Location
West London | United Kingdom
Job description
Job Title: Clinical Pharmacist
Department: Pharmacy
Location: Cromwell Hospital, Cromwell Road, London SW5 0TU
Permanent / Contract: Permanent
Salary range: £Competitive plus Comprehensive Benefits Package.
Role specific benefits: New jointers receive a Golden Hello of £3000, or £5000 towards Domestic Relocation Costs (if applicable).
Full time/part time: Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week, Shifts are Monday to Friday and are variable between 08.00 - 20.00.
Financial support available to successful candidates to access fast track visa processing, subject to eligibility.
Job Ref: R1117764
As an employee at the Cromwell Hospital, our patients will be your top priority. With no shareholders, we reinvest our profits back into our business to give you the extra time and technology you need to make a difference to our patients each and every day. We have belief in you to do what’s right for our patients and in return we’ll support you to develop your career so you can not only grow at Bupa but thrive.
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.
The Clinical Pharmacist is a key role in our pharmacy services. You'll work 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.
You’ll help us make health happen by:
Providing a comprehensive and patient centred Clinical Pharmacy service to patients at the Cromwell Hospital including participation in the antibiotic stewardship round, MDT input, therapeutic drug monitoring, medicines reconciliation and dispensary support.
Facilitating and promoting rational and optimal medicines usage.
Providing assimilated and relevant medicines information to healthcare professionals and patients.
Working collaboratively with healthcare professionals to contribute to enhanced clinical pharmacy services.
All processes must be in line with RPS, GPh.C, MHRA, Home Office and BCH SOP standards.
What you'll do:
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.
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
Member of General Pharmaceutical Council (essential)
Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (essential)
Minimum of two years post-registration hospital experience.
Currently working as a Clinical Pharmacist on wards (essential)
Demonstrable experience in general clinical practice including medicine and surgery.
Why Bupa?
We are a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. We reinvest profits into providing more and better healthcare for the benefit of current and future customers.
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:
*Join us and receive a Golden Hello of £3000, or £5000 towards Domestic Relocation Costs (if applicable).*
Payment of Professional Registration fees
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.
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Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
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