Job Description
Location: The Princess Grace Hospital, London
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week between Monday-Friday, with contribution to on-calls and weekends on a rota basis
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Competitive Depending on Experience with Excellent Benefits
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Pharmacist to join our pharmacy team at The Princess Grace Hospital, currently rated "Good" by the CQC. The Princess Grace Hospital, part of the world-renowned HCA Healthcare UK, offers a range of specialist services including complex surgery, medical and intensive care.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated junior pharmacist who is passionate about delivering safe, high-quality, and patient-centred care in a hospital setting.
As a key member of the pharmacy team, you will provide high-quality, patient-focused clinical pharmacy services, ensuring the safe and effective use of medicines and consistently meeting the needs of all service users. You will be responsible for working across all aspects of the core pharmacy service across a broad range of clinical specialties, including medicines management, clinical screening, medicines reconciliation, patient counselling, and providing medicines advice and evidence-based practice for both inpatients and outpatients.
The role will involve providing clinical pharmacy support across inpatient wards and, where required, supporting dispensary services to ensure the safe and efficient supply of medicines across the hospital.
Working closely with multidisciplinary teams, you will support the delivery of safe and effective patient care whilst assisting with the quality, governance, and assurance of pharmacy services across the hospital. You will also contribute to the continuous development of the pharmacy service through audit activity, monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs), and participating in relevant Quality Improvement Projects (QIPs).
At HCA UK we care about what you care about. We care that you want to deliver the very best care. We care that you want a career you can be proud of. We care that you want working conditions that support your health and wellbeing. Let us care for you and your career, the same way you do for others.
What you will bring:
Master’s degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
GPhC Registration
Minimum 3 months post-registration experience in a hospital setting
Excellent clinical, communication and organisational skills
Why HCA UK?
Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we’re one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities. Being part of a large multisite, established healthcare group we can offer you unrivalled opportunities for career progression through internal and external courses, as well as working conditions that prioritise both your mental and physical wellbeing.
We believe that by caring for our employees, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That’s why we offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution they make every day. As a Clinical Pharmacist you’ll be eligible for:
25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you
Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals
Private pension contribution which increases with length of service
Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme
Group Life Assurance from day one
Critical illness cover
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland
Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you
Discounts with over 800 major retailers
Culture and values
At HCA UK we believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and different experiences each of us bring as we know that when you feel seen, heard and supported you can be at your best for our patients, and each other.
Our mission is simple, above all else we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life, a clear statement that extends to both our patients and colleagues. To achieve this, we live and breathe four core values:
Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual
Kindness and compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion
Honesty, integrity and fairness: - We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness
Loyalty, respect and dignity: We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect and dignity
Reasonable adjustments
We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organisation, we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, and in the workplace, to anyone that needs them.
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