Highly Specialist Cardiac (Critical Care) Pharmacist

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the cardiac team at Barts Heart Centre at Barts Health NHS Trust.

This is an exceptional career opportunity for an experienced, high calibre pharmacist looking to develop their career, leadership as well as clinical skills to cardiovascular medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital.

You will work closely with pharmacy colleagues, alongside medical and nursing staff on a wide range of medicines management matters. In addition, gain valuable experience in managing staff to optimise medicines use within the trust to patients with cardiovascular disease. You should have extensive cardiology experience and have a clear vision of how you see the future of clinical pharmacy services within the speciality.

Responsibilities:

• Main duties of the job include working closely with pharmacy colleagues, medical and nursing staff on medicines management matters.
• Managing staff to optimise medicines use within the trust to patients with cardiovascular disease.

Requirements:

• Significant experience of working as a registered clinical pharmacy practitioner in an acute hospital NHS setting.
• Appropriate experience in providing a hospital-based pharmacy service within cardiac services, including experience managing level 2 or level 3 patients.
• Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care.
• Ability to undertake and facilitate quality improvement, reflective practice, teaching and CPD.
• Experience appraising staff and giving feedback.
• Experience of leading and supervising research, quality improvement or audit projects.
• Clinical experience in critical care.

Person Specification:

• Essential qualifications: MPharm or equivalent, Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC, Postgraduate Pharmacy Qualification or equivalent experience (minimum postgraduate diploma level), Independent prescribing qualification, or willing to undergo training to become an IP.
• Desirable qualifications: MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent, Management qualification or equivalent experience.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary: £66,274 to £73,496 per annum.
• Agenda for Change pay scheme.
• Band 8a.
• Full-time, flexible working pattern.

Equal Opportunities:

• Barts Health NHS Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
• We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.