Senior Pharmacist, Antimicrobials | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 29 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £49,178 - £55,492 Pro-rata PA inc HCAs (Outer) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 May 2024 |
| Location: | St Helier Hospital, Carshalton, SM5 1AA |
| Company: | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6245803/343-NN-6245803-HSS-Y |
Summary
Are you keen to challenge sub-optimal antimicrobial prescribing and champion excellent stewardship? Do you thrive in a multi-disciplinary clinical environment? If so, this could be just the opportunity for you.
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic pharmacist to join the antimicrobial team, to help support the Trust’s focus on effective and appropriate use of antimicrobials.
Based across both sites, you will be expected to engage with clinicians on the wards and with the Consultant Microbiologists to provide patient focused advice on drug treatments. As part of the team your role would be to influence antimicrobial prescribing and usage, thereby reducing antimicrobial resistance and improving patient outcomes.
You will assist in the development, implementation, evaluation, and monitoring of anti-microbial policies and procedures, contribute to newsletters and help train Trust staff. You will promote thejudicious use and monitoring of antimicrobials in the Trust as part of your regular clinical pharmacy service to acute wards, and through your mentorship of junior colleagues.
The successful candidate will need excellent interpersonal and communication skills, be task driven and have the ability to prioritise work effectively. We will provide appropriate training to aid both your personal and professional development.
1. To promote the safe, responsible and cost effective prescribing and use of antimicrobials to optimise clinical outcomes and minimise adverse reactions and errors.
1. To assist the medicines management team in the management and development of the Trust formulary and appropriate medicine usage, focusing particularly on antimicrobial usage.
1. To assist in the provision of a comprehensive and efficient pharmaceutical service, in accordance with required standards of quality and professional practice.
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Friday 17 May 2024