Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (includes 7 day working, weekends 1 in 6)
- Job ref
- 213-Division-A-8338584
- Employer
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £47,951 - £56,863 per annum, including high cost allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/11/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Pharmacist - Aseptic Services
NHS AfC: Band 6
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.
Job overview
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the delivery of a comprehensive aseptic pharmacy service, ensuring the safe, efficient and timely preparation and supply of chemotherapy, immunotherapy, parenteral nutrition (PN), clinical trial medicines and CIVAS products across the Trust. They will undertake clinical validation of parenteral nutrition prescriptions, technical verification of aseptic prescriptions, and the final checking and release of aseptically prepared medicines, ensuring compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Trust policies and professional standards.
The role includes providing pharmaceutical input to the adult, paediatric and neonatal nutrition teams, reviewing PN regimens for stability and appropriateness, and ensuring patients receive safe, individualised nutritional support.
Working closely with pharmacists, technicians and multidisciplinary teams, the post holder will coordinate daily aseptic workload, support operational service delivery, and contribute to service development, audit, research and quality improvement initiatives. Responsibilities also include supervising and training trainee pharmacists and technical staff, supporting quality monitoring and error reporting processes, and promoting a culture of continuous improvement and patient safety.
Working for our organisation
The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. In June 2026, we launched our new strategy for 2026-31. Our vision is to transform healthcare, and we have agreed six strategic ambitions to help us improve care for patients, and the working lives of our staff.
Our six strategic ambitions are delivering high-quality patient care; creating a great place to work; leading pioneering research, innovation and education; building strong and successful partnerships; providing timely and efficient care; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability.
We have also agreed four new organisational values – Caring, Collaborative, Inclusive, Innovative – and these underpin everything we do, and how our teams interact with the patients under our care.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Deliver a comprehensive aseptic pharmacy service, supporting the preparation and supply of chemotherapy, immunotherapy, parenteral nutrition (PN), clinical trial medicines and CIVAS products.
- Clinically validate parenteral nutrition prescriptions and provide pharmaceutical input to adult, paediatric and neonatal nutrition teams, ensuring safe and appropriate patient-specific regimens.
- Undertake technical verification of aseptic prescriptions and perform final checks and release of aseptically prepared medicines in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Trust policies.
- Coordinate day-to-day aseptic workload, working with pharmacists, technicians and clinical teams to ensure safe, efficient and timely patient treatment.
- Provide specialist medicines and nutrition advice to healthcare professionals and contribute to the safe, effective and economical use of medicines across the Trust.
- Support service development, audit, research and quality improvement activities, including clinical trials and quality monitoring.
- Supervise, train and support trainee pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and other junior staff, promoting high professional and quality standards.
- Support error reporting, quality assurance activities and workload monitoring to maintain a safe, efficient and cost-effective aseptic service.
- Participate in late duties, weekend, bank holiday and cross-site working to support service delivery and patient care
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Pharmacy degree – MPharm
- Professional registration GPhC
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of regulations and legislation relating to general pharmacy practice - GMP, GCP etc
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of Aseptic Services and Good Manufacturing Practice
- Experience working in pharmacy, in either community/primary care or hospital pharmacy
Skills and Competencies
Essential criteria
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to communicate drug or medicine related information (in both written and verbal formats) to prescribers, clinicians, patients and their carers
- Ability to analyse drug charts and patient information to provide advice on medicines, dosages and production requirements
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
- Laura Morgan
- Job title
- Associate Chief Pharmacist - Aseptic Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07707379516
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Jennie Lee House
2nd Floor
Love Walk Lane
SE5 8AD
- Telephone
- 020 3299 0072
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