Lead Pharmacist - Neurosciences

at  Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is a regional neurosciences centre providing specilaist neurology services and treatments to North West London and beyond. These include amongst others, treatments for Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Parkinson’s disease, Myasthenia Gravis, epilepsy and migraine.
The trust is home to one of the largest MS services in the country with over 1800 patients on treatment. Many of these treatments being provided through our homecare or on-site community pharmacy partners. Neurosciences services at the trust comprise neurology daycare services plus acute neurology, stroke and neurology rehabilitation wards. We are looking for an enthusiasitic and experienced pharmacist to join our multi-disciplinary team in providing comprehensive pharmacy services to our neurosciences patients.
The post holder will have prescribing responsibilities, support work in outpatinet clinics and will manage a team of pharmacists and technicians in providing services to both inpatient wards and outpatient clinics.
To ensure the smooth running, day to day management and development of the pharmacy service to the neurology wards and outpatient clinics.
To ensure that service provision is flexible and responsive to patient and service needs.
To ensure the safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs.
To ensuring the provision of an effective and efficient service to patients, nursing and medical staff on the neurology wards and outpatient clinics.
To act as a clinical role model to all pharmacists and ensure the safe, clinically effective, evidence based and cost efficient use of drugs.
To work as an Independent Prescriber according to Trust Policies, prescribing DMTs for patients with MS.
To provide a high quality, patient focused pharmaceutical service to in-patients, and outpatients as required by the neurology service.
To help undertake the education and training of pharmacy staff, for example departmental post-graduate training courses, trainee pharmacists training events as required.
At 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.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .
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.
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