Specialist Pharmacist Critical Care and Cardiovascular

Specialist Pharmacist Critical Care and Cardiovascular King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

A unique opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic senior clinical pharmacist with vision, excellent communication, organisational, and leadership skills to join the Pharmacy Team at King's College Hospital, working across Critical Care (0.6wte) and Cardiovascular (0.4wte) divisions.

King's College Hospital is a leading NHS Foundation Trust and a specialist cardiac centre, offering secondary and tertiary care across South East England. Cardiovascular medicine includes interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, cardiothoracic, and vascular surgery. King's Critical Care Service is the largest in the UK, recognised nationally and internationally for its expertise in liver and bone marrow transplants, neurology, and trauma.

This role offers opportunities for professional development. The successful applicant will be a team player with clinical experience, excellent communication skills, and attention to detail. A foundation-level knowledge of critical care and cardiovascular medicine is required.

We seek a highly motivated individual with relevant experience to join our team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will ensure the continued provision and development of high-quality, clinically led pharmacy services, influencing senior clinicians and managers within cardiovascular and critical care divisions while managing junior pharmacy team members. This role involves delivering a clinical pharmacy service at an Advanced level, as defined in the RPS Core Advanced Pharmacist Curriculum.

The successful candidate will provide evidence-based pharmaceutical care to level 1 and level 2 patients in cardiothoracic and high-dependency areas. They will also support critical care wards, participating in consultant-led multidisciplinary rounds, promoting good prescribing practices, and delivering outstanding patient-centred care. Additionally, they will contribute to training, guideline development, clinical audit, and service evaluations.

The Clinical Pharmacy Service at King's is highly respected, patient-centred, and research-oriented. Staff development is a priority, with strong support for personal and professional growth.

The post holder will participate in enhanced hours and weekend services.

About us

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Our values at King's are that we're a kind, respectful team:

• Kind: We show compassion and understanding and bring a positive attitude to our work.
• Respectful: We promote equality, are inclusive and honest, speaking up when needed.
• Team: We support each other, communicate openly, and are reassuringly professional.

The trust-wide strategy Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (EDI) at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we can take Team King's to another level.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will work as part of a dedicated pharmacy team to lead, provide and develop specialist clinical pharmacy services to the Critical Care and Cardiovascular directorates. The post holder will also support the Principal Pharmacist for Critical Care and Cardiovascular in managing the team. The post holder will liaise between wards, departments and pharmacy to ensure that pharmacy services are tailored to meet the Care Groups needs wherever possible.

The main responsibilities of the post holder will be:

1. Deputise for the Principal Pharmacist, Critical Care and Cardiovascular directorates.
2. Act as a specialist role model and an expert in the medical management within the Critical Care and Cardiovascular directorates.
3. Lead and manage clinical pharmacy services in the Critical Care and Cardiovascular directorates, in conjunction with the Principal Pharmacist.
4. Participate regularly in outpatient clinics to deliver and promote high quality, cost-effective and patient-focused pharmaceutical care.
5. Act as a pharmacist independent prescriber to optimise the care of patients within the Critical Care and Cardiovascular directorates.
6. Ensure a high level of clinical pharmacy input to the care of patients within the Critical Care and Cardiovascular directorates, providing interface and discharge liaison and support.
7. Actively participate in multidisciplinary ward rounds, delivering and promoting high quality, cost effective, patient-focused pharmaceutical care.
8. Provide patient and carer education and close liaison across the interface.
9. Promote safe drug use within the Critical Care and Cardiovascular specialties.
10. Development, implementation and audit of local guidelines.
11. Supervise and train pharmacy staff at ward level.
12. Provide education and training of healthcare professionals within and outside the Trust.
13. Regular financial reporting, drug usage and expenditure forecasting, and drug budget management.
14. Participate in practice and clinical research and audit.
15. Work with the Principal Pharmacists to extend the boundaries of professional practice within the Care Group.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacist (1 year competency assessed and examined professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council).
• Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent qualification / experience.
• Registered Independent Prescriber or willingness to complete.

Experience

• Specialist clinical knowledge and skills relevant to area of practice.
• Previous relevant specialist clinical experience.
• Demonstration of advanced practice using evidence mapped to the RPS Advanced Practice Curriculum.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

£61,927 to £68,676 a year, inc HCA.