- Able to work both alone and in a team
- Good personal organisation and time management skills
- Ability to motivate self
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate and improve service quality
- Able to motivate others, both within your team and in others
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dhanesh Solanki
- Job title
- Senior Lead Critical Care pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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