Clinical and Patient Services Pharmacist

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic pharmacist to join our established, friendly Outpatient pharmacy team at West Middlesex Hospital.

You will support the overall management of Dispensary based Patient Services, with an emphasis on providing clinical leadership in this area.

This is an ideal opportunity for an enthusiastic pharmacist, with either hospital or community experience, to help develop Patient Services to meet the changing needs of our organisation.

The Key Areas Of Responsibility Are

• Supporting the provision of a high quality, patient focused dispensing service to both hospital in and out patients.
• To provide clinical and professional leadership to all dispensary staff.
• Ensuring the supervision, training and development of staff.
• Working closely with the Dispensary Manager and Deputy Managers to co-ordinate the day to day management of staff and services as necessary.
• Providing a clinical pharmacy service to a designated ward or clinical area.

As a valued member of the pharmacy team, full support will be given to your continuing professional development, including further post-graduate education.

• To support Patient Service Managers in the smooth running of pharmacy dispensary services to ensure a high quality clinical service provision, a favourable experience for patients and service uses and efficient processing of prescriptions for patients being discharged.
• Support the discharge of patients within the Trust, through ward level clinical pharmacy discharge planning.
• To support the clinical training of rotational and trainee pharmacists on wards and in dispensary.
• To provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service to patients within Care of the Elderly and Medical wards.
• To ensure the safe, effective, legal and accurate use of medicines within the speciality and to support and supervise less experienced pharmacists on rotation.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children’s services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.

We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.

We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.

The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.

Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Naiomi Morris Job title: Senior Pharmacist - Patient Services Email address: Sign in to view email Telephone number: 020 8321 6981