Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 213-Division-A-7626089
- Employer
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Princess Royal University Hospital
- Town
- Orpington
- Salary
- £70,396 - £80,837 per annum, including high cost allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Principal Pharmacist - Surgery, Theatres, Anaesthetics and Endoscopy
NHS AfC: Band 8b
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 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
The post holder leads, delivers, develops, manages and evaluates the clinical pharmacy services to the Care Groups – Surgery including Orthopaedics, Theatres, Anaesthetics and Endoscopy. The focus of the post is on ensuring the provision of high quality, safe, comprehensive (clinical, supply, financial and operational) pharmaceutical services to the care groups, in accordance with the priorities set by the post holder, Deputy and Associate Chief Pharmacists, Clinical Services, General Manager and Clinical Director(s). The post holder provides a specialist level clinical commitment to the care groups.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is expected to act as a role model and is responsible for:
- Acting as a specialist role model and as an expert in the clinical field and demonstrating an advanced level of knowledge
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Ensuring the safe, efficacious and cost-effective use of drugs within the Care Groups
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Ensuring a high level of clinical input across the Care Groups
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Development and implementation of guidelines and policies for the use of drugs
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Regular financial reporting, drug usage and expenditure forecasting
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Developing the pharmacy service to the Care Groups
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Teaching and training within the Trust and externally
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Initiating and coordinating research and development activity within the specialist areas
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Identifying a vision for the delivery of pharmaceutical services to the Care Groups
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Identifying and promoting best practice
Working for our organisation
The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.
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
See attached job description for further information.
Leadership
- To lead clinical pharmacy services for patients treated within the Care Groups in accordance with the priorities set by the post holder, Associate/Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Clinical Services, General Manager and Clinical Director(s) to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of drugs in these patients
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To develop clinical pharmacy services for patients in the Care Groups in accordance with objectives set by the post holder and Consultant Pharmacist to advance the safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of drugs in these patients.
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To identify a vision for the delivery of pharmaceutical services to the Care Groups.
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To deliver this vision within the boundaries of national and local priorities.
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To identify a vision to support the development of independent pharmacist prescribing practice following changes to the initial education and training standards of Pharmacists alongside the Associate/Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Clinical Services.
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To deliver the clinical governance agenda in relation to drug use in the Care Groups.
Clinical Responsibilities
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To be responsible for the provision of highly specialised pharmacy services (clinical, dispensing and supply) to patients within the Care Groups.
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To provide highly specialised evidence-based clinical advice and information (doses, interaction, adverse effects, drug availability, complex dose calculations) to nursing and medical staff (within the Trust and externally) on the management of individual patients, in accordance with legislation.
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To act as a pharmacist independent prescriber to optimise the care of patients.
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To participate in consultant ward rounds.
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To demonstrate expert clinical knowledge.
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To manage and make appropriate referrals.
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To provide direct high quality of care to outpatients in clinic(s) within specialist area, as required.
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To follow legal ethical professional and employer’s codes of conduct.
Financial Management
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To work with the Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Clinical Services to develop appropriate business cases for the development of clinical pharmacy services to the Care Groups.
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To monitor drug expenditure within the Care Groups and provide accurate expenditure information, with appropriate analysis, to the Care Groups, in line with departmental policies.
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To contribute to the budget setting process within the Care Groups as appropriate, and support appropriate drug income generation for the Care Groups.
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To attend Care Group financial meetings to provide highly complex advice and information on the Care Group's drugs budget, drug expenditure and cost-control measures.
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To forecast the cost impact of new drugs on the Care Group’s drugs budget and manage their introduction into clinical practice using horizon scanning techniques.
People Management/Performance
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Lead, coach and manage the performance in line with good people management practices. Ensuring excellence is recognised and underperformance is addressed.
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Participate in regular performance appraisal meetings and ensure staff have a clear set of objectives and development plans.
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Ensure staff are compliant with all statutory, mandatory training together with any professional training requirements.
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Manage staff absences including sickness in line with Trust policy ensuring the appropriate return to work meetings occur, e-roster is updated and productivity is at keep to the highest possible level.
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Identify and fill any vacancies that arise in line with the Trust’s recruitment policy and process.
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Identify talent and support the internal talent management process in order attract and retain and succession plan for our people.
Research and Service Development
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To demonstrate a critical approach towards pharmacy practice in the Care Groups.
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To evaluate pharmacy practice in the Care Groups, and more broadly as it relates to prescribing practice.
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To integrate research and audit evidence into practice.
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To identify gaps in the evidence-base and where possible develop strategies to bridge the gap.
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To initiate, coordinate and develop research and audit programmes within own specialist area.
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To undertake own research and audit and participate in other research and audit programmes in the Trust and at regional level, as required.
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To guide and support others undertaking research.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BPharm or MPharm in Pharmacy and registered with GPhC
- Diploma in clinical pharmacy or pharmacy practice
- short courses equivalent to postgraduate certificate
- Specialist competencies in area relevant to practice or relevant short courses taught at postgraduate level
Desirable criteria
- IP or SP
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Expert clinical knowledge in specialties and experience of providing pharmaceutical care to patients in specialties
- Experience of managing and supervising individuals and a team and education and training at postgraduate level
- Knowledge of clinical governance, local and national priorities and relevant legislation and regulations and experience of implementing these
- Experience of directorate work such as finance management, guidelines and procedures, practice research and audit, service development and QI
Skills and Competencies
Essential criteria
- Able to provide highly complex information and impart knowledge to a range of staff internally and externally
- Able to communicate effectively, delegate, influence, organise, motivate and manage time of self and others, problem solve, prioritise and be flexible
- Demonstrates basic critical appraisal skills and uses evidence to make sound judgements and identifies and manages risk
Desirable criteria
- Experience in disciplinary matters
- Advanced critical appraisal skills
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
- Julie Hawkes-Reekie
- Job title
- Deputy Chief Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01689864014
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