Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-WCCS-2665
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Marys Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £66,274 - £73,496 pa Inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Pharmacist Paediatric Haematology & BMT
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
Are you ready for a new challenge? We are looking for an experienced pharmacist to join our friendly paediatric pharmacy team at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington.
What you’ll do:
- Deliver high-quality pharmaceutical care for children and young people with haemoglobinopathies and bone marrow failure syndromes as part of our stem cell transplantation programme.
- Help manage medicines governance and support cost-effective prescribing.
- Provide training and teaching for pharmacists and the wider team.
- Support risk management, audit and quality improvement.
- Support new drug applications.
- Provide clinical and specialist support to the outpatient pharmacy partnership.
- Deputise for the Senior Lead Pharmacist and other Leads, when needed.
Who we’re looking for:
- Solid foundation experience with hospital paediatric pharmacy.
- Specialist experience in stem cell transplantation (training can be supported)
- Systemic anti-cancer treatment (SACT) or cytotoxic accreditation in paediatrics.
What we offer:
- A welcoming, enabling environment where everyone is valued.
- Strong support for your education and training.
- Opportunities to broaden your experience and progress your career
Why join us?
- Be part of a team delivering cutting-edge therapies to children undergoing stem cell transplantation.
- Lead and mentor junior pharmacists, including managing a band 7 W&C pharmacist and supporting trainees.
Main duties of the job
- Deliver high-quality pharmaceutical care for children and young people with haemoglobinopathies and bone marrow failure syndromes as part of our stem cell transplantation programme.
- Develop and advance the service.
- Develop and review clinical guidelines and procedures.
- Help manage medicines governance and support cost-effective prescribing.
- Provide training and teaching for pharmacists and the wider team.
- Support risk management, audit and quality improvement.
- Support new drug applications.
- Provide clinical and specialist support to the outpatient pharmacy partnership.
- Deputise for the Senior Lead Pharmacist and other Leads, when needed.
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.
Environmental sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people’s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.
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
Essential criteria
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Active registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Completed Diploma or MSc in clinical pharmacy practice or equivalent experience
- Undertakes continuing professional development (CPD) and maintains a CPD portfolio
- BOPA SACT passport accreditation or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) membership
- Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group (NPPG) membership
- Non-medical prescriber annotation with GPhC
- UK BMT passport accreditation
- Management/Leadership qualifications
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post-registration training and experience in hospital pharmacy including significant experience in paediatric pharmacy.
- Evidence of experience in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice (medicines Information, ward services and dispensing)
- Evidence of experience in haematology/oncology, stem cell transplantation and verification of cytotoxics
- Multi-disciplinary ward round experience
- Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, assimilate and communicate complex therapeutic options for patients.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in managing staff and conducting appraisals
- Financial reporting and management of appropriate clinical medicines expenditure
- Paediatric TPN experience, aseptics experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and senior management.
- Ability to analyse and provide valuable insight from drug usage reports.
- Able to work under pressure and make clinical decisions with limited information.
- Demonstrates good understanding of key NHS objectives and international standards relevant to the role
Desirable criteria
- Microsoft Office applications at an advanced level
- Communicates best practice both inside and outside the organisation
- Demonstrate leadership skills
- Practice research
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Neil Tickner
- Job title
- Senior Lead Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 33127617
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