Specialist Clinical Pharmacist (Rotational)

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The Harley Street Clinic - London

Clinical

Full time

Role: Specialist Clinical Pharmacist (Rotational)
Location: The Harley Street Clinic, London
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Competitive Depending on Experience (with Excellent Benefits)

We're looking for a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist to join our team at The Harley Street Clinic currently rated "Outstanding" by the CQC.

Based in London's medical district, our hospital is accessible and is considered an employer of choice. Our pharmacy team delivers an exceptional patient-centred service across our world-renowned campus that houses several centres of excellence from Cardiac to Diagnostics to Complex Oncology.

As a Rotational Clinical Pharmacist, you will be responsible for working across all aspects of the core pharmacy services which may include provision of medicines management, advice and evidence-based practice to inpatients and outpatients, patient and aseptic services, risk management and clinical governance. You will be joining a team working across various specialities, including both outpatient and inpatient settings as well as dispensary. The Harley Street Clinic provides exceptional specialist care in all areas of cardiology and cardiac surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, neurology and neurosurgery and critical care.

To participate in the daily running of all areas of the pharmacy department, including designated time in the dispensary, outpatients, and including provision of clinical pharmacy to complex inpatient areas such as critical care, theatre, specialized surgery like gastro-intestinal, cardiac and neurosurgery.

To provide a safe, proactive and patient-focused clinical pharmacy service to all patients, staff and practitioners. This includes undertaking medicines reconciliation, assessing pharmaceutical needs, assessing and facilitating the use of Patient's Own Drugs, discharge planning, cost effective medicines usage, including prescription monitoring and supply, provision of drug information, evidence-based practice and patient counselling, reporting any clinical incidents as necessary.

Provide a comprehensive clinical pharmaceutical service including prescription monitoring and supply, provision of drug information, evidence-based practice and patient counselling, including participation in ward rounds.

Provide medicines advice and information to improve prescribing within the multidisciplinary team (MDT), using evidence-based medicine guidelines.

To develop and maintain a pharmacy service that is proactive and responsive to the needs of patients and service users.

What you'll bring:

1. MPharm (or equivalent) and registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
2. Postgraduate Certificate/ Diploma/ Masters in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent) or willingness to enrol
3. Experience within a hospital pharmacy setting as a registered pharmacist
4. Specialist clinical knowledge relevant to job role

Why HCA UK?

Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world's leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we're one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities. Being part of a large multisite, established healthcare group we can offer you unrivalled opportunities for career progression through internal and external courses, as well as working conditions that prioritise both your mental and physical wellbeing.

We believe that by caring for our employees, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That's why we offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution they make every day. As a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist you'll be eligible for:

1. 25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you
2. Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals
3. Private pension contribution which increases with length of service
4. Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme
5. Group Life Assurance from day one
6. Critical illness cover
7. Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
8. Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland
9. Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you
10. Discounts with over 800 major retailers

At HCA UK we believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and different experiences each of us bring as we know that when you feel seen, heard and supported you can be at your best for our patients, and each other.

Our mission is simple, above all else we're committed to the care and improvement of human life, a clear statement that extends to both our patients and colleagues. To achieve this, we live and breathe four core values:

1. Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual
2. Kindness and compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion
3. Honesty, integrity and fairness: We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness
4. Loyalty, respect and dignity: We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect and dignity

Reasonable adjustments

We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organisation, we're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, and in the workplace, to anyone that needs them.