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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
22 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Knowledge and experience
Good, broad clinical knowledge and ability to apply to a ward and dispensary setting
- Knowledge and experience
Relevant post-graduate experience
- Knowledge and experience
Some experience of providing training, mentorship and supervising staff
- Knowledge and experience
Documented evidence of completed project work, audit and practice research
- Knowledge and experience
Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- Knowledge and experience
Apply knowledge to practice
- Knowledge and experience
Willing to take responsibility
- Knowledge and experience
IT literacy including word processing, e-mail and use of the internet
- Education/ Qualifications
Master’s Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm)
- Education/ Qualifications
Certificate in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent experience
- Education/ Qualifications
Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Skills, abilities, and atributes
Excellent communication skills, both verbal & written
- Skills, abilities, and atributes
Ability to convey information to patients who may be distressed or have barriers to understanding
- Skills, abilities, and atributes
Good interpersonal skills. Confident and assertive when working with other professionals
- Skills, abilities, and atributes
Ability to work quickly, calmly and accurately under pressure
- Skills, abilities, and atributes
Ability to work on own initiative
- Skills, abilities, and atributes
Ability to work in a team
- Skills, abilities, and atributes
Self-motivated & enthusiastic
- Skills, abilities, and atributes
Able to embrace technology
- Skills, abilities, and atributes
Flexible approach to working methods
- Skills, abilities, and atributes
Expect to deal with members of the public and other health care workers in a professional manner
- Skills, abilities, and atributes
Available for out of hours services
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge and experience
Staff management
- Knowledge and experience
Clinical pharmacy experience in an acute hospital setting
- Education/ Qualifications
Post graduate diploma in pharmacy practice
- Education/ Qualifications
Independent prescriber
- Skills, abilities, and atributes
Ability to identify and prioritise service needs
Job overview
Based at Central Middlesex Hospital, the orthopaedic centre is a collaboration between the four acute trusts in north west London:
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Trust
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust.
The centre specialises in elective bone and joint surgery and sees patients from across 12 hospitals and 8 boroughs. It is a fast-paced, dynamic environment, with continual improvements being made to discharge pathways.
The post-holder will be responsible for providing a safe and effective clinical pharmacy service to meet the needs of the enhanced recovery pathway. The post-holder will support in the management of the ward Pharmacy service, including suggesting, implementing and reviewing service improvement changes. Additionally, the post-holder will be involved in providing a Pharmacy pre-op service to elective surgical patients across London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for:
- Providing a safe and effective clinical pharmacy service from admission to discharge on the Elective Orthopaedic Centre in accordance with Trust policies.
- Providing accurate medication reconciliation, in order to minimise medication related errors on admission.
- Maintaining a high level of pharmaceutical input, as part of a multidisciplinary team within the department and on the wards, to ensure optimal medicines usage and value for money.
- Facilitating a speedy discharge for patients by organising their medication according to Dispensing for Discharge policies.
- Liaising with the multidisciplinary team to facilitate the successful implementation of the same day discharge pathway
- Liaising with the multidisciplinary team and be ward based, to improve communication with patients, hospital doctors, nursing team and GPs.
*Further information regarding this position can be found in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
The post holder provides a pharmaceutical service to the Trust on a rota basis at weekends, late duties, bank holidays, Christmas and on-call.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information on the key responsibilities and person requirements for this role.
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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This advert is for Clinical Pharmacist – Elective Orthopaedic Centre with London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £55524.00 to £62652.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 29 Sep 2026.
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