Specialist Pharmacist – Clinical Governance and Injectable Medicines

Job overview

The Pharmacy Department at St George’s is innovative, dynamic, successful and highly valued across the Trust. Our patients are at the centre of everything we do.. The department is friendly, forward thinking and constantly expanding with opportunities for personal development and further postgraduate education. Furthermore, we are constantly expanding our pool of non-medical prescribing pharmacists. We support pharmacists to pursue opportunities in research to further expand their portfolio.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated pharmacist to join our Medicines Governance Team to provide pharmacy and medicines optimisation services to patients at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. You will need to have excellent communication skills and be confident to provide training and guidance to the multi-disciplinary team. Working alongside the Principal Pharmacist – Clinical Governance and Medicines Policy you will be contributing to the delivery of the Trust Medicines Clinical Governance agenda and provide expert input into the management of injectable medicines. The postholder will also lead, manage, develop and evaluate the smart infusion pumps across the organisation. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to drive positive changes in medicines governance and injectable medicines at the Trust.

Main duties of the job

To assist the Deputy Chief Pharmacist to provide, manage, develop, and evaluate the delivery of and strategy for responsive, proactive, patient focused clinical pharmacy services across the Trust.

To lead and manage the Trust’s smart infusion pumps including education and training of healthcare professionals.

To co-ordinate and manage the rotational band 7 pharmacist programme in collaboration with the Deputy Chief Pharmacist.

To develop and deliver the clinical education and training programme to pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals.

To be responsible for the management of the resident band 6 pharmacists and service in collaboration with the Senior Resident Pharmacist Manager.

To initiate, undertake, support and supervise audits, research, projects, quality improvements and service developments within clinical pharmacy services and the department.

To work as an advanced level practitioner in a designated clinical area participating in ward rounds and multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings as required and prescribing independently.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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