Senior Pharmacist – Ophthalmology & Surgery

Job overview

Following on from a commitment to investment in the pharmacy team at Kingston Hospital, we have an excellent opportunity to join our friendly and well-respected team as a Senior Pharmacist (Band 8a) in the Ophthalmology & Surgery service lines. This is a brand-new post in the trust and will provide professional, governance and financial medicines leadership to the Royal Eye Unit based at Kingston hospital, as well as working in the new surgery pharmacy team providing high quality clinical care to surgical inpatients.

Main duties of the job

You will play a crucial role in developing the non-medical prescribing service for the specialties, providing MDT clinical pharmacy expertise, as well as the training/ supervision of pre-registration and junior pharmacists.

This is a key role within the pharmacy team delivering high-quality, patient-focused services to the ophthalmology and surgery services. The post holder will be an active member of both the pharmacy and clinical teams to ensure continuous two-way exchange of information and maintain high standards of medicines use.

To develop the provision of clinical pharmacy services to the ophthalmology/ surgery services in accordance with the needs of patients, the clinical team and the required standards of quality and professional practice.

To provide specialist medicines management advice to medical and nursing staff on drugs for the ophthalmology/ surgery services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To manage and provide clinical pharmacy services to ophthalmology services and surgical wards and support the development of the pharmacy service to the specialties with support from the principal pharmacist.

To oversee the clinical pharmacy service delivered to the ophthalmology and surgery services (in conjunction with the principal pharmacist) and develop and review the service accordingly.

To provide and develop clinical pharmacy services, sensitive to the needs of patients, carers and healthcare staff.

To provide specialist clinical pharmacy expertise to senior clinical staff of the multidisciplinary team within ophthalmology/ surgery regarding medicines related issues and enable implementation of local and national standards.

To demonstrate expert evidence based clinical knowledge in the management of ophthalmology/ surgery patients and act as a role model to junior staff and all other members of the pharmacy team.