Lead Pharmacist, Vascular Surgery

A unique opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Pharmacist to join our welcoming Surgical Pharmacy team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHNT).As a Lead Pharmacist for Vascular Surgery, you will be part of a team that delivers high quality pharmacy services to a wide range of elective and emergency surgery specialties across St Mary's hospital, Charing Cross hospital and Hammersmith hospital. You will play a fundamental role in supporting and leading in the expertise for vascular medicine and surgery.As a lead pharmacist, you will be expected provide a clinical service to the inpatients within the vascular unit, which will involve medicines optimisation within a complex co-morbid population. You will also be expected to attend multidisplinary board and ward rounds to provide your pharmaceutical expertise. We are dedicated to ensuring that medicines optimisation is embedded across all aspects of care within the Trust to deliver safe, efficient and cost-effective use of medicines.Main duties of the jobTo provide a high-quality, patient-focused clinical pharmacy service to adult Vascular Surgery and surgical patientsTo participate in medicines management initiatives to adult Vascular Surgery and surgical patients within the TrustTo provide clinical pharmacy, departmental and ward based services in line with Trust procedures and national legislationTo provide training and support to pharmacy, nursing and medical staff as requiredTo deputise and provide support to the Senior Lead Pharmacist, Surgery as requiredTo develop junior pharmacists within surgery by providing them with a structured education and training based ward programmeReview and report on medicines expenditure for Vascular Surgery and other surgical specialties and identify, implement and track cost allied improvement schemesTo ensure that service provision is flexible and responsive to patient needsAbout usAt Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesThis is great opportunity to lead on and develop your expertise within not only vascular surgery but also dealing with complex conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, renal transplants, chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease combined with the perioperative management of medicines. This is a patient facing role and provides many opportunities for providing healthcare professional and patient education allowing us to make a real difference to patient care. You will be required to carry out line management duties and support to our junior pharmacist team and pharmacy students.For an informal discussion about the post or for further information please contact: Depal Patel, Senior Lead Pharmacist - Surgery on 0203 312 1104 or Nickisha Patel, current post holder 0203 312 1983.Person SpecificationEducation/ qualificationsEssentialMasters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalentMember of the General Pharmaceutical CouncilPostgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent qualificationUndertakes continuing professional development (CPD) and maintains a CPD portfolioDesirableNon-Medical Prescriber (or willing to achieve qualification upon attainment of post)ExperienceEssentialAppropriate post-registration training and experience in hospital Pharmacy - this must include a solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practicePrevious relevant specialist clinical experience e.g. in surgery and intensive carePractical clinical experienceExperience in the development of clinical guidelines/protocolsDesirableExperience of working in surgical, high dependency wardsExperience of working with senior healthcare professionals outside of PharmacyExperience of using electronic prescribing systemsSkills/knowledge/ abilitiesEssentialGood clinical practice knowledgeAble to attend early morning ward rounds on allocated daysAbility to demonstrate critical-thinking, advanced decision-making skills, risk assessment and analytical ability for problem solvingGood IT skillsAbility to communicate empathetically with patientsUnderstanding of issues affecting medicines use across the interfaceDesirableExperience of the JAC computer systemEmployer detailsEmployer nameImperial College Healthcare NHS TrustAddressTrustwideLondonW2 1NYAny attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.290-WCCS-1358 Create a job alert and receive personalised job recommendations straight to your inbox.
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