Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Critical Care

Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Critical Care

Cleveland Clinic London offers a brand-new high-acuity environment with the very latest equipment, where caregivers are encouraged to grow their expertise across multiple specialties, and in collaboration with expert clinicians. Our Mission, Caring for life, researching for health, and educating those who serve, assures our unwavering commitment to professional development.

Cleveland Clinic London is looking to recruit a Senior Clinical Pharmacist within Critical Care to join our Pharmacy team, with a competitive salary range on offer.

This is a Monday to Sunday role, covering a 24/7 working rota with shift patterns such as 08:00-18:00, four shifts per week, on-call duties, and overtime opportunities.

Patient safety is at the heart of all our pharmacy services. At Cleveland Clinic London, we utilize automation, digital infrastructure, secure storage systems, and bar-coded medicines administration to achieve a closed-loop medicines administration system. Our pharmacy services aim to enable patients to be fully involved in their own care and to make shared decisions about their treatment.

Main duties of the job

• Support the development, validation, and maintenance of clinical and medicines-related guidelines and protocols.
• Supervise junior staff members in delivering the clinical pharmacy service, and assume responsibility for specialist clinical services when necessary.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues to ensure medicines prescribed are the safest treatment options.
• Provide high-quality advice and counseling to patients to support medicines optimization.
• Assist in managing complaints and take corrective actions as appropriate.

About us

Cleveland Clinic is one of the world's leading providers of specialized medical care, delivering clinical excellence and superior patient outcomes with nearly 6 million patient visits annually across over 200 locations. We employ over 80,000 caregivers worldwide and continue to innovate in healthcare. With over 100 years of history, our Patients First philosophy guides all we do.

Job responsibilities

• Support the development, validation, and maintenance of clinical and medicines-related guidelines and protocols.
• Supervise junior staff members in delivering the clinical pharmacy service, and assume responsibility for specialist clinical services when necessary.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues to ensure medicines prescribed are the safest treatment options.
• Provide high-quality advice and counseling to patients to support medicines optimization.
• Assist in managing complaints and take corrective actions as appropriate.

Person Specification Experience

• Experience working in a hospital environment and project-related work within this setting.
• Experience working directly within Critical Care/ICU services on a hospital ward-based environment.

Qualifications

• Completion of a master's degree in pharmacy (or equivalent).
• Postgraduate clinical diploma in clinical pharmacy (hospital) or equivalent experience.
• Full registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This position is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A disclosure check will be required to ensure suitability for the role.