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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
Non Agenda for Change
Contract
Permanent: Full time - Monday to Friday 9-5:30, some weekend and bank holiday working required
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
Job ref
220-WHT-3212
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Whittington Pharmacy CIC
Town
London
Salary
£47,793 - £58,715 per annum (Non Agenda for Change)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/07/2025 23:59

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Whittington Health NHS Trust logo

Outpatient Pharmacist - full time

Non Agenda for Change

Covid-19 Vaccination 

Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support  staff to get  COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible. 

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.

For our current apprenticeship vacancies, please go to https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship and use Keyword ‘Whittington’

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

 


 

Job overview

We’re Hiring !

Whittington Pharmacy CIC (wholly owned subsidiary of the hospital) is a vibrant state of the art workspace based within The Whittington Hospital, North London.

Our aim is to provide the very best, efficient, safe and friendly service, tailored to the needs of our customers. 

You will be working in a busy but supportive environment alongside an experienced but friendly team, whilst maintaining a healthy work-life balance. This role is perfect for a pharmacist who is looking to expand their clinical knowledge and use it each day in an outpatient setting that has a focus on patient safety and patient experience.  No on-call hours.

This role is suitable for newly qualified Pharmacists, as well as Pharmacists looking to move from the community or GP sector. Full training and support will be provided to ensure you can confidently practice and provide care to our diverse patient cohort (Oncology, Thalassaemia, Dermatology, Paediatrics, Rheumatology, Gastroenterology, TB, General outpatient clinics and A&E).  There will be opportunities to develop clinical or management leadership skills/knowledge and an opportunity for the right candidate to be supported with completing their independent prescribing course.

Main duties of the job

As a Pharmacist, you will be responsible for the provision of exceptional professional pharmacy services. The focus of your role will be to act as Responsible Pharmacist and provide support to the Pharmacy manager and Superintendent Pharmacist. You will be working alongside 3 other Pharmacists as well as the rest of the pharmacy team. A comprehensive induction and onsite training will be provided with ongoing training opportunities and exposure to clinical settings. You will help in providing a consistent high quality, accurate, safe and timely  patient experience.

Summary of duties and Pharmacy services:

  • Clinically screening of prescriptions
  • Final accuracy checking of prescriptions
  • Counselling patients for their medication
  • Advising patients and prescribers in accordance with NET formulary and hospital approved guidance
  • Provision of Pharmacy services (TBC)

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff.  We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.  The Trust  believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information please see the attached JD document and for an informal discussion please contact the Outpatient Pharmacy manager - Jackie Mak

Person specification

Skills

Essential criteria
  • GPHC registration
  • Fluent written and spoken English including good numeracy
  • Strong ability to multi-task, prioritise, plan and organise
  • Demonstrable commitment to CPD and development
  • Evidence of clinical problem solving and customer care
  • Strong communication skills – must be able to recognise and overcome barriers to understanding e.g. language, deaf, learning difficulties
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in outpatient Pharmacy
  • Post registration Pharmacy experience
  • Accredited for locally commissioned enhanced services e.g. EHC, Minor Ailments, health checks and running extended services

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of acting as Responsible Pharmacist in a dispensary
  • At least one year of UK Pharmacy experience
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy
  • Experience of using JAC/CMM
  • Experience of using prescription tracking systems (PTS)
  • Experience of working in an automated dispensary environment

Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Registered with the GPhC with no adverse Fitness to Practice record
Desirable criteria
  • Training or qualifications in providing Pharmacy services

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident leaderInvestors in PeopleImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident committed

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jackie Mak
Job title
Pharmacy manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0207 288 3387
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