Job summary
This is a fantastic opportunity for a committed, innovative and experienced clinician to join our successful respiratory pharmacist team.
Working with the respiratory consultant pharmacist, and other members of the well-established multidisciplinary asthma and allergy teams, you will support patients to get the most from their medicines, delivering local and national priorities to improve the lung health of the people we care for. There is significant opportunity to publish the outcomes of practice based research, provide training for a wide range of pharmacy, medical and other healthcare professionals and develop professionally/personally in line with the Advanced Level Framework.
A post-graduate qualification in clinical pharmacy and independent prescribing qualifications are required, as will the demonstration of a breadth of clinical pharmacy practice at an appropriate level. Experience of working with people with an asthma or allergies, home administration of biologic therapy and research would be advantageous.
Main duties of the job
To deliver, develop and evaluate medicines optimisation in the respiratory medicine department (primarily within asthma and allergy), in accordance with the objectives agreed with the respiratory consultant pharmacist.
To provide a consistently high and innovative pharmaceutical service in line with the Trust Clinical Strategy, the NHS Plan and other major drivers for service standards.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best-known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We are working in partnership with King's Health Partners, to deliver our vision of creating a new centre of excellence, which will be the global leader in the research into and treatment of heart and lung disease, in patients from pre-birth to old age.See www.kingshealthpartners.org.
Organisational Strategy and Values:
The Trust strategy sets out what we will do, the values help us to define how we do it. The post holder will be:
Caring -Put patients first.
Ambitious -Innovate and strive for excellence.
Inclusive -Respect others and work collaboratively.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about this role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please seethe Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about this role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please seethe Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Has presented a poster at national or international conference
Desirable
- Has published in a peer reviewed journal
Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate Diploma or MSc in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent
- Working towards or willing to work towards an independent prescribing qualification with airways disease within their scope
Desirable
- Independent prescribing qualification
- Other clinical practice qualification
- Research qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience within general medicine clinical pharmacy services
- Relevant experience of delivering clinical pharmacy services to respiratory patients
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working
Desirable
- Experience of provision of Homecare to patients
- Experience in delivering pharmaceutical services to patients with severe asthma and/or allergy
- Experience of out-patient clinic work
Person Specification
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Has presented a poster at national or international conference
Desirable
- Has published in a peer reviewed journal
Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate Diploma or MSc in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent
- Working towards or willing to work towards an independent prescribing qualification with airways disease within their scope
Desirable
- Independent prescribing qualification
- Other clinical practice qualification
- Research qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience within general medicine clinical pharmacy services
- Relevant experience of delivering clinical pharmacy services to respiratory patients
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working
Desirable
- Experience of provision of Homecare to patients
- Experience in delivering pharmaceutical services to patients with severe asthma and/or allergy
- Experience of out-patient clinic work
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
