Specialist Pharmacist - Stroke and Care of the Elderly

Job overview

Barts Health Pharmacy Department has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and enthusiastic pharmacist to join us as a Specialist Pharmacist for Stroke and Care of the Elderly at the Royal London Hospital. Barts Health NHS Trust is one of the largest and busiest trusts in the UK, delivering care across multiple sites in East London and hosting the London Air Ambulance at The Royal London Hospital. The Royal London Hospital provides a full range of local and specialist services, including hyper-acute stroke care and complex medicine for older people, serving the population of East London.

This post offers the opportunity to work closely with the multi-disciplinary team to deliver and develop a high-quality clinical pharmacy service across Stroke and Care of the Elderly/Frailty pathways. You will provide senior clinical leadership, support medicines optimisation and safe transitions of care, and contribute to service development, governance and quality improvement.

You will join a supportive and integrated pharmacy team committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care. The successful candidate will have access to education and development opportunities, with support and mentorship from senior clinicians within Pharmacy and across other disciplines.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will carry out the full range of duties as the Specialist Pharmacist in Stroke and Care of the Elderly to deliver patient focused, quality care, based at the Royal London Hospital.

To promote the responsible, safe and cost-effective prescribing of medicines within medicine to optimise clinical outcomes, minimise adverse reactions and improve medicines safety. The post holder will be supporting the Lead Pharmacist in leading a team of staff in the delivery of high quality clinical pharmacy.

They will support the Lead Pharmacist in managing the professional, clinical and technical input of pharmacy into Medicine directorates at the Royal London Hospital and will help deliver the broader medicines optimisation and governance strategy across the Trust. These outcomes will be achieved primarily through leadership of clinical staff, and the publication and implementation of guidelines and procedures to encourage best practice.

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.