Job overview

West London Children's Healthcare are seeking a dynamic pharmacist for this exciting role within the Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Asthma Service. The service provides multi-disciplinary care for children and young people with complex respiratory conditions. 

You will be part of the multi-disciplinary team, contributing your expert knowledge and advice to positively impact patient care. You will ensure the safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of medicines within the specialty. The role is based at St Mary's Hospital and will deliver care that impacts across WLCH sites and may be expected to work across all sites of WLCH as required.

Working with the Clinical Lead for Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Asthma, Senior Lead Pharmacist and the wider MDT, you will be responsible for developing the service (including homecare services), promoting a learning culture, supervising and developing staff, enabling delivery of a service that is informed by best evidence and expert knowledge.  

If you have pharmacy expertise within children’s respiratory care, are motivated, enthusiastic, and keen to learn, this could be your next opportunity.

For further information, please contact Neil Tickner on 02033127617.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will be part of a team that is responsible for providing an advanced standard of care to patients at West London Children's Healthcare (WLCH), which covers a multi-cultural and diverse population. Together with other senior staff, you will act as a resource of specialist medicines advice for paediatric respiratory medicine to:
• Assist the Senior Lead Pharmacist in contributing to the planning, coordination, development and evaluation of the service.
• Be responsible for supporting with the development of a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service to paediatric respiratory and asthma services.
• Actively contribute to the development, monitoring and integration of written policies/guidelines and procedures covering all aspects of pharmaceutical care within the specialty.
• Assist in the management of drug expenditure, to monitor and audit the use of medicine including high cost/ PBR excluded drugs within the specialties. 
• Support education and training of other pharmacists, trainee pharmacists and technicians in these specialties. 

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. 

Environmental sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people’s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.