Specialist Clinical Pharmacist
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it.Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’.Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS.We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
We are looking for enthusiastic, dynamic and highly motivated Band 6 clinical pharmacists to join our trust bank team at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
You will be working on wards alongside various clinical teams ward to assist in the delivery of a comprehensive pharmacy service and to provide operational support to the department. This will involve delivering high quality services to a range of patients and specialities: in acute settings, community teams, and intermediary care.
Applicants selected for interview will have the choice or a face-to-face interview or virtual interview via MS Teams. Applicants will not be advantaged or disadvantaged based on the interview method they choose.
Main duties of the job
To assist in the delivery of a comprehensive pharmacy service and to provide operational support to the department. This includes ward-based clinical pharmacy services, working to specific clinical objectives depending on the focus of the service and patient cohort.Many services offer experience of supervising and mentoring of juniors, attending ward rounds, clinics and delivering multi-disciplinary induction and teaching.
Working for our organisation
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research.We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are looking for enthusiastic pharmacists with demonstrable competencies in hospital pharmacy practice, excellent communication skills and a demonstrable commitment to pharmaceutical care.
More information on the role and its requirements can be found in the attached job description and person specification documentation.
***Please note - this advert is to grow our pool of temporary staff only. As part of this recruitment process, we will interview those individuals who have been successful in submitting an application after shortlisting, and then support their application to join our Staff Bank.We will contact individuals as and when roles become available in the department***
Person specification
Qualifications and Education
Essential criteria- MPharm degree (or equivalent)
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Completion of a postgraduate certificate in clinical pharmacy practice (or equivalent)
- Successful completion of short courses to the equivalent of a Post-graduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice, or equivalent experience.
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria- Demonstrable ability to ensure the safe and effective use of medicines for patients in medical and surgical specialities
- Previous evaluated experience of mentorship and training skills (ie formal feedback)
- To have undertaken clinical audit
- Successful completion of a competence based dispensary rotation
- Demonstrable knowledge, skills and ability to undertake clinical screening of prescriptions
- Demonstrable ability to ensure the safe and effective use of medicines for patients in another speciality
- Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice
- Successful completion of a competence based technical services rotation, including TPN services
- Demonstrable knowledge, skills and ability to undertake clinical screening and checking of aseptic preparations
- Demonstrable experience of managing patients independently e.g. anticoagulation clinics.
Skills and Ability
Essential criteria- Demonstrable skills and ability to provide pharmaceutical care to general medical patients.
- Demonstrable knowledge, skills and ability to provide pharmaceutical care to general surgical patients.
- Demonstrates the ability to appropriately identify and prioritise clinical work
- Demonstrable ability to organise self in order to ensure efficient use of time.
- Demonstrable ability to meet set targets
- Demonstrable ability to implement changes in own area that impacts on others
- The ability and willingness to deputise for senior staff while recognising limitations of experience and ability
- Ability to work autonomously
- Demonstrable skills and ability to provide pharmaceutical care to a specialist patient group
- Demonstrable experience of clinically influencing at senior level e.g. ward rounds.
- Ability to evaluate quality of own work
- The ability to manage identified risks
- Ability to influence junior medical staff
Personal Characteristics
Essential criteria- Recognises the value of other pharmacy team members and works effectively as part of this team.
- Recognises the value of other health care professionals and works effectively as part of this team.
- Recognises limitations of own practice and refers to seniors as appropriate
- Takes responsibility for own action
- Takes responsibility for patient care.
- Maintains a portfolio of practice.
- Appreciates the importance of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and behaves in line with these principles
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service.We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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