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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (For an initial 12-month term)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Inclusive of 1 late shift in 3 weeks and 1 weekend shift in 6 weeks)
Job ref
391-RFL-8195689-A
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Free Hospital
Town
Hampstead
Salary
£66,274 - £73,496 Per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
31/08/2026 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Band 8A Senior Pharmacist – Medicine

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a pharmacist to join our Medicine team in Pharmacy.

The postholder will assist in delivering and developing a consistently high-quality clinical pharmacy and medicines management service to patients within Acute Medicine including AMU (Acute Medical Unit), AAU (Acute Assessment Unit), respiratory Medicine and TREAT (triage readmissions elderly admissions team) services and support to Accident and Emergency unit. The role will also support the medicine pharmacy team who deliver services to the medical specialities including Rheumatology, Dermatology, and Immunology in accordance with the objectives set by the Principal Pharmacist. The postholder will work closely with the multidisciplinary team, service line leads and divisional managers for the relevant specialties to initiatives and guidelines to ensure safe and cost-effective use of medicines in the Medicine team, and across the interface between primary and secondary care. The postholder will also support the commissioning processes for the safe use of Intravenous Immunoglobulin within the Trust.

Potential candidates will have experience working as a band 7 pharmacist at minimum, with experience of working in Medicine and other associated specialities.  You will be comfortable working with nursing and medical staff at ward level. Previous experience of high-cost drug processes and writing of drug reviews and clinical guidelines would also be beneficial.

Main duties of the job

Act as a deputy for Principal Pharmacist when necessary
To provide a high-quality clinical pharmacy service as part of the
multidisciplinary team to medical specialities patients, to ensure
maximum efficacy, safety, and economic drug use and to demonstrate professional accountability to enhance patient care.
To act as a clinical role model, and support training and supervision of junior members of the pharmacy team
Development and implementation of clinical guidelines
Effective control of drug expenditure and management of processes regarding high-cost drugs
To support the commissioning and funding processes for intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) including adherence to the national NHSE commissioning policy and evaluation of evidence for use
To participate in audits and practice research
To work with the clinical risk team to minimise the risk of medicines

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.


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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person specification

Education and Professional Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MPharm or equivalent
  • Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
  • Post graduate diploma in pharmacy practice or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Registered non-medical prescriber

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant demonstrable experience of working in hospital-based pharmacy, some experience as a specialist clinical pharmacist and experience working within medicine and /or medical specialties
  • Experience of working with high-cost drugs and commissioning processes including individual funding requests (IFRs)
  • Experience of managing change and leading service developments
  • Experience of managing and analysing drug expenditure
  • Experience of writing / implementing clinical guidelines and government directives
  • Evidence of multidisciplinary working
  • Evidence of comprehensive B6&7 rotations
  • Evidence of clinical audit/practice research and the promotion of evidence-based practice
  • Experience of appraising staff and giving feedback
  • Experience in delivering education and training
  • Experience as a clinical pharmacy tutor

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Good written and verbal communication skills
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Good presentation skills
  • Good management skills
  • Ability to justify and reason any advice given should this be challenged.
  • Ability to communicate with patients/carers and staff of all levels.
  • Ability to manage time, people, and resources to deliver timely outcomes.
  • Ability to work alone and a part of a team.
  • Ability to work accurately under pressure.
  • Ability to motivate and act as a role model.
  • Demonstrates initiative particularly in relation to problem solving
  • Ability to identify and manage risk.
  • Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and pharmaceutical care skills and high level of clinical reasoning and judgment.
  • Undertakes own research.
  • Critical appraisal skills
  • Understanding of clinical risk and clinical governance
  • Understanding of current national standards, guidelines, and service delivery issues relevant to clinical pharmacy
  • Understanding of NHS national and local priorities
  • Computer literate (including word processing, email & use of internet. Preferably knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages)

Personal Qualities and Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Enthusiastic, well-motivated, hardworking, flexible
  • Identifies own training needs actively seeks training opportunities and maintains a portfolio of practice.
  • Flexibility to work weekends, bank holidays, late nights and potential 7 day working
  • Reliable with good attendance record

Royal Free shared commitments

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Nursing TimesApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident employerTimewise PartnerCare Quality Commission - Requires improvementEnei MemberArmed Forces Covenant

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Aoife Tynan
Job title
Principal Pharmacist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02077940500
Additional information

Extension 31175

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