Highly Specialist Pharmacist

Although this position is a 9 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 9 months.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated pharmacist to provide highly specialised clinical pharmacy service across Critical care and Surgery at Whipps Cross Hospital.

Working within a supportive team that includes senior rotational and foundation pharmacists and with the guidance from the lead pharmacist for Surgery and Anaesthetics and the Deputy Head of Pharmacy, you will lead on the delivery of advanced clinical pharmacy services for these specialties, ensuring optimal medicines use, patient safety and cost-effective prescribing.

The post holder will be the site-lead pharmacist for Surgery & Critical Care at Whipps Cross University Hospital, with specialist cross site responsibility for Surgery & Critical care pharmacy services. The post holder will be the Trust lead pharmacist for Ophthalmology pharmacy services

To promote the responsible, safe and cost-effective prescribing of medicines within the surgical speciality in order to optimise clinical outcomes, minimise adverse reactions and improve medicines safety.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.