Senior Rotational Pharmacist (FIXED TERM 1 year)NHS
Job summary
Whittington Health is an Integrated Care Organisation; this provides a huge range of exciting opportunities for Pharmacists wishing to develop their career and clinical skills. The Pharmacy Department is innovative and forward thinking; this is reflected in the huge range of roles that are already established and in development. The Department is hugely supportive and actively encourages creative thinking to improve services, patient experience and to develop new roles, drawing on strengths and experiences of the team.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, resourceful Pharmacist who enjoys working in a busy multidisciplinary environment, is a great team player and demonstrates excellent interpersonal and communication skills. We want all our staff to reach their full potential, to ensure this we provide a safe, open and non-restrictive platform to learn, develop and progress.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will join a team of dynamic, senior rotational pharmacists to gain experience in a number of rotations (please see job description for complete list).As well as developing clinical skills, the post holder will be expected to enhance their managerial and leadership skills through:
- Participation in multidisciplinary ward and board rounds delivering and promoting high quality, cost-effective, patient-focused prescribing and medicines use
- Participation in practice and clinical research and audit
- Contributing to the development and implementation of new pharmacy services, guidelines, policies and procedures
- Supporting Lead Pharmacists and Divisions to effectively manage medication expenditure
- Participation in the education, training and supervision of pharmacy, medical and nursing staff and other allied healthcare professionals
Job description
- To be a proactive member of the pharmacy department, working collaboratively with our diverse team of pharmacy professionals, and to provide excellent pharmaceutical care to our patients.
- To act as Senior Pharmacist during each rotation which includes Acute and Integrated Medicine, Ambulatory and Same Day Emergency Care, Surgery and ITU, Womens Health and Childrens Services (including Neonatal Medicine), Antimicrobial Stewardship, Anticoagulation & Stroke Prevention, Medicines Information, Clinical Trials, Governance and Medication Safety.
- To ensure the seamless transfer of care of our patients between various care settings and ensuring that medicines reconciliation is performed accurately at all times.
- To mentor and undertake the educational and practice supervision of pharmacy team members during their various stages of professional development, including Band 6 and Pre-Registration Pharmacists, and to provide clinical support and training to any other relevant health care professionals.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.