Band 8b Lead Pharmacist Acute & Emergency Medicine

Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; Romford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS Trust in North East London is seeking an experienced pharmacist to lead the pharmacy services within the Acute and Emergency Care Clinical Group. This role involves managing a pharmacy team and developing key policies while contributing to budget management. Ideal candidates will have strong clinical skills and leadership experience in emergency care environments. This is a unique opportunity to impact patient care and further your career in a dynamic setting.

Qualifications

• Experienced clinical pharmacist with leadership abilities.
• Ability to manage pharmacy services in acute care.
• Strong clinical skills relevant to emergency care.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Clinical Pharmacy service to Acute and Emergency Care.
• Manage the Acute and Emergency Care pharmacy team.
• Develop policies and protocols within Acute and Emergency Care.
• Contribute to drugs budget management and implement savings.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical knowledge

Management

Education

Registered Pharmacist

Significant experience in clinical pharmacy

Job description

Vacancy at Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

An exciting job‑share opportunity has become available for an experienced pharmacist to lead the pharmacy services to the Acute and Emergency Care Clinical Group at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust, a large acute NHS Trust serving a diverse population in North East London.

The pharmacy department at Barking, Havering and Redbridge has undergone a restructure with the creation of new lead pharmacist posts aligned to each Clinical Group within the Trust. The Trust is undergoing a significant period of change with digital transformation and implementation of EPMA across the Trust, including Emergency and Acute Care areas, in 2025. With the support of the Heads of Pharmacy and the Chief Pharmacist, the Lead Pharmacist(s) for Acute and Emergency will lead the team through this change, further developing the services and roles of the specialist pharmacists within the Clinical Group and providing excellent patient care and clinical outcomes within medicine specialities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Clinical Pharmacy service to Acute and Emergency Care, including responsibility for the Emergency Departments and the Acute Assessment wards cross‑site.
• Lead and manage the Acute and Emergency Care pharmacy team.
• Lead the development of policy, guidelines and protocols within Acute and Emergency Care.
• Contribute to the management of the drugs budget for Acute and Emergency Care and the implementation of any drug savings.

Our major sites, King George Hospital in Ilford and Queen’s Hospital in Romford, are in excellent locations less than 30 minutes from Central London.

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we’re no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries – live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We operate from two main sites – King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London – more than 300,000 people visited our A&E in 2023.

Patients across North East London are benefitting from two new state‑of‑the‑art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams, making things easier for staff and better for patients.

This post would suit a pharmacist highly experienced clinical pharmacist who is looking for an opportunity to utilise their leadership skills, management, and clinical knowledge in an exciting and challenging environment. With significant change in the pharmacy team at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust comes a unique opportunity for the successful applicant to shape the future of the service provided at the Trust. This post will provide flexible and challenging opportunities for professional and personal development, both clinically and managerially.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online. However, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form, or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Amanda Vickers, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5926. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

Although this position is a 12‑month fixed‑term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre‑employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 12 months.

This advert closes on Wednesday 3 Dec 2025.