Specialist pharmacist, Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew’s Hospital,
Band: 7
Hours: 37.5 a week
Fixed term until 31st March 2026
This is an exciting role supporting the development of a world class pharmacy service within the Barts Heart and Thorax Centre and across the cardiovascular CAG. This fixed term opportunity will support the provision of a 7-day clinical pharmacy service to several cardiac specialities, cardiology, cardiothoracic, GUCH, pre-admission clinics and primary care work.
You will encounter exciting opportunities for your personal development as our cardiac services merge into a single, world class integrated cardiovascular centre. You will have the opportunity to work closely with medical and nursing staff on a wide range of medicines management matters to optimise medicines use within the trust to patients with cardiovascular disease.
Interviews will take place 2 weeks after the job offer closes with candidates being notified 7
To support the lead pharmacist for cardiovascular services in providing responsible, safe and cost-effective prescribing within the networks to
Optimise patient outcomes
Minimise adverse reactions
Improve medicines safety
The post also helps to deliver the broader Medicines Optimisation and Governance Strategy across the Trust. These outcomes will be achieved primarily through leadership of clinical staff, and the publication and implementation of guidelines and procedures to encourage best practice
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ben Waters Job title: Lead Cardiac Pharmacist Email address:
[email protected]For further information, please contact Ben Waters, Lead Cardiac Pharmacist,
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