Job summary
We invite applications to join our team of Rotational On Call Band 6 Pharmacists who provide front line medicines management services to children and their families at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Great Ormond Street Hospital is a truly global hospital at the forefront of research, training and clinical practice in Paediatric care where you can develop your skills and knowledge. You will benefit from our rotational program and work towards achieving a Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice, through UCL. This provides a framework to support your education; ensuring you develop the knowledge and skills not only to treat common adult conditions but enabling you to focus on Paediatric care and specialties within GOSH.
You will benefit from working alongside world leading Pharmacists and clinicians, rotating through a range of core services and clinical specialties. These include medicines information and pharmacy governance, and technical services whilst providing clinical pharmacy services on our wards.
GOSH Pharmacy is a supportive learning environment where the right candidate can flourish and gain a wide and varied experience enabling you to develop your skills to take your career where you want. We have extensive experience in supporting Pharmacists from a range of backgrounds, community, primary care and hospital, adapting our induction and supervision to support you to reach your full potential.
Main duties of the job
- To effectively clinical screen prescriptions and professionally resolve any problems or refer when appropriate.
- To participate, in the medicines management programme / clinical ward pharmacy services involving any of the following: ensuring accurate drug histories are taken and documented; patients own drug are reconciled; dispensing for discharge is facilitated; dispensing of medicines on the ward for patients to take home; communicate effectively with patients to improve adherence
- To review prescriptions for their clinical appropriateness, safety and legality as required by current legislation
- To provide a high quality, customer focused pharmaceutical service to patients under the care of GOSH or whereby GOSH provides advice and consultancy services.
- To participate in education and training schemes and meetings organised within the department
- To participate in education and training of foundation pharmacy, technicians and assistants
- To facilitate 24-hour access to pharmaceutical advice and medicines supply through the delivery of an on call service
- To participate in audit
- To participate in all relevant departmental meetings and contribute to effective communication within the department
We expect to interview for this role on the 15th and 16th of April 2025
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
GOSH Culture and Values
Essential
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential
- Registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council at the point of starting the contract
- Masters Degree or equivalent in pharmacy (MPharm
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Membership of either the RPSGB or NPPG
- Certificate in General Pharmacy Practice or equivalent
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate good clinical knowledge, clinical reasoning and judgement
- Ability to prioritise workload and to work accurately
- Knowledge and application of current medicines legislation to support the clinical governance agenda
Desirable
- Experience of managing complex medicines queries and or a medicines information exposure
- Substantial experience of working with children or having completed a paediatric rotation (>4 weeks)
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Ability to effectively communicate in both written and verbal formats to a range of stakeholder including patients, families and clinical staff. To overcome barriers to understanding to ensure excellent patient care
- Ability to communicate effectively in different situations
- Shows a commitment and ability to reflect upon and drive their own development with supervision to gain new knowledge, skills and improve the quality of their work inline with local and national standards
- Showcases good time management and problem-solving skills
- Is able to recognise their scope of practice and when situations are outside their competence, referring appropriately to ensure excellent patient care.
- Ability to work under pressure and when to appropriately seek addition support.
- Good knowledge and skills with regards to information technologies and prescribing systems
Desirable
- Contributes to the improvement of pharmacy services
- Ability to effectively deliver presentations with the use of presentation aids
Person Specification
GOSH Culture and Values
Essential
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential
- Registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council at the point of starting the contract
- Masters Degree or equivalent in pharmacy (MPharm
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Membership of either the RPSGB or NPPG
- Certificate in General Pharmacy Practice or equivalent
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate good clinical knowledge, clinical reasoning and judgement
- Ability to prioritise workload and to work accurately
- Knowledge and application of current medicines legislation to support the clinical governance agenda
Desirable
- Experience of managing complex medicines queries and or a medicines information exposure
- Substantial experience of working with children or having completed a paediatric rotation (>4 weeks)
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Ability to effectively communicate in both written and verbal formats to a range of stakeholder including patients, families and clinical staff. To overcome barriers to understanding to ensure excellent patient care
- Ability to communicate effectively in different situations
- Shows a commitment and ability to reflect upon and drive their own development with supervision to gain new knowledge, skills and improve the quality of their work inline with local and national standards
- Showcases good time management and problem-solving skills
- Is able to recognise their scope of practice and when situations are outside their competence, referring appropriately to ensure excellent patient care.
- Ability to work under pressure and when to appropriately seek addition support.
- Good knowledge and skills with regards to information technologies and prescribing systems
Desirable
- Contributes to the improvement of pharmacy services
- Ability to effectively deliver presentations with the use of presentation aids
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Great Ormond Street Hospital
London
WC1N 3JH
Employer's website
https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
