Job Description:
Job Title: Clinical Pharmacist
Department: Pharmacy
Location: Cromwell Hospital, 164-178 Cromwell Road, London SW5 0TU
Permanent / Contract: Permanent
Salary range: £Competitive
Full time/part time: Full-Time, 37.50 hours per week
This is a rotational role, covering Adult Medical and Surgical Wards, and Paediatrics
The pharmacy service is open on Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 8pm and Saturday from 9:00am to 2.30pm. You will be flexible to cover on-call, evening and weekend services.
About The Cromwell Hospital
The Cromwell Hospital is a major international private hospital in West London receive both UK and international patients. We are committed to providing the highest quality healthcare outpatient and inpatient service care.
The hospital has 180 beds and 4 suites, 6 theatres, medical and surgical wards, CDU, level 2 and 3 full adult intensive care facilities, paediatrics (in/outpatients), investigative and diagnostic services, physiotherapy, a dedicated day surgery unit, and onsite pharmacy service.
How you’ll help us make health happen:
We have a superb career opportunity for a Clinical Pharmacist to join this professional friendly team of pharmacists at the Cromwell Hospital. We have consistently innovated and improved how healthcare is delivered in our state-of-the-art private hospital, with cutting edge technology, expert medical professionals, and we always ensure safe patient centred care.
What you'll do:
The Clinical Pharmacist is a key role in our pharmacy services, working in collaboration with the wider pharmacy team and ward-based MDT's to deliver and exceptional service. You'll be responsible, reliable, patient-focused, and knowledgeable, with demonstrable experience providing ward-based pharmacy services.
Contribute actively to service improvements on allocated nursing areas in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team.
Carry out effective medicine reconciliation on admission and discharge.
Perform regular monitoring of medicines management on wards/departments including controlled drugs and advising nursing staff on legal control, safe custody and security of drugs.
Provide relevant medication counselling to patients to enable them to take their medicines safely and effectively.
Participate in ward rounds, clinical hand-overs and promote the role of the Pharmacist as an integral part of the hospital multi-disciplinary clinical team.
Ensure that the Inpatient Clinical Pharmacy service is patient focused, responsive and appropriate and that the professional image of the department is upheld at all times.
This is a rotational role, covering Adult Medical and Surgical Wards, and Paediatrics
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
Member of General Pharmaceutical Council (essential).
Post registration hospital experience (essential).
Post graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (essential).
Working towards RPS Faculty accreditation (essential).
Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society (desirable).
Member of UKCPA (desirable).
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell.
Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind.
An enhanced pension plan and life insurance.
Annual performance-based bonus.
Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work.
Discounted access to online gym sessions through Gympass.
Various other benefits and online discounts.
Free onsite massages as a recognition for your hard work.
Opportunity to participate in our annual awards ceremony.
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
At Bupa we strive to ensure all our of customers, patients and staff are safe. All employees have a duty to ensure that safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk is prioritised and acted on appropriately.
Before applying it is essential that you are flexible to cover on-call, evening and weekend services.
Time Type:
Full time
Job Area:
Clinical Services
Locations:
Cromwell Hospital London
