An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic senior clinical pharmacist to lead the Surgery, Theatres and CCU pharmacy team at Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. This is an exceptional career opportunity for a high calibre pharmacist with vision, excellent organisation and leadership skills looking to develop their career, both clinically and professionally. As the Pharmacy Lead you will provide a dynamic link between clinical practice and service development to deliver patient care ensuring the best experience and health outcomes for patients.
This post will support the Deputy Chief Pharmacist: Clinical to lead, manage & develop the Clinical pharmacy Surgery, Theatres & CCU team at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.
For further information please contact Anita McWhirter, Deputy Chief Pharmacist: Clinical (0208 642 6011 ext 1253)
Main duties of the job
The Pharmacy Lead Surgery, Theatres & CCU has delegated accountability for the operational and strategic delivery of the Surgery, Theatres & CCU service, including responsibility for performance, resources and activity.
The Pharmacy Lead Surgery, Theatres & CCU is responsible for the service delivery and optimisation of clinical pharmacy services including Surgery & Theatres & CCU. Leading a team of highly skilled pharmacists, technicians and other pharmacy staff. The post holder is also responsible for the line management of the Specialist Antimicrobial pharmacist.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:
- To lead and be responsible for the pharmacy team providing a clinical pharmacy service to CCU, surgery & theatres to include day to day oversight of operations, implementation of clear processes for allocating and managing the workforce and skill mix optimisation.
- To lead on development & improvement of the designated Pharmacy Services in line with Pharmacy & Trust priorities.
- To develop and implement new models of care which utilise extended roles of pharmacy staff, including the pharmacist non-medical prescribing strategy.
- To identify resources required, produce and implement business plans to optimise clinical pharmacy service delivery and medicines optimisation to meet the needs of the patients and other service users.
- To provide and co-ordinate the delivery of high quality, comprehensive pharmaceutical care, to include active participation and integration into the multi-professional team
Person specification
Qualifications
- MPharm in Pharmacy
- GPhC registration
- Relevant postgraduate qualification in pharmacy (Diploma or MSc Clinical Pharmacy ) or equivalent
- Registered non-medical prescriber
- RPS membership
Experience
- Considerable post-registration NHS hospital experience as a clinical pharmacist
- Specialist experience of working in Surgery / CCU
- Line management experience, including setting and delivering objectives
- Senior management experience with recent evidence of leading and managing change projects to improve services
- Experience of contributing to the delivery of medication governance and medication safety
- Experience delivering education and training, and providing supervision to support the development of multidisciplinary team
- Financial forecasting and managing drug expenditure to include contribution to delivering cost improvement programmes
- Non- Medical prescribing experience
- Experience of antimicrobial stewardship
Knowledge
- Excellent clinical knowledge
- Knowledge of HR policies, risk management & quality strategies
The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.
Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.
All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.
Flu Vaccination What We Expect of our Staff
At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.
The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.
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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.
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