Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Bank)
- Job ref
- 343-8175936- AHP
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Helier Hospital
- Town
- Carshalton
- Salary
- £38.93 Band 8a Social Rate
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 24/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Bank Lead Pharmacist - Planned & Critical Care
NHS AfC: Band 8b
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At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values
Job overview
The Staff Bank for Epsom & St Helier are looking for a Bank Lead Pharmacist, Planned and Critical Care. If you are experienced and available please apply today.
To strategically lead, develop and implement a high quality clinical pharmacy service as part of the multidisciplinary teams in the Planned and Critical division
To lead on developing a strategic vision and roadmap for pharmacy services within the division, taking into account the diverse skills of the wider pharmacy team
To work with the multidisciplinary team to promote safe, effective use of drugs in the specialist clinical area, evaluating available information and providing guidance to the relevant directorate/division on new drugs.
To provide an advanced clinical service to patients as part of the team. This may include patient facing work in areas such as: Surgery, Critical Care, Trauma, MSK or parenteral nutrition
To lead and manage the pharmacy clinical team working in the Planned Care division and ensure service delivery to agreed standards in line with business planning requirements.
To ensure the development and delivery of training in the specialist clinical area for pharmacy staff and other staff groups as required.
To support audit and research within teams and promote the use of Quality Improvement (QI) methodology at all opportunities
Main duties of the job
1. Strategically lead, develop and implement a high quality clinical pharmacy service as part of the multidisciplinary teams within planned care
2. Work closely with the division Clinical Director and Director of Operations to align clinical pharmacy services with wider Trust patient and business needs
3. Act as the interface between Clinical Service Managers within the division and Pharmacy teams
4. Act as a leader, expert clinical practitioner and role model within pharmacy for the specialist clinical area.
5. Providing support and advice to other health care professionals through participation in relevant professional groups and appropriate working groups, attendance at conferences and educational events and practice development.
6. Demonstrate an advanced level of professional reasoning, judgement and accountability and manage difficult and ambiguous problems, making decisions in situations where there is limited information.
7. Demonstrate expert practice in the planning and delivery of pharmaceutical care for patients in the specialist clinical area across the Trust. This will involve managing patients with complex or specialist requirements for pharmaceutical care.
Working for our organisation
- "At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values."
OUR MISSION: 'TO PUT THE PATIENT FIRST BY DELIVERING GREAT CARE TO EVERY PATIENT, EVERY DAY'
Theres never been a better time to join the Epsom and St Helier team. Our hospitals are facing a bright and busy future, and our staff have a proven track record in providing high quality, compassionate care for our patients.
Boasting incredible staff benefits and dedicated training schemes, working for us will not only take your career forward, but could help to transform the lives of our patients and visitors.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Strategically lead, develop and implement a high quality clinical pharmacy service as part of the multidisciplinary teams within planned care
2. Work closely with the division Clinical Director and Director of Operations to align clinical pharmacy services with wider Trust patient and business needs
3. Act as the interface between Clinical Service Managers within the division and Pharmacy teams
4. Act as a leader, expert clinical practitioner and role model within pharmacy for the specialist clinical area.
5. Providing support and advice to other health care professionals through participation in relevant professional groups and appropriate working groups, attendance at conferences and educational events and practice development.
6. Demonstrate an advanced level of professional reasoning, judgement and accountability and manage difficult and ambiguous problems, making decisions in situations where there is limited information.
7. Demonstrate expert practice in the planning and delivery of pharmaceutical care for patients in the specialist clinical area across the Trust. This will involve managing patients with complex or specialist requirements for pharmaceutical care.
8. Liaise with the senior pharmacy management team, Clinical Director for the specialist clinical area, senior clinical nurses, consultants, other members of the multidisciplinary team and relevant Trust committees to ensure that treatment plans, policies, procedures and guidelines are appropriately agreed, implemented, monitored, evaluated and reviewed in order to optimise patient benefit.
9. Apply advanced level clinical reasoning and decision making to ensure that national guidance and research evidence is integrated into medicines optimisation for the relevant patient population.
10. Liaise with the Principal pharmacist Formulary and Medicines Management in updating relevant sections of formulary and lead on the introduction of new medicines into clinical practice.
11. Contribute to any relevant multidisciplinary policies within the speciality and support the work of the Trust wide Medicines Management and Clinical Guidelines Committee.
12. Implementation of relevant local and national guidelines within specialist areas
13. Report incidents using the appropriate Trust systems and contribute to the identification and lead the investigation of drug-related incidents, medication errors, patient concerns and complaints and serious incidents within the specialist clinical area; liaising with the Principal Pharmacist for Medication Safety and the Deputy Chief Pharmacist(s) as appropriate, providing feedback and identifying learning for the individual, pharmacy, specialist area or across the Trust.
14. Lead the relevant pharmacy team to ensure audits service evaluations and quality improvements are undertaken and results disseminated appropriately, liaising with the Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Clinical Services regarding quality improvement that may be identified.
15. Practice as a non-medical independent prescriber within Trust guidelines or working towards qualification if not yet achieved.
16. Be available and receptive to inquiries from other pharmacy team members and MDT and about individual patients within the in the specialist clinical area(s), maintaining appropriate patient confidentiality.
17. Liaise with appropriate members of the pharmacy and multidisciplinary teams to identify and implement solutions when supply issues arise for necessary medication.
18. To act as the link pharmacist to the relevant clinical networks across SWL and Surrey Heartland system
19. To liaise and work with other specialist pharmacists (both within SWL and nationally) to share the best practice to strengthen patient-focused pharmaceutical care.
20. Support the Deputy Chief Pharmacist(s) with the implementation of novel ways of working, utilising digital tools to help optimise patient care.
21. Develop the pharmacy support provided to specialist areas and identify opportunities for the pharmacy team to enhance patient care. This may include:
o Planned and unplanned surgery pathway development, in conjunction with SWLEOC and trust colleagues o Opportunities identified through close working with the Critical care MDT and governance structure
o Providing pharmaceutical expertise and support to clinic areas such as Endoscopy, Theatres and Pain Clinic
o Manage and further develop pharmacist independent prescribing within the division, to support the safe and effective use of medicines
22. To attend the Trust nutrition round and work with the other members of the Nutrition Team to provide advice on appropriate parenteral nutrition, and order according to individual patient need
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters in Pharmacy Degree – MPharm
- 1 year pre-registration training
- Professional registration with GPhC*
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification or training
- Membership of Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Significant post registration hospital experience Experience in managing a defined service
- Service Development
- Service Development Staff
- Staff management Experience of clinical trials
- Demonstrates evidence of excellent clinical knowledge and skills
- Principles of Clinical Governance
- Risk assessment
Desirable criteria
- Resource management
- Experience using KPIs to monitor a service
- Complaint handling
- Staff recruitment and retention
SKILLS / ABILITIES
Essential criteria
- Excellent organisational skills-self and others.
- Demonstrates initiative
- Excellent time management
- Excellent communication skills-verbal and written
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritise work Ability to motivate self and others Problem solving skills Good negotiation skills Excellent interpersonal skills Team player with leadership skills Demonstrates ability to plan develop and implement Good influencing skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Virginia Kelly
- Job title
- Recruitment
- Email address
- [email protected]
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