Description
We are seeking a STEP Pharmacist to join our team at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. As a STEP Pharmacist, you will be qualified and registered with the GPhC, and will be capable of adapting quickly to the demands of our rotational clinical commitments, 7-day working, residency on-call service and other operational duties.
The STEP pharmacist role is a structured post-foundation workplace-based training programme in a hospital setting, fully integrated with a post-graduate pharmacy practice qualification. You will be enrolled onto the UCL JPB PG Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice and can rotate to other acute trusts in South East London.
Main duties of the job
- Dispensary services: You will be responsible for following procedures relating to good dispensing practice, maintaining high standards and orderly methods of working, and being the Responsible Pharmacist.
- Technical services: You will assist in the provision of a comprehensive preparative service to the Trust and external customers, including aseptic dispensing and manufacturing, TPN, CIVAS, clinical trial preparation, non-sterile and sterile manufacturing and QC / QA activities.
- Ward based pharmacy services: You will participate in the medicines management programme / clinical pharmacy services, identifying patients with complex pharmaceutical problems, proposing solutions and referring these to more senior staff.
- Out of hours pharmacy services: You will participate in the residency on-call pharmacists rota, providing an out of hours pharmacy service to the base hospital(s), and undertaking dispensing duties as required.
Person Specification
- Qualification: Masters degree MPharm (or equivalent to allow GPhC registration), Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) by August 2026, and willingness to be or already enrolled on the UCL Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent).
- Knowledge and Experience: Experience of working in a dispensary / patient services environment, experience in providing clinical pharmacy services, experience of mentoring and supervising students, Trainee Pharmacists and / or Pharmacy Technicians.
- Skills and Abilities: Demonstrable skills and ability to safely clinically screen a prescription request for the supply of a medicine, able to work independently, when required, and able to manage their own workload effectively and escalate for support, when required.
- Personal Qualities: Appreciate the importance of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, able to support the department's out of hours services, recognises limitations, and committed to continuous professional development.