Cardiac Sonographer/Echocardiographer

An exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced pharmacist to lead the pharmacy services to Anaesthetics and Critical Care at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust.

Benefiting from two brand new state-of-the-art 12- and 15-bedded critical care units following significant investment in the service, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust offers an expanded critical care bed-base of 57 beds inclusive of a PACU and a tertiary neurosciences centre.

• To lead the Clinical Pharmacy service to Anaesthetics and Critical Care, including responsibility for Critical Care wards, Theatres, Acute and Chronic Pain services, and Resuscitation services cross-site.
• To lead and manage the Anaesthetics and Critical Care pharmacy team.
• To lead the development of policy, guidelines, and protocols within Anaesthetics and Critical Care.
• To contribute to the management of the drugs budget for Anaesthetics and Critical Care and the implementation of any drug savings.

We're an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we're no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal.

Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries – live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian, and minority ethnic groups.

We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London – more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.

Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state-of-the-art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams.

Education/Qualifications

• Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice/Clinical Pharmacy
• Advanced clinical knowledge of Anaesthetics and Critical Care (currently practicing at equivalent of Advanced Stage 1 in Critical Care)

Desirable criteria

• Non-medical Prescribing Qualification – (Pharmacist Independent Prescriber)

Skills/Abilities

• Excellent leadership, organisational, prioritisation, time management, personal effectiveness, analytical, and problem-solving skills

Experience/Knowledge

• Previous experience of leading pharmacy services in Anaesthetics and Critical Care or alternative Emergency Care pathway.
• Understanding of current national standards, guidelines, and service delivery issues relevant to patients in medicine

Applicant requirements

• You must have appropriate UK professional registration.