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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent: Plus emergency duty commitment (EDC)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday core hours with rostered working on weekends and Bank Holidays)
Job ref
196-LIS9797
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Harefield Hospital
Town
Harefield
Salary
£53,751 - £60,651 per annum including Outer London HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
31/08/2025 23:59

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Clinical Pharmacist - Cardiothoracic Surgery - Harefield Hospital

NHS AfC: Band 7

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

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated clinical pharmacist to join our friendly, developing and ambitious cardiothoracic surgery team at  Harefield Hospital. 

As a clinical pharmacist specialising in cardiothoracic surgery, you will need to have broad hospital clinical experience and have experience in the field of cardiothoracic medicine and/or surgery.  You will need to have completed at least the Certificate stage of your Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy.

The role will involve providing a high-quality clinical pharmacy service to cardiothoracic patients, supporting inpatient ward services and specialist clinics.  You will have an active role in attending multidisciplinary surgical and antimicrobial ward rounds and weekly multidisciplinary team meetings. 

You will help to deliver a high level of patient care in our established pharmacist pre-admission surgery clinic, where you will gain unique experience working in a progressive and innovative pathway with members of the wider multidisciplinary team.

You must be able to work under pressure and possess excellent problem-solving skills.

Main duties of the job

To provide a safe, efficient and high-quality clinical pharmacy service to cardiothoracic surgery patients and outpatient clinics.

To work closely with the  Senior Pharmacists, Surgery on the development of policies, guidelines and protocols. 

To execute effective monitoring of the use of medication, adjusting dosages and route of administration through timely intervention and communication with medical, nursing and other healthcare professionals.

To deliver a safe, efficient and cost-effective use of medicines within Cardiothoracic Surgery, by the provision of education and training, procedures, protocols, and medicines usage information.

To undertake patient consultations in outpatient clinics and make medicines plans using clinical guidelines and protocols.  

To deliver comprehensive pharmaceutical care to cardiothoracic surgical patients through clinical pharmacy services and attend appropriate MDT ward rounds, clinics and meetings.

To assist in implementing agreed clinical governance initiatives.

To support a seven day a week clinical service to the Cardiothoracic Surgery service, including Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays. To participate in emergency on-call duties  in the provision of cover for ‘out of hours’ Pharmacy services.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about this role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.

Person specification

Personal qualities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Evidence of excellent communication, verbal and written, interpersonal skills
  • Evidence of good time management skills
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of managing others in NHS pharmacy

Skills and abilities

Essential criteria
  • Able to identify and manage risks
  • Prioritise clinical work
  • Awareness and commitment to clinical governance agendas
Desirable criteria
  • Demonstrate expert clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge in cardiothoracic surgery
  • Ability to evaluate and improve service quality

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Vocational Master's Degree in Pharmacy followed by completion of one year pre registration training and experience
  • Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
  • Working towards a post graduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy (must be at certificate level)
Desirable criteria
  • Post graduate qualification in clinical pharmacy
  • Independent Prescribing qualification

Experience and knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Significant post qualification NHS hospital pharmacy experience
  • Broad up to date general clinical pharmacy experience
  • Ward pharmacy experience delivering pharmaceutical services to cardiothoracic patients
  • Awareness of current developments in clinical pharmacy
  • Experience of multidisciplinary team working
  • Experience of delivering teaching and training
Desirable criteria
  • Active participation in clinical ward rounds
  • Experience working in outpatient clinics and conducting patient consultations
  • Experience in conducting clinical audit and implementing change/improvements

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Felix Lo
Job title
Senior Pharmacist Surgery
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01895823737
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