Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- 12 months (fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (plus weekends/late duties)
- Job ref
- 271-CCS-7231388
- Employer
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Great Ormond Street Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £61,927 - £68,676 Inclusive per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Specialist Pharmacist - Paediatric Intensive Care
Band 8a
Job overview
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated senior specialist paediatric clinical pharmacist to join our friendly and supportive intensive care team (encompassing cardiac, paediatric and neonatal intensive care) on a fixed term basis.
This is a pivotal clinical role, providing advanced pharmaceutical care to critically ill children and is key to supporting the safe and effective use of medicines in a high pressure, high acuity environment.
Main duties of the job
You will work closely with the intensive care consultants, nurses, and other allied health professionals to deliver direct patient care, influence therapeutic decisions, and lead on service development within the unit to optimise the prescribing, administration and usage of medicines within the intensive care speciality.
This post will include some late duty/weekend/bank holiday working.
To be eligible for this post, experience in delivering a clinical pharmacy service to paediatric intensive care patients is essential. You must hold a postgraduate diploma (or equivalent) in clinical pharmacy, possess excellent communication skills and be able to demonstrate a clear commitment to patient safety.
Working for our organisation
We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as the communities we serve, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including people with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage, people with a disability, and people from LGBTQ+ communities. By growing an ever more diverse workforce, we’ll have a greater range of perspectives and knowledge, meaning that we can provide the children and young people at our hospital with even better care.
Our hospital is committed to creating an environment that is open and inclusive. Our staff are encouraged to engage with colleagues through the following networks: REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) ENABLED (Enhancing Abilities & Leveraging Disabilities Network), PRIDE and Women’s networks; all of which are sponsored by a member of our Executive Management Team.
We want to ensure that all of our people, regardless of their background, are seen and heard. We want to attract applicants that share our commitment to inclusion and that understand diversity is a strength that is embraced and valued.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Combined Values
Essential criteria
- Combined Values
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential criteria
- Registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Post Graduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or Equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Independent Prescriber
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Use of medicines in a specialist area of paediatrics
- Experience in providing a specialist clinical pharmacy service to intensive care
- An understanding of the pharmaceutical issues in patients in intensive care
- Multidisciplinary working
- Participation in audit
- Experience in facilitating change
Desirable criteria
- Experience as a tutor/supervisor for pharmacists undertaking post graduate courses or pre-registration pharmacists/undergraduates
Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
- Effective verbal and written communication skills (including use of Excel, Powerpoint software)
- Experience in use of EPMA systems
- Attention to detail
- Training and supervision of staff
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Lynne Cochrane
- Job title
- Principal Pharmacist Intensive Care
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02074059200
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