Job Description

This is a brand new post created due to service expansion. This is an opportunity to join an already exciting and dynamic women and children's team.



This role will be to provide a highly specialist clinical pharmacy service within the Women & Children's Directorate ensuring high quality, safe, effective, legal and accurate use of medicines within the speciality. The Senior Pharmacist will maintain a regular clinical commitment to both women and paediatric wards (prescribing and neonatal experience would be desirable). Along with working with senior clinicians on determining medicines related cost pressures for the Women & Children Directorate. The post holder will deputise for the Lead Directorate Pharmacist when required.



To provide a highly specialist clinical pharmacy service within the Women & Children's Directorate ensuring high quality, safe, effective, legal and accurate use of medicines within the speciality. The Senior Pharmacist will maintain a regular clinical commitment to both women and paediatric wards and will provide information support for division and specialist pharmacists and will deputise for the Lead Directorate Pharmacist when required.



Key working relation relationships

Liaises with:

Patients



Pharmacy Staff



W&C Directorate staff



Finance



Human Resources



External Personnel working within the W&C field



External Personnel with whom the Trust has an SLA to provide services for the Trust

Supervises:

Specialist Pharmacists W&C



Rotational resident pharmacists



Pre-registration pharmacists and other junior staff



Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites--Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital--along with award-winning clinics across North West London.



Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.



We continually invest in our facilities, including a 30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an 80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.



We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.



The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven't heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.



Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.



Participate in other areas of clinical pharmacy practice in order to ensure a broad base of pharmaceutical knowledge



To participate in weekend/public holiday and on-call rotas.



To assist the Department in the production of ward and on-call rotas.



To participate in the operational management rota.



Liaise with other clinical pharmacists to ensure efficient transfer of drug related care



Be aware of, and apply, relevant legislation such as the H & SAWA, COSHH, Medicines Act, GMP etc.



At all times practice in accordance with the Code of Ethics of the General Pharmaceutical Council