Highly Specialist Pharmacist: Heart Failure | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £58,698 - £65,095 p.a inclusive of HCA |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, SE1 7EH |
| Company: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6225714/196-LIS8381 |
Summary
This is an exciting role in which you will deliver, develop and evaluate our clinical pharmacy service to cardiovascular patients, with a specific focus on heart failure. The role has been designed to deliver pharmacist-led out patients clinics, specialist input at ward level, education and training, guideline development and practice research. The expectation is that the appointed pharmacist will be a role model in the field of cardiovascular medicine and in particular heart failure and provide a consistently high pharmaceutical service for patients in line with GSTT corporate objectives.
The post holder will be responsible for the service provision across the following domains:
Clinical Practice
To act as a clinical role model for pharmacists involved in the care of patients with cardiovascular disease (with a specific focus on heart failure) and demonstrate the ability to provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.
Leadership
To support clinical pharmacy services for patients with cardiovascular disease (with a specific focus on heart failure) in accordance with priorities set by the post holder, lead heart failure consultant and lead cardiology pharmacist, in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.
Evaluation of Service
To monitor clinical pharmacy services for patients with cardiovascular disease (with a specific focus on heart failure) in accordance with the priorities set by the post holder, lead heart failure consultant and general manager/clinical director in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.
Please refer to the job description for the full list of duties
The Cardiovascular service at Guy’s and St Thomas’ is one of the largest in the UK and consists of three main departments: Cardiology; Cardiac Surgery; and Vascular Surgery. All three provide a wide range of services to the local population as well as providing specialist services to patients across South London and Kent. The recent GSTT and Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals merger, has allowed us a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create a lasting centre of national and international importance devoted to the treatment of heart and lung diseases in adults and children.
The Safe and clinically effective use of medicines in patients with cardiovascular (with a specific focus on heart failure) Efficient use of drugs budget for patients with cardiovascular disease (with a specific focus on heart failure).
To work collaboratively with senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary teams and management and to participate in the natural agenda for pharmacy services in accordance with the agreed objectives
See Job Description and personal specification for further details.
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 May 2024