Band 7 - Pharmacist - Barts

St Bartholomew's Hospital (Barts) are searching for an experienced and passionate Pharmacist to join their highly skilled team. Our group of hospitals provide a huge range of clinical services to people in east London and beyond. We operate from four major hospital sites (The Royal London, St Bartholomew’s, Whipps Cross and Newham) and a number of community locations, including Mile End hospital. Around 2.5 million people living in east London look to our services to provide them with the healthcare they need.

Job Purpose

The post holder will work on the wards and deliver quality care to patients at ward level through efficient medicines optimization. This will include the assessment of patient’s own drugs, medicine reconciliation, original pack dispensing at ward level, counseling patients about their medicines and coordinating the supply of discharge medication. The post holder will work with their ward-based team to continually develop the service, while maintaining high standards and achieving best practice to meet the needs of patients and the Trust. The role will also involve dispensary-based responsibilities.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide a high level of clinical pharmacy input as part of the multidisciplinary team and to ensure optimal medicines usage including value for money.
• Regular consultant-led multidisciplinary (MDT) ward rounds.
• Drug Use Reviews (DUR).
• Development and review of Patient Group Directions and Shared Care Guidelines locally.
• Concordance improvement.
• Interpretation and implementation of relevant National guidelines at a local level.
• Audit and analysis of medicines usage.
• Close working with the multidisciplinary and wider pharmacy teams to help optimize patient flow.
• Implement formulary based clinical guidance grounded in best practice, emerging evidence, national guidelines, drug availability and financial implications within each rotation.
• Safe handover of prescribing and monitoring as patients are transferred within the Trust and between primary and secondary care.
• Responsibility for ensuring that the education and training requirements for band 6 pharmacists, MMPTs and pre-registration pharmacists working within the team are met.
• Participation in regular teaching and training of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care professionals as required.
• Identification of risks associated with medicines use and implementation management strategies to mitigate these.
• Working closely with the Pharmacy Governance Team, Pharmacy Medicines Information and with local governance arrangements to deliver on this important agenda.

Requirements

• MPharm or equivalent.
• Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC.
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy/Pharmacy Practice or equivalent.
• Post registration experience in an acute hospital based clinical post.
• Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care.
• Experience of undertaking research, quality improvement or audit projects.
• Experience in bringing about change to a service/department.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail.
• Able to accurately follow written procedures under pressure.
• Demonstrate numeracy skills and ability to perform accurate, complex calculations.
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self and others.
• Ability to manage times effectively and work to deadlines.
• Ability to work unsupervised and under pressure.
• IT literate; able to use Microsoft Office with intermediate IT skills including accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programs.
• Effective problem solving skills.
• Able to communicate complex information effectively to all health and care professionals, colleagues, patients, and their loved ones.
• Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training.
• Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation.
• Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives.

Benefits

• Be part of a diverse and inclusive team committed to excellence.
• Access to NHS benefits including pension scheme and generous annual leave.
• Work in a state-of-the-art facility at the heart of East London.
• Contribute to a service that supports over 2.5 million people across London.
• Access to free Core Skills training via Bank Partners.