Job summary
- Main area
- Neurology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-MIC-1452
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Charing Cross Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Pharmacist, Neurology
Band 7
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is a regional neurosciences centre providing specilaist neurology services and treatments to North West London and beyond. These include amongst others, treatments for epilepsy, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease, Myasthenia Gravis and migraine. The trust is home to one of the largest MS services in the country with over 1800 patients on treatment. Many of these treatments being provided through our homecare or on-site community pharmacy partners. Neurosciences services at the trust comprise neurology daycare services plus acute neurology, stroke and neurology rehabilitation wards. We are looking for an enthusiasitic and experienced pharmacist to join our multi-disciplinary team in providing comprehensive pharmacy services to our neurosciences patients. The post holder will have prescribing responsibilities and support work in outpatient clinics. They will work wihtin a team of pharmacists and technicians in providing services to both inpatient wards and outpatient clinics.
Main duties of the job
- To assist in the provision & development of a high quality patient focused clinical pharmacy service to both inpatients and outpatients within neurosciences services.
- To assist in the provision of a high quality homecare service delivering medicines to neurology patients
- To assist the lead pharmacists in the management and development of medicines management initiatives to neurosciences services
- To assist the lead pharmacist in the management and development of trainee pharmacists when on rotation to cover neurosciences services.
- To provide clinical pharmacy services, department and ward based, in line with Trust procedures and national legislation.
- To support in the review & prescribing of anti-epileptic medication & disease modifying therapies for MS
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main 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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Member of the GPhC
- Completed, or currently undertaking the post-graduate diploma in general pharmacy practice and have satisfactorily passed all assessment gateways to the 12-month assessment or beyond
Desirable criteria
- FS2 of the Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice (UCL) or other equivalent certificate
Experience
Essential criteria
- This must include a solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice (medicines information, aseptic services, ward services and dispensing)
- Experience in delivering training and education
- Previous experience of clinical audit work and/or pharmacy practice research
- Practical clinical experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of attending consultant-led ward rounds
- Clinical guidelines development
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate complex information
- Good ability to organise and prioritise work
- Demonstrated good understanding of key NHS objectives and publications
Desirable criteria
- Word and Excel at an advanced level
- Communicates best practice outside the organisation
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachel Dorsey- Campbell
- Job title
- Senior Lead Pharmacist Neurosciences
- Email address
- [email protected]
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