Specialist Pharmacist

Are you a clinical Pharmacist, looking to develop your leadership skills and support the development of a junior team? We recognise that we can only achieve our vision for medicines optimisation with the dedication and collaboration of our colleagues, so if you're looking for a position that will invest in your skills, provide opportunities to work across the wider healthcare system and allow you to influence and implement change in medicines use and optimisation, then this role could be right for you. The ASPH pharmacy team is one of the friendliest in the South East and has been described as a family. We are a warm, diverse, welcoming, and fun department committed to supporting staff in providing excellent patient care. Opportunities for further post-graduate education & qualifications are available in both leadership and clinical areas. We pride ourselves on the development of our team and encourage progression., Based at Ashford Hospital in Surrey, the successful post holder will be part of the multidisciplinary team for the Surrey Elective Centre that is opening in April 2024. You will work closely alongside your Pharmacy colleagues, nursing, medical staff and therapists, to develop a responsive and effective clinical pharmacy service to the new centre., The post holder will be responsible for:

• the provision of a high-quality clinical pharmacy service within the speciality which meets the needs of patients and healthcare professionals within and associated with the Trust.
• developing and implementing medicine management systems concerned with the nominated speciality.
• providing a specialist clinical pharmacy service to the designated wards.
• undertaking clinical supervision of pharmacy staff and teaching of nursing and medical staff.
• any pharmacy function for the specialities they assume responsibility for, this includes the clinical pharmacy, governance, and financial support regarding the medicine expenditure for these areas.
  
  Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey. We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care. This is an exciting time to join our Trust, as we work on the expansion of our theatres at Ashford Hospital and move towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures; with care delivered by dedicated, specialist teams in a modern and well-equipped environment. We hope to use this centre to create an environment of learning and to facilitate training of the next generation of our skilled NHS workforce. Our plans are ambitious - why not, come and be a part of our journey.

While weekend working is expected, (on call and late nights may be required), these are very reasonable and paid at a competitive rate, with a healthy work life balance, supported by senior members of staff.