Bank Pharmacist

Bank Clinical Pharmacist | Pharmacy | St Anthony's Hospital | Private Hospital | Flexible Working | Sutton
Spire St Anthony's Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Bank Clinical Pharmacist to join their dedicated team. This role is ideally suited to someone who is looking for the challenge of delivering a comprehensive pharmacy service as part of a friendly team.
Our pharmacists are an integral part of a patients care plan, so you will have the opportunity to interact with patients across various departments to find out their pharmaceutical requirements, review medication history, current prescriptions and relevant clinical data.
Founded in 1904, Spire St Anthony's Hospital delivers care through skilled and dedicated staff working together. With a completed £27m development investment, we provide very high quality healthcare to patients around Sutton, Epsom, Surrey and South London.
We have six operating theatres coving a wide range of specialities and procedure including Ortho, Gynae and Cardio. There is an ITU department providing care and accommodating more complex patients. We have a number of developmental training courses and progression opportunities available for our ambitious employees.
Duties and responsibilities:

• All our clinical teams are focused on delivering personalised care, and our pharmacists play a key role in treating patients with empathy and compassion
  
• You will provide advice and support to consultants, nurses and other clinicians ensuring the safe, appropriate and cost-effective use of medicines throughout the hospital
  
• Build strong working relationships with colleagues and consultants and to work together to improve patient outcomes.
  
• Suggest new processes/new equipment to improve health outcomes and increase safety throughout the hospital.
  
• The majority of your time will be spent on the Ward with patients, talking to, and supporting them with discharge medicines, counselling on side effects, and intake requirements.
  
• Supporting the onsite Prescribing Resident Doctor
  
• Dispensary is a minimal part of the position here at the Hospital, and the role is predominantly focused on the Ward patient support.
  Who we're looking for:
  
• Pharmacists educated to degree level.
  
• Current GPhC registration.
  
• Hospital experience is essential.
  
• Excellent communicator as you will interact with patients on the Ward to find out their pharmaceutical requirements.
  Benefits
  We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness or annual leave.
  
• Bank colleagues are paid weekly
  
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension
  
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts
  
• Free uniform
  
• Free DBS
  
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates
  
• Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
  
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire's specialist Resourcing Team
  
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
  
• 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
  Our Values
  We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:
  
• Driving clinical excellence
  
• Doing the right thing
  
• Caring is our passion
  
• Keeping it simple
  
• Delivering on our promises
  
• Succeeding and celebrating together
  We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.
  Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.
  For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Rebecca O'Neill on rebecca.o'
  Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.
  Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications