Pharmacist Advanced Critical Care and Surgical Support

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Pharmacist with knowledge in Critical Care and who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

We are looking for a dynamic, motivated, and forward-thinking clinical pharmacist to work with the Critical Care Directorate and clinical pharmacy team. You will be responsible for providing leadership and delivery of a high quality, proactive and patient focused clinical pharmacy service .

The post holder will attend ward rounds on Critical Care and use their independent prescribing qualification (where applicable) to optimise patient care. There is true multidisciplinary interaction in this role.

The successful candidate will support surgical specialties as and when needed as well, This is a great opportunity to enhance leadership skills and provide operational support to the Team Lead.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead, deliver and continue to develop a high quality pharmacy service to Critical Care & Theatres, and surgical wards ensuring medicines optimisation and compliance with medicines regulation.

You will play an integral role in the multidisciplinary team that delivers a high quality clinical service to patients in critical care.  This will include regular attendance of consultant-led ward rounds, independently prescribing to optimise individual patients’ medicines and leading a team of junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to deliver an effective pharmacy service.

You will also provide support to the Pharmacist Manager in delivering an effective, efficient, robust and sustainable clinical pharmacy service to the Trust’s planned division.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.