Principal Clinical Pharmacist Surgery

Job overview

Are you a pharmacist looking for a new challenge? Do you want to diversify your skill set and develop your career? Are you ready to accept a new role which will expand both your clinical and leadership potential?

Our innovative clinical pharmacy team are looking for a self-motivated clinical pharmacist to join us to lead our surgical and theatres service. You will work closely with our surgical teams and lead clinical pharmacists to develop and deliver pharmaceutical services to our surgical patients in both an inpatient and outpatient setting as well as our other site at Queen Mary’s, Sidcup.

A relocation package is available for those relocating to Dartford for this role. Please contact us to discuss the relocation package applicable to you

Main duties of the job

You will have a daily clinical commitment working with our dedicated medicine management trained and accuracy checking technicians who are fully integrated into the dispensary and ward service providing a full team approach to support near-patient pharmaceutical care on the wards. You will provide clinical leadership as the lead surgical pharmacist, training and developing others.

Applicants should have an interest in surgery, theatres and pain and be willing to work towards (if not already achieved) an independent prescribing qualification.

This post gives the opportunity to utilise an independent prescribing qualification and we will support you as you enhance and expand your surgical knowledge.  Previous UK hospital pharmacy experience is essential

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

General responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities

Managerial responsibilities

Professional responsibilities

Education and development responsibilities

In addition to the responsibilities outlined above, please see the detailed job description and person specification for further information.