Senior Pharmacist - Admissions

Job summary

Senior Pharmacist Admissions.

We are looking for an experienced clinical pharmacists, based at Epsom to undertake this ward based role in our Acute Medical Admissions unit.

You will manage the pharmacy team in this challenging area, guiding and mentoring the ward based medicines management technicians, leading audits and projects to improve standards related to medicines management and decrease wastage within the Trust. You will also support more junior pharmacists in the development of their clinical and ward based skills with a particular focus on Medicines Reconciliation and working within the multi-disciplinary ward team.

You must have excellent communication and prioritisation skills and like to work in a busy ward environment.

Main duties of the job

To be a senior pharmacist to lead in the developments of pharmaceutical services at admission clinical areas, assisting the Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Clinical Services in developing Medicines Reconciliation processes within the Trust.

To assist in the provision of a comprehensive and efficient pharmaceutical service in accordance with required standards of quality and professional practice

About us

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surreyand NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and issupported by over 500 volunteers.