Senior Pharmacist, Stroke

at  Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated Senior Pharmacist to join the Pharmacy Team at the Princess Royal University Hospital.
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated pharmacist with a strong clinical pharmacy background and enthusiasm to further develop pharmacy services at the Trust. The post holder will be an integral member of the clinical pharmacy team, delivering a high quality, cost effective service to wards and departments in the Stroke, Neurology and Cardiovascular Specialties.
The successful applicant will be a real team player with significant clinical experience as a registered hospital pharmacist, excellent interpersonal skills, a strong commitment to life-long learning and meticulous attention to detail.
With over 400 staff, the pharmacy team prides itself on being a kind, respectful team that fully embraces the Trust vision to be BOLD ( B rilliant people, O utstanding care, L eaders in Research, Innovation and Education, D iversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything).
Work as part of a dedicated pharmacy team to provide and develop specialist clinical pharmacy services to the Hyper-Acute Stroke Unit (HASU) and the Stroke Unit
Deputise for Principal Pharmacist, Medicines Specialities.
Act as a specialist practitioner and role model in Stroke Medicine
Contribute actively to multidisciplinary ward rounds and other clinical meetings
Provide directorate support to the Stroke and other clinical areas
Participate in clinical audit and research, risk management and clinical guideline development

Provide supervision, education and training to pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals

• Participate in initiatives to monitor, interpret and minimise drug expenditure

The post provides many opportunities for personal and professional development in clinical, research, strategic and managerial skills. The successful applicant will be a team player with significant clinical experience as a registered hospital pharmacist, excellent interpersonal skills, a strong desire to learn and a meticulous attention to detail.
For more information on the post or an informal visit, please contact Ronak Patel
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
Clinical Responsibilities

To act as a specialist practitioner in the clinical area.

• To promote and deliver pharmaceutical care specifically for patients within the Care Group and more generally for all patients.
• To contribute and adhere to clinical pharmacy service standards.
• To provide highly specialised evidence-based clinical advice and information to nursing and medical staff on the care and treatment of patients.
• To actively participate regularly in multidisciplinary ward rounds, antibiotic ward rounds and other multidisciplinary meetings as appropriate, delivering and promoting high quality, cost-effective,

patient-focused pharmaceutical care.

• To contribute to and participate in the clinical/ward pharmacy service.
• Where appropriate and necessary to practice as a prescriber in area of own expertise, as appropriate, and provide direct high quality of care to patients.
• To ensure appropriate and timely supply of medication to patients in conjunction with dispensary staff.
• To liaise with other pharmacists/healthcare professionals to ensure efficient transfer of clinical and medicines management issues.
• To participate in discharge planning.
• To participate in patient education and counselling schemes for all patients/carers.
• To ensure appropriate and timely supply of medication to patients, including participation in the POD scheme.
• To practice as an independent prescriber, in area of own expertise, as appropriate and provide direct high quality of care to inpatients and outpatients within scope of practice.
• To liaise with other Pharmacists, Doctors and GPs to ensure efficient transfer of clinical and medicines management issues.
• To participate in Trust adverse incident reporting scheme.

Financial Management

• To support the Principal Pharmacist in monitoring drug expenditure within the Care Group and provide accurate expenditure information, with appropriate analysis, to the Clinical Director and General manager.
• To identify areas of potential cost-savings within the Care Group, and to implement systems to realise savings and contain prescribing costs.
• Using horizon scanning techniques identify future high cost medications.
• To support the development and implementation of policies to control drug expenditure and ensure cost-effective prescribing.
• To educate other healthcare professionals on the costs associated with drug therapy and promote evidence-based, cost-effective prescribing within the care group.
• To attend Care Group or Specialty financial meetings when required.
• To work across traditional boundaries e.g. primary and secondary care.

People Management and Performance

• To lead, coach and manage the performance of junior staff in line with good people management practices, ensuring excellence is recognised and underperformance is addressed.
• To participate in regular performance appraisal meetings and ensure line reports have a clear set of objectives and development plans.
• Ensure direct reports are compliant with all statutory, mandatory training together with any professional training requirements.
• Manage absences of direct reports including sickness in line with Trust policy ensuring the appropriate return to work meetings occur, e-roster is updated and productivity is at keep to the highest possible level.
• Support with the recruitment of the team in line with the Trust’s recruitment policy and process.
• Identify talent and support the internal talent management process in order attract and retain and succession plan for your people.
• Ensure overall wellbeing of the team is maintained. Continuously support in improving the morale of the team and implementing a culture of zero-tolerance for bullying and harassment.
• To participate in teaching and supervising students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• To act as postgraduate tutor for Diploma students.
• To act as a tutor for trainee pharmacists.
• To participate in teaching nurses, medical staff, and AHPs.
• To participate in the recruitment and selection of pharmacy students, trainee pharmacists, and junior pharmacists as needed.
• To regularly train, supervise and assess at ward level junior pharmacy staff providing a ward/clinical pharmacy service to wards within the Care Group.
• To supervise, train and assess at ward level, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, trainee pharmacists and students.
• To participate in the in-service clinical pharmacy training of all pharmacy staff.
• To undertake CPD to ensure that knowledge is continually updated.
• To participate regularly in the induction, training and development of medical, nursing and other healthcare staff.

Research and Service Development

• To regularly lead, participate in and co-ordinate relevant research or audit projects.
• To participate in audit and practice research to investigate and where appropriate improve the quality of service.
• To publish and present the results and outcomes of own research and audits locally, nationally or internationally as appropriate.
• To liaise with clinical trial nursing and pharmacy staff with regards to monitoring and continuing supply of trial medicines to patients.

Please refer the Job description for details