Highly Specialist Pharmacist - Dermatology

Job summary

The post-holder will be responsible for leading the development of an advanced clinical pharmacy service to the Dermatology Department, in particular for patients with inflammatory dermatological conditions. They will provide an expert pharmaceutical service for the management of these patients, deliver high quality pharmaceutical care and improve patient safety.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide information and advice to the Dermatology team about drugs, doses administration and potential side effects, including initiating and modifying treatment. They will educate patients about changes to their medication and how to take specific medicines. They will be involved in the review of new and existing treatments, actively contributing to the activity of the Homecare pharmacy service by prescribing or clinically checking prescriptions, reviewing SLAs, liaising with the clinical team and Homecare providers, and ensuring compliance with Blueteq forms. The post-holder will be an independent prescriber and prescribe medicines for agreed patients within their own level of experience and competence, and in line with current legislation and local polices.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

For more detail on this Highly Specialist Pharmacist role, please see the attached detailed job description.

Person specification

Essential

Essential

• Registered as a practicing pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent training
• Independent Prescriber

Desirable

• ICH GCP Training
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) faculty membership
• Postgraduate qualifications in Medical

Experience

Essential

• Relevant and extensive post registration ward pharmacy experience including in medicine and surgery specialist areas
• Experience as a specialist clinical pharmacist in medicine or surgery, able to demonstrate a high level of competency e.g. equivalent to achieving Mastery in the majority of competencies within the Advanced Level Competency Framework
• Variety of clinical practice to include Acute Medicine and Surgery rotations
• Supervision of pharmacy staff in training
• Meets the necessary GPhC requirements in order to undertake role of GPhC Pre-registration Pharmacist Tutor
• Experience of Dermatology Pharmacy

Desirable

• Management e.g. recruitment / appraisal / training / leadership / motivation / sickness absence
• Support in the education and training of hospital staff outside of pharmacy
• Completion of clinical audit(s) (E)Screening clinical trial protocols
• Undertaken management training courses