The post holder will be an experienced clinical pharmacist with highly developed interpersonal skills. They will work under the guidance of the Principal Pharmacist Medicines Governance & Antimicrobial Stewardship to ensure systems are in place for the safe management of medicines across the Trust.
The post holder is responsible for supporting the development, delivery and monitoring of long and short term strategies for antimicrobial stewardship and medication safety. The post holder will work closely with Principal Pharmacist Medicines Governance & Antimicrobial Stewardship, senior pharmacy technician for medication safety/antimicrobial stewardship, relevant medical, nursing and pharmacy staff as well as consultant microbiologists and infection control team to achieve such aims.
The post holder will be required to work effectively with the Trust Medication Safety Committee, the Trust Infection Control Committee, the Antimicrobial Stewardship Group and the Antifungal Stewardship Group and wider multidisciplinary clinical staff (medical, nursing and pharmacy).
The role will lead on audit and assurance programmes in relation to safe/secure handling of medicines, antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship as well as providing expert advice to ensure standards are met.
This is a great time to join The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, we are currently in the process of redeveloping the hospital to provide a state-of-the-art hospital for the residents of Hillingdon, and beyond, which supports the very best in delivery of healthcare and will be fit for our future.
We provide acute and specialist services from two sites to a local population of 350,000. Our services include; accident and emergency services, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. Hillingdon is situated in North West London close to Heathrow airport and is the second largest London borough.
Our vision is to be the best general hospital in the country. We are clear that our Vision can only be achieved by our staff, our most valuable asset. We are committed to making improvements for both our patients and our staff which we will deliver through living our CARES values: Communication, Attitude, Responsibility, Equity and Safety.
More information about our Vision and values and how we build theses into our recruitment process can be found on our website.
We value our staff and wherever possible we offer flexible hours, a full range of benefits, on-site nursery facilities and restaurant as well as a wide range of training and career development opportunities. We are proud to say that our staff survey results show that our staff look forward to coming to work here.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
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