Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Pharmacist, Antimicrobials
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (pro rata pa incl. HCAS)
- Job ref
- 396-NN-7269589-ACS-AL
- Employer
- Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kingston Hospital
- Town
- Kingston
- Salary
- £59,490 - £66,239 pa incl Outer London HCAS (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Pharmacist, Antimicrobials
Band 8a
Home, community, hospital
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.
Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.
We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.
Our Trust values
These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.
- Compassionate: We provide care with kindness, understanding, and empathy for all.
- Inclusive: We embrace diversity and respect the unique contributions of every individual.
- Collaborative: We foster teamwork across all levels, working together and with our partners to deliver the best outcomes.
- Inspiring: We are committed to continuous improvement and excellence in patient care, staff development, and innovation.
Job overview
PART TIME - 22.5 HOURS PER WEEK
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated pharmacist to join our team, working alongside the Microbiology Consultants. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the work currently undertaken with respect to antimicrobial stewardship within the Trust and ensure that antimicrobials are also used safely and effectively within our established Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) service.
This post would suit a Pharmacist with excellent clinical knowledge, good communication skills and experience in antimicrobials.
To support 7 day working you will be expected to participate in the on-call, weekend, Bank Holiday and late duty rotas.
For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact Roshni Thoppil, Senior Principal Pharmacist (Monday to Thursday) on 020 8934 3142.
Main duties of the job
Regular attendance at antimicrobial ward rounds with the microbiology consultants.
Providing specialist clinical input into the Trust OPAT service and contribute to weekly MDT meetings.
Working towards the Trust’s antimicrobial stewardship strategy.
In conjunction with the rest of the OPAT team, ensuring that patients on OPAT receive appropriate monitoring and follow-up, auditing outcomes.
Undertake audits for antimicrobials and antifungals including CQUINs in conjunction with the microbiology consultants.
Training multi-disciplinary team members in the appropriate use of antimicrobials.
Working for our organisation
Development and staff wellbeing
Your growth and personal happiness matters to us. After all, we can’t expect the best from you if we don’t invest in your development and nurture your wellbeing. From the moment you join us, we’re committed to fostering your professional and personal development within a supportive, empowering environment. Whether you’re just starting your career or looking to advance further, we provide you with the tools and opportunities you need to succeed. We actively support colleagues to take part in research, quality improvement and innovation, whatever their role or level in the organisation.
To support your wellbeing, we offer an extensive range of resources, including an on-site staff nursery at Kingston Hospital, wellbeing practitioners, regular wellbeing classes, dedicated staff physiotherapist, comprehensive occupational health services, 24/7 employee assistance programme, and a range of other support and activities.
We also take every opportunity to thank and recognise the work our teams do, through weekly ‘shoutouts’ and patient feedback, monthly and annual awards.
Wherever you work across our organisation, we look forward to welcoming you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To ensure appropriate and effective use of antimicrobials with the Trust and reduce antimicrobial resistance. This will be achieved through the use of effective, evidence based and economic antimicrobials prescribing policies.
The role will include daily attendance at ward rounds with the microbiology consultants and the outcomes of these ward rounds will be audited.
To ensure that antimicrobials are used safely and effectively within the Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) service.
To undertake the CQUIN audits for antimicrobials and antifungals in conjunction with the microbiology consultants.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Post Graduate Clinical Diploma
- Post Graduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice
- Registration with the GPhC as a Pharmacist
- Taught Masters Degree in Pharmacy
Experience & Skills
Essential criteria
- Comprehensive post-registration training and experience in hospital pharmacy - this must include a solid grounding in all aspects of acute hospital pharmacy practice (medicines information, ward services and dispensing)
- Excellent knowledge and practice of clinical pharmacy in the acute care setting
- Significant previous antimicrobials experience
- Excellent communication skills on both a written and verbal basis
- Range of hospital pharmacy services
Desirable criteria
- Hospital electronic prescribing and administration systems, eg Cerner Millennium
Your application: Please ensure your supporting statement aligns with the job description and person specification, as your application will be assessed against these criteria.
References: Please provide 3 years of employment/educational history with professional email addresses (not personal ones like Hotmail or Gmail). If you cannot supply these, inform the interviewers to avoid delays in pre-employment checks.
Closing date: To keep our recruitment process efficient, some vacancies may be capped and closed early once we receive a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted by email or SMS from the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted. Please check your registered Trac email regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults at risk of harm. For roles involving direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All employees, however, hold a responsibility to safeguard children and vulnerable adults as part of their duties and to understand the specific safeguarding responsibilities associated with their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Roshni Thoppil
- Job title
- Senior Principal Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8934 3142
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