Job Description

To deliver, develop and evaluate clinical pharmacy services to paediatric services at the Evelina London Children's Hospital in accordance with the objectives set by the Lead Pharmacists. To act as a role model in the paediatric pharmacy field and provide a consistently high pharmaceutical service for paediatric areas in line with placement site corporate objectives and NHS Plan. There are a number of rotations available, including, cardiology, renal, neurology, respiratory, metabolic, general paediatrics, PICU and surgery. The rotations may be cross site between the Royal Brompton and the Evelina Children's Hospital sites.



To deliver, develop and evaluate clinical pharmacy services to different clinical areas within the Royal Brompton and Evelina London Children's Hospital and to act as a role model in the paediatric pharmacy field and provide a consistently high pharmaceutical service for paediatric areas in line with placement site corporate objectives and NHS Plan.



Evelina London Children's Hospital is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.



We provide hospital care and treatment at both our purpose-built children's hospital on the St Thomas' Hospital site and at Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital. We care for families in our local areas and provide an extensive range of specialist services for children with rare and complex conditions from across south London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex.



The Evelina Children's Hospital site



Based in a stunning purpose-built building at St Thomas', our hospital includes:



151 inpatient beds, including 30 intensive care beds



52-cot neonatal unit



5 operating theatres, plus 1 cardiac theatre in East Wing, St Thomas'



a full children's imaging service with MRI scanner, x-ray and ultrasound



a kidney dialysis unit



an outpatients department and a medical day care unit



a hospital school



a day surgery unit



This hospital includes its own stand alone dispensary and pharmaceutical services.



Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals sites



Provide specialist children's services for heart and lung conditions at Royal Brompton Hospital and children's heart and lung outpatient services at Harefield Hospital.



1. Leadership



To assist in the delivery of clinical pharmacy services for patients admitted to Children's Services in accordance with the priorities set by the Lead Pharmacists in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.



2. Management of Service



To provide clinical pharmacy services for patients admitted to Children's Services in accordance with the priorities set by the post holder, and Lead Pharmacists in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.



3. Evaluation of Service



To contribute to monitoring of clinical pharmacy services for patients admitted to Children's Services in accordance with the objectives set by the post holder and Lead Pharmacists in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of drugs in these patients.



4. Clinical Practice



To act as a clinical role model for paediatric pharmacists and demonstrate the ability to provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients



5. Research and Development



To develop clinical pharmacy services for patients admitted in Children's Services in accordance with the objectives set by the post holder and Lead Pharmacists in order to advance the safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.



6. Education and Training

To participate in the clinical training of the ward pharmacists

To identify own training needs

To actively seek novel opportunities to meet training needs

To maintain a portfolio of practice



7. To maintain a Broad Level of Pharmacy Practice

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

To undertake duties over the weekend and bank holidays and be involved in 7 day a week working .

To participate in the paediatric back-up service

To liaise with other clinical pharmacists to ensure efficient transfer of drug related care.