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Although this position is a 9 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 9 months.
We are seeking an experienced and motivated pharmacist to provide highly specialised clinical pharmacy service across Critical care and Surgery at Whipps Cross Hospital.
Working within a supportive team that includes senior rotational and foundation pharmacists and with the guidance from the lead pharmacist for Surgery and Anaesthetics and the Deputy Head of Pharmacy, you will lead on the delivery of advanced clinical pharmacy services for these specialties, ensuring optimal medicines use, patient safety and cost-effective prescribing.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be the site-lead pharmacist for Surgery & Critical Care at Whipps Cross University Hospital, with specialist cross site responsibility for Surgery & Critical care pharmacy services. The post holder will be the Trust lead pharmacist for Ophthalmology pharmacy services
To promote the responsible, safe and cost-effective prescribing of medicines within the surgical speciality in order to optimise clinical outcomes, minimise adverse reactions and improve medicines safety.
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.
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.
Person specification
Other
Essential
- Reliable with a good attendance record Flexibility with regard to working hours for late and early meetings
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Assertive, diplomatic, persuasive with ability to negotiate.
- Demonstrates numeracy skills and ability to perform accurate, complex calculations
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self, and others
- Ability to manage time effectively and work to deadlines
- Demonstrates initiative
- Able to work unsupervised, follow written instruction and work under pressure
- IT literate; able to use Microsoft office with intermediate IT skills including, accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programmes
- Demonstrates effective customer service skills
- Able to communicate complex information effectively to all health and care professionals, colleagues, patients and their loved ones
- Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training
- Effective pharmaceutical care skills.
- Ability to motivate and act as a role model
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of GPhC Revalidation requirements
- Knowledge of medicines management systems at ward level
- Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g. controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
- Understanding of stock control systems
- Excellent knowledge of the medical management and pharmaceutical care needs of Critical Care (level 2&3) and Surgical patients
- An awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to Critical Care and Surgery patients
- Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements
- Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation
- Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives
Desirable
- Knowledge of risk management issues relevant to the patient group and root cause analysis
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience post registration in a hospital based clinical post
- Proven experience of good performance in previous posts
- Experience of providing a hospital-based, clinical pharmacy service to Critical Care (level 2 & 3) patients
- Previous evaluations or reviews of medicines
- Experience of providing evaluated information on drug expenditure
- Evidence of basic teaching and tutoring in a hospital setting through training others e.g. pre-registration / foundation training pharmacists
- Experience of successfully leading and implementing service improvement and change projects.
Desirable
- Successful experience of managing & leading projects
- Experience of successfully managing staff, performing appraisals and giving feedback
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent
- Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy / Pharmacy Practice or equivalent
- Independent prescribing qualification, or willing to work towards
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This advert is for Highly Specialist Pharmacist- Critical Care and Surgery with Barts Health NHS Trust in Whipps Cross University Hospital. It is listed as a Band 8 Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £63,665 - £70,887 per annum pro rata inc. The contract type is 9 months (Although this position is a 9 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 9 months). The application deadline is 09 Sep 2026.
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