Senior Pharmacist - Post-Acute Medicine

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King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.7 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

Job overview

This post provides an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic, dynamic and motivated pharmacist with a clinical pharmacy background to join the
Post-Acute Medicine team. The post holder will be responsible for leading and delivering a high quality, clinical service to a both post-acute
medical and stroke wards.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work across Post-Acute Medicine which includes a broad range of specialities including
respiratory, cystic fibrosis, stroke, gastroenterology, diabetes and elderly care. The pharmacists within Post-Acute Medicine provide extensive
pharmaceutical care and medicines management services to patients within these areas to ensure a seamless integrated model of care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will participate in the following services:

• Act as a deputy for Principal Pharmacist when necessary.
• Participate in the multidisciplinary team delivering and promoting high quality, cot-effective, patient-focused pharmaceutical care to patients.
• Provide interface and discharge liaison, and support wards & units within the Care Group.
• Consistently lead on the provision of clinical pharmacy services to the many sub-specialities within the Care Group and ensure a high level of clinical pharmacy input.
• Act as a clinical role model, and supervise rotational staff at ward level.
• Promote the safe drug use within the speciality.
• Develop, implement and audit local guidelines.
• Audit usage of medicines in the Care Group with the aim of promoting cost effective prescribing.
• Assist in the financial reporting to the Care Group and drug budget management.
• Ensure seamless pharmaceutical care on discharge, liaising with other pharmacists and healthcare professionals (primary and secondary) taking over care of the patient.
• Work with the Principal Pharmacist, Post-Acute Medicine to extend the boundaries of professional practice within the Care Group.

Working for our organisation

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus.

Our values at King's, are that we're a kind, respectful team;

Kind. We show compassion and understanding and bring a positive attitude to our work

Respectful. We promote equality, are inclusive and honest, speaking up when needed

Team. We support each other, communicate openly, and are reassuringly professional

The trust-wide strategy Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (EDI) at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we can take Team King's to another level

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This post provides a varied experience as well as flexible and challenging opportunities for personal and professional development in clinical,
research, strategic and managerial skills. It includes rotations across Post-Acute Medical specialities including respiratory, adult cystic fibrosis,
diabetes, stroke and elderly care. The successful candidate will be expected to be a team player with clinical experience, excellent interpersonal
skills, a strong desire to learn and a meticulous attention to detail. More details can be found in the job description.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MPharm (Masters Degree)
• Registered Pharmacist (1 year competency assessed and examined professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent qualification/experience
• Working towards a Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or Clinical Pharmacy

Desirable criteria

• Registered Independent Prescriber or willingness to complete
• Member of the RPS faculty
• Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent qualification / experience

Experience

Essential criteria

• Appropriate post registration experience in hospital Pharmacy or equivalent area of practice with assessed competencies
• Experience of supervising others
• Experience of practice research or audit
• Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
• Experience of delivering training and education at postgraduate level
• Experience of protocol/guideline development
• Specialist clinical knowledge and skills relevant to area of practice
• Maintains a broad level of pharmacy practice

Desirable criteria

• Previous relevant specialist clinical experience
• Demonstration of advanced practice using evidence mapped to the RPS Advanced Practice Framework

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description and Personal Specification (PDF, 344.4KB)
• Denmark Hill Site Map (PDF, 1.2MB)
• Princess Royal (PRUH) Site map (PDF, 1.4MB)
• Visa and Sponsorship Information (PDF, 352.6KB)