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Outpatient Pharmacists –Monday to Friday 9-5:30

Whittington Pharmacy CIC (wholly owned subsidiary of the hospital) is a vibrant state of the art workspace based in an enviable location within The Whittington Hospital, North London. Our aim is to provide the very best, efficient, safe and friendly service, tailored to the needs of our customers.

The role is for 40-hours a week,Monday to Friday – part-time applications are welcomed.You will be working in a busy but supportive environment alongside an experienced but friendly team , whilst maintaining a healthy work-life balance. This role is perfect for a pharmacist who is looking to expand their clinical knowledge and use it each day in an outpatient setting that has a focus on patient safety and patient experience. No late shift or oncall hours.

This role is suitable for newly qualified Pharmacists, as well as Pharmacists looking to move from the community or GP sector.Full training and support will be providedto ensure you can confidently practice and provide care to our diverse patient cohort (Oncology, Thalassaemia, Dermatology, Paediatrics, Rheumatology, Gastroenterology, TB, General outpatient clinics and A&E). There will be opportunities to develop clinical or management leadership skills/knowledge and an opportunity for the right candidate to be supported with completing their independent prescribing course.

As a Pharmacist, you will be responsible for the provision of exceptional professional pharmacy services. The focus of your role will be to act as Responsible Pharmacist and provide support to the Pharmacy manager and Superintendent Pharmacist. You will be working alongside 3 other Pharmacists as well as the rest of the pharmacy team. A comprehensive induction and onsite training will be provided with ongoing training opportunities and exposure to clinical settings. You will help in providing a consistent high quality, accurate, safe and timely patient experience.

Summary of duties and Pharmacy services:

Clinically screening prescriptions
Final checking prescriptions
Counselling patients OTC
Counselling patients for their medication
Advising patients and prescribers in accordance with NET formulary and hospital approved guidance
Provision of Pharmacy services (TBC)

We are an Outpatient Pharmacy and Community Interest Company, wholly owned by Whittington Health NHS Trust, which means that our business is designed to make a real difference to our local community. Any profits we do make are reinvested into services for Whittington Health, to help local people live longer and healthier lives by providing safe, personal, coordinated care for the community we serve. The team embody the ICARE values and the successful candidate will also be expected to practice in line with these values.

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.

The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Job Description

Job Title:
Outpatient Pharmacist

Company:
Whittington Pharmacy CIC

Salary:
Competitive salary will be offered - £42,927

Base:
Whittington Pharmacy, Highgate Hill, London, N19 5NF

Responsible to:
Superintendent Pharmacist

Job Summary

As a Pharmacist, you will be responsible for the provision of exceptional professional pharmacy services. The post holder will be part of a small high performing team that is expected to demonstrate behaviours that promote the subsidiary and Whittington Health ICARE values. This means that in undertaking this role the post holder is expected at all times to behave in a way that demonstrates commitment to the delivery of respectful and compassionate care as described below:

For more information please see the attached JD document and for an informal discussion please contact the Superintendent Pharmacist Delaram.salehifard@nhs.net

Whittington Health NHS Trust

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