Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 8A
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-WCCS-2265
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Charing Cross Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £64,156 - £71,148 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Pharmacist - Specialist Medicine
Band 8A
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
We are excited to offer an opportunity for an enthusiastic, motivated, and forward-thinking pharmacist to join our Pharmacy Specialist Medicine Team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
The team provides clinical pharmacy services across several specialties within the Specialist Medicine directorates. In this role, you will be the lead pharmacy contact for diabetes/endocrinology and selected respiratory services, with additional opportunities to support dermatology in the absence of the senior lead pharmacist.
You will also gain valuable experience in:
- Financial reporting (e.g. biosimilar savings, CIP schemes)
- Guideline development and review
- Formulary and interface work
We are looking for a self-motivated and organised individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You should be confident working with a wide range of healthcare professionals and comfortable using various IT systems and databases.
Main duties of the job
As the successful candidate, you will work closely with the senior lead pharmacist and wider team to deliver and develop a high-quality, patient-focused pharmacy service. Your responsibilities will include:
- Supporting inpatient and outpatient prescribing across your designated specialties.
- Providing ward-based clinical pharmacy services.
- Managing Homecare services and funding applications for high-cost medicines.
- Monitoring and processing Homecare prescriptions.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Higher degree or diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent relevant postgraduate experience
- Qualified as an Independent Prescriber
Desirable criteria
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
- Related Post Graduate Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Appropriate post-registration training and experience in hospital Pharmacy in the UK - this must include a solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice (medicines information, aseptic services, ward services and dispensing)
- Experience of working with Specialist Medicine patients
- Experience of managing funding applications for high cost drugs
- Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice
Desirable criteria
- Experience of drug expenditure reporting
- Evidence of research or project work
- Experience delivering CQUINs or other cost improvement schemes
- Experience of staff line management
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to identify and manage risks related to medication processes
- Confidence & assertive with proven persuasion & negotiation skills
- Good clinical practice knowledge including the ability to analyse patient specific information to advise on management of medicines
- Good understanding of how Homecare companies deliver services
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using electronic prescribing systems
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Simone Brackenborough
- Job title
- Senior Lead Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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