Advanced Pharmacist - Urology, Vascular and Orthopaedics

Job summary

This is based at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital in Canterbury. This will be a great opportunity for an experienced Pharmacist to develop the Clinical Pharmacy service, working closely with very enthusiastic speciality teams. This is also an opportunity to put your prescribing into practice working with pre-admission patients.

Being an NMP would be essential and if needed, enrolment on the course will be fully supported by the department.

On a daily basis you will oversee a team of rotational pharmacists and clinical technicians supporting the Urology, Vascular and T&O services. The role will work closely with the Lead Surgical Services Pharmacist, other surgical leads and the critical care team.

We would consider candidates able to work at a band 7 to 8a progression

At East Kent Hospitals Trust we are passionate about developing our employees and this post is also suitable for those candidates who may not have their leadership / NMP qualification and would like to be considered for the post under the Annex 21 training structure

Main duties of the job

• To operate as an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist in Surgery across the Trust
• To be the speciality pharmacist for Urology, Vascular and Trauma & Orthopaedics supporting safe and effective use of medicines within these specialities to improve medicines safety
• To operationally oversee on a day to day basis the performance of the surgical team working within these specialities.
• To effectively manage and supervise pharmacists working within the surgical team and oversee the supervision of other pharmacy staff working on the surgical wards.
• To provide cover for the critical care at K&C site when specialist pharmacist not available
• To deputise for the Lead Pharmacist for Surgery at Pharmacy and Care Group level when required

About us

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 695,000 people.

Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'.

We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

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