Job summary
- Main area
- Renal Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-MIC-1655
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hammersmith Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Renal Pharmacist
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 16,000 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
We have a Band 7 Renal Pharmacist role, looking for a vibrant, passionate and committed clinical pharmacist willing to provide vital clinical services to wards, clinics and satellite dialysis units. Participating in daily consultant ward rounds and developing clinical pharmacy skills to a higher level. Participating in weekly antibiotic stewardship rounds as part of the MDT.
Supporting transplant and nephrology with home delivery of medicines and review of complex pharmaceutical patients in a clinic setting.
Developing skills in reviewing drug financial expenditure and providing drug expenditure reports. Providing educational and training support to medical, nursing and pharmacy staff to a high standard as a centre of excellence and collaboration whilst maintaining trust values.
Main duties of the job
• Review prescriptions for their clinical appropriateness, safety and legality.
• Input prescription information using the Pharmacy Computer system.
• Provide evaluated pharmaceutical advice and information, to all health care professionals and patients of the Trust using on-line data bases and primary sources.
• Manage accountable staff.
• Set objectives and undertake performance reviews and appraisals in accordance with departmental guidelines.
• Supervise a trainee pharmacist project if required.
• Professional screen/check prescriptions, thus taking professional responsibility, as required by legislation.
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
- Master’s degree in pharmacy or equivalent
- Member of the GPhC
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice (or soon to be completed).
Desirable criteria
- Non-medical Prescriber.
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Good ability to organise and prioritise work.
- Good clinical practice.
- Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management.
- A good understanding of national and local priorities.
- Analytical ability for problem solving.
- Good ability to use computer systems including excel and word.
- Able to work under pressure.
- Able to work both alone and in a team.
- Good personal organisation and time management skills.
- Ability to identify and manage risks.
Desirable criteria
- Good clinical practice and knowledge of renal speciality services.
- Good ability to analyse drug usage reports.
Experience
Essential criteria
- 18 months post registration training and experience in hospital pharmacy
- This must include a solid ground in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice (medicines’ information, aseptic services, ward services and dispensing, clinical pharmacy rotations specialist or otherwise).
- Previous experience in delivering training and education.
- Experience in managing others.
- Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options for the patients.
- Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice.
Desirable criteria
- 18 to 24 months post registration training.
- Renal experience.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
- Rachna Bedi
- Job title
- Senior Lead Renal Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02083835236
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