Senior Specialist Pharmacist Private patients

Job summary

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic experienced pharmacist to further advance their career by joining the General Medicine Pharmacy team at Great Ormond Street Hospital as a Senior Specialist Pharmacist within International Private Patients

You will have excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, alongside clinical knowledge, and the ability to work within a team. You will play an active role in ensuring adherence to standards, promoting patient safety, and helping to support medicines management within International Private Patients.

You will be part of an expert multidisciplinary team contributing to the safe and pharmaceutically appropriate clinical service to children within General medicines and Surgery.

Youwill be supported by our experienced and friendly Consultants, Registrars, Specialist Nurses and Pharmacy team.

You must have excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills and be a self-starter. Experience working within paediatrics including delivering a ward-based pharmacist role. The team of pharmacists you will join are experienced and extremely supportive

Main duties of the job

• To deliver a clinical ward-based pharmacy service to the inpatients and day units
• To liaise with the consultants and senior nursing staff to deliver and promote high quality, cost effective and patient-focused pharmaceutical care
• To prepare new drug submissions and prescribing guidelines for the Drug & Therapeutics Committee taking into account all relevant local and national policies and procedures. This also includes implementing, monitoring and updating current prescribing guidelines
• To lead, support and develop junior pharmacists and foundation pharmacists in their clinical rotations
• To participate in the induction of staff. This includes induction of resident pharmacists to ensure familiarity and understanding of policies/procedures and dispensing practices during out of hours.
• To support the pharmacists working within the CIVAS unit with prescription screening.
• To participate in departmental and multidisciplinary audit/research activities, to ensure that cost-improvement and quality targets are met
• To attend Departmental meetings, communicate information, keep one's self informed and maintain an active CPD portfolio.

About us

GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.

We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.

We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.

We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women's staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust's mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.