Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacist
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 222-PHA-063-A
- Employer
- West London NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Clayponds Hospital
- Town
- Southall
- Salary
- £59,490 - £66,239 per annum inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/05/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 04/06/2025
Employer heading
Medicines Management Lead Pharmacist
Band 8a
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Job overview
Previous applicants need not apply
Make a Difference Where It Matters Most
We are looking for an experienced, dynamic, and compassionate Lead Pharmacist to join our supportive and forward-thinking Medicines Management Team in Ealing. This exciting leadership role offers the opportunity to drive change, improve patient outcomes, and support integrated care across a wide range of community services. You will lead medicines management for our Rapid Response Virtual Ward, a key service that helps avoid hospital admissions and enables early discharges. Additionally, you’ll provide expert pharmacy support across Ealing Community Health Services, including a wide range of specialties e.g musculoskeletal (MSK) care, diabetes services, district nursing, special schools, children with learning disabilities, speech and language therapy (SALT), physiotherapy, dietetics, podiatry, tissue viability nursing (TVN), and more.
Why Join Us?
· A collaborative and values-driven team environment
· Opportunities to innovate, shape services, and improve patient care
· Ongoing development, CPD, and progression opportunities
· Extra payments for weekend and on-call work
· Supportive, compassionate leadership and team culture
· Varied and rewarding work across virtual and community-based care
Apply now to be part of this vital service.
Main duties of the job
Who We’re Looking For
You’ll be a highly motivated, proactive team player with:
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach
- Proven experience working with medical patients in a clinical setting
- A passion for long-term conditions and medicines optimisation
- A commitment to delivering safe and effective pharmaceutical care
- A desire to lead and innovate in community health services
What You’ll Be Doing
- Act as the lead pharmacist for the Rapid Response Virtual Ward, advising on all medicines-related issues and designing medication optimisation pathways.
- Deliver expert medicines management and information to multidisciplinary community teams.
- Ensure safe, clinically effective, and cost-efficient use of medicines across services.
- Provide prescribing advice and support to clinicians, patients, and carers.
- Lead on audits, clinical governance, training, and reporting of medication-related activities.
- Develop, monitor, and implement medicines-related policies and guidelines.
- Collaborate with service leads and the Head of Pharmacy to deliver the annual work plan.
- Participate in the weekend and out-of-hours on-call pharmacy rota (additional pay applies).
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Registered member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable criteria
- Non-Medical Prescriber
- Clinical Certificate or equivalent experience
- Clinical Diploma or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- With relevant and significant pharmacy experience relevant to the post
- Experience in providing a medicines management service or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Experience in integrated care (or equivalent) environment Undertaking clinical medication reviews in older people and improving adherence
- Delivering direct pharmaceutical care to patients with long term condition
- Management experience Management skills e.g. recruitment/ appraisal /training/ leadership/ motivation/ sickness absence
- Leading a team of staff to deliver a service
- Experience of MDT audit and/or research & development
- Experience of project management Experience of managing 'change' Working across the wider health and social care integrated/integrated care settings or partnership working within multidisciplinary teams
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of the implications of pharmacy national guidance (e.g. NICE, NHS England, MHRA)
- Knowledge of and ability to develop and implement policies and Procedures Some experience with projects
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of integrated care pharmacy acquired through training and experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Leadership skills
- Ability to motivate self and others
- Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills
- Ability to organise and prioritise work
- Ability to manage the change process
- Good time management, problem solving, organisational and prioritisation skills
- IT and presentation skills
- Supervisory skills
- Flexible approach
- Team worker able to relate to all grades of staff
- Able to work under pressure
- Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management
- Ability to identify and manage risks
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the Clinical Governance agenda Professional manner
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to convey information to patients who may be distressed or have barriers to understanding
- Ability to communicate highly complex information to decision makers
- Good general health
Desirable criteria
- Valid UK driving license
- Car owner driver
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
- Suman Gupta
- Job title
- Head of Pharmacy
- Email address
- [email protected]
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