Surgery and Critical Care Pharmacist

Job summary

You will work as part of a dynamic team of clinical pharmacists and technicians providing support to our patients within inpatient settings on the Chelsea and Sutton sites of the hospital. You will be involved with the management of patients with complex haemato-oncological malignancies (e.g. CAR-T therapy and stem cell transplants). We have a significant presence in all non-cancer pathways and are respected and valued as key members of the MDT.An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated pharmacist to join our dynamic, innovative, and friendly Clinical Pharmacy Team based Royal Marsden Hospital (cross site). This will provide you an opportunity to develop your leadership skills and gain invaluable management experience for a rewarding career. The successful applicant will be responsible for the delivery of an efficient and accurate clinical pharmacy service to all non-cancer pathways at the trust, including but not limited to the surgical inpatient wards, Critical care units and anti-infectives agenda. In addition, you will also participate in the 7day out of hours rota, oncall rota and late duty rota. Daily responsibilities include but are not limited to provision of excellent pharmaceutical care to assigned clinical areas, training of the MDT (multidisciplinary team), medicines reconciliation, supporting stock management, counselling patients and general dispensary duties, including dispensing and accuracy checking.

Main duties of the job

Ensure service provisions of the clinical pharmacy to inpatient wards are coordinated to a high standard and developed, according to the needs of the Trust Be responsible for staff allocation in response to changing workload and service delivery requirements. Duties include ensuring that relevant rotas for clinical service delivery are developed and adhered to e.g. day-to-day tasks, evening and weekend shifts are covered. To support other team members in leading a clinical pharmacy service on the operational delivery of the medicine's optimisation services across clinical services. To support and drive the implementation of initiatives to improve patient experience related to medicines

About us

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.