An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and experienced pharmacist to take up the role of patient services pharmacist at King George Hospital, Goodmayes.
The post holder will be responsible for managing and coordinating the day to day pharmacists’ workload within the dispensary at King George Hospital and supporting the pharmacy department in providing a comprehensive, patient orientated pharmacy services in the dispensary and at ward level throughout Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT). He/she will work closely with senior colleagues and technicians to ensure the provision of an integrated and efficient service.
The post holder will be co-ordinate the operational demands of the service on a day to day service and be the first point of contact for continuity plans.
The post holder will be responsible for coordinating and publishing rotas for weekend and late duty shifts.
Our ideal candidate would be a self- motivated pharmacist with good team working and organisational skills. You must have hospital pharmacy experience, preferably some of this working in a UK hospital and must have completed the Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice. You must also be able to work with senior medical and nursing staff and other health care professionals and manage a busy workload.
- To provide comprehensive, patient orientated pharmacy services throughout King Geroge Hospital and other BHRUT sites
- To ensure that service provision is flexible and responsive to patient needs
- Participate in the management and development of patient services
- Participate in the maintenance and development of pharmacy policies, procedures and standards in liaison with other members of the pharmacy team
- Assist with developing and maintaining assurance processes for quality and safety in all areas of medicines use and storage, this will include participation in regular audit
- To participate in the induction, training and supervision of Medicines Management Pharmacy technicians, pre-registration Pharmacists and band 6 pharmacists, including the development of such training programs
- To participate in other training external to the pharmacy department e.g. nurse training, patient rehabilitation education programmes
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and, in recognition of our progress, we’ve been shortlisted for Trust of the Year at the Health Service Journal Awards.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Darren Martin Job title: Head Pharmacist Operational Services Email address:
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