Specialist Pharmacist – Critical Care & Adult Pain Services in London

This is an exceptional opportunity for an experienced, high calibre pharmacist with advanced, expert clinical knowledge and skills to lead the critical care team and adult pain services at St George's Hospital. The post holder will need to be flexible and organised, be able to align their values with those of the organisation, work well within a team and have a positive attitude.

With nearly 10,000 dedicated staff caring for patients, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest healthcare provider in southwest London, serving a population of 1.3 million across the region. The critical care units at St George's Hospital include General Intensive Care, Cardiothoracic Intensive Care and Neurosciences Intensive Care and accept tertiary referrals from within Southwest London and beyond. A new General Intensive Care Unit is under construction and the successful candidate will play a crucial role in supporting the pharmacy service in this new facility. The adult pain service comprises of acute pain, chronic pain and palliative care teams who provide specialist pain care across secondary and primary care. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your leadership, management, and clinical skills in a fast paced, challenging, and dynamic environment.

Main duties of the job:

• To work as an advanced expert pharmacist within all areas of the critical care and adult pain services.
• To lead on the provision and development of the clinical pharmacy services including clinical risk and governance, finance, operations and research.
• To act as a role model providing education, training, and mentoring to staff within pharmacy and the areas of specialty.
• To manage and develop a team of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, trainee pharmacists and students.
• In conjunction with the principal pharmacist, manage and implement services designed to improve the pharmaceutical care to patients and extend the boundaries of clinical practice.
• To progress service improvement initiatives through multi-disciplinary working to ensure safe and timely provision of medicines.
• To participate in clinical audit and research, risk management and clinical guideline development.
• Deputise for the principal pharmacist and represent the team within the organisation and across the interface.

The successful applicant will be able to manage multiple priorities and deliver against tight deadlines. You will have excellent communication skills and be an enthusiastic educator. The ability to work autonomously and with a high level of accountability is essential. You should possess a postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent and have the relevant hospital pharmacy experience.

Qualifications:

• B. Pharm / M. Pharm / BSc (Pharmacy) or equivalent
• Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Diploma in clinical pharmacy practice or equivalent
• Registered independent prescriber or working towards qualification
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Experience:

• Substantial post registration hospital pharmacy experience as a clinical pharmacist including some experience in critical care
• Experience of directorate work including drug expenditure reporting, formulary management, DTC applications etc.
• Experience in delivering training and education at undergraduate and postgraduate level
• Experience of working within a role involving multidisciplinary communication
• Experience of identifying and managing risk in a clinical specialty
• Experience of co-ordinating and leading audits

Skills:

• Ability to work on own initiative and effectively as part of a team both within pharmacy and at multidisciplinary level
• Applies sound professional judgement to clinical, legal and ethical issues
• Ability to provide highly complex information on Pharmacy Services issues and impart knowledge to all levels of healthcare professionals
• Ability to prioritise and plan work effectively autonomously and for a team including the ability to delegate appropriately

Knowledge:

• Advanced clinical and professional knowledge including some knowledge of critical care
• Knowledge of wider therapeutics and pharmacology
• Knowledge of NHS issues, priorities, policy, procedures and guidelines and ability to implement these locally
• Demonstrable awareness of and commitment to Clinical Governance

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.