Band 8b Principal Pharmacist - Clinical Services Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Global Marketing Group Ltd; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an exceptional Clinical Services Pharmacist to enhance patient care at a renowned teaching hospital. This role involves leading a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality clinical pharmacy services, ensuring the safe and effective use of medications. The successful candidate will be pivotal in developing pharmacy strategies, managing clinical pharmacists, and collaborating with senior medical staff. This position offers the opportunity to work in a progressive environment dedicated to quality improvement and patient safety, contributing to an organization that serves millions of patients annually.

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacist with experience in clinical pharmacy services.
• Strong understanding of medicines optimisation and safety protocols.

Responsibilities

• Lead the provision of high-quality clinical pharmacy services.
• Assist in developing long-term strategic plans for pharmacy services.

Skills

Clinical Pharmacy

Pharmaceutical Care

Medicines Management

Clinical Audit

Multidisciplinary Team Collaboration

Education

Pharmacy Degree

Clinical Pharmacy Qualification

Tools

Pharmacy Management Software

Job description

The Principal Pharmacist – Clinical Services assists the Clinical Site Lead in managing, co-ordinating and developing the Trust’s clinical pharmacy services at the Royal Free Hospital. This includes the responsibility of the management of the specialist clinical pharmacists, overseeing the delivery of pharmacy services to the wards and clinical pharmacy education and training. The post-holder is a key member of the pharmacy management team and works closely with other senior staff to ensure the delivery of an integrated pharmacy service, assisting with the implementation of the pharmacy strategy across all sites/sections including medicines optimisation and medicines safety. The postholder will take part in medicine related clinical audit, research and development, development and implementation of trust-wide guidelines and deputises for the Clinical Site Lead. They will also work closely with senior nursing and medical colleagues to provide pharmaceutical input and advice on medicines management issues.

We are looking for an exceptional pharmacist to join the team as clinical services pharmacist.

Key Responsibilities:

To lead the provision of a high quality clinical pharmacy service as part of the multidisciplinary team to all trust patients, to ensure maximum efficacy, safety and economic drug use and to demonstrate professional accountability to enhance patient care.

Assisting in the planning, delivery, development and monitoring the clinical pharmacy service delivered across all sites of the Trust

To assist in identifying and managing changes necessary to maintain a high quality clinical pharmacy service responsive to patients needs and to consider the implications of changes for other areas/personnel

To assist the clinical site lead in developing and implementing long term strategic plans to further develop the clinical pharmacy services including the development of clinical pharmacists in out-patient clinics

To have overall responsibility and support the development of the clinical pharmacists

To deputise for the clinical site lead as necessary, including attendance at divisional, Trust or external meetings and committees

Working collaboratively with the Pharmacy Education and Training team

Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, the North Middlesex Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This large 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. With many specialities including renal, liver, oncology, infectious disease, haemophilia and scleroderma which are underpinned by a strong research agenda, the Royal Free is renowned for providing excellent patient care.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for all.

The Pharmacy department of the Royal Free London NHS Trust is a friendly, progressive, and expanding unit dedicated to providing the highest standards of pharmaceutical care and service in this large, internationally renowned teaching hospital. Quality improvement and cost-effective, safe use of medicines is at the forefront of everything we do. We have over 300 staff working across the 3 sites in all areas of pharmacy. Pharmacy staff work across areas such as dispensary, stores, wards, outpatient clinics, satellite pharmacies, technical services, clinical trials, medicines advice service and QC.

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


This advert closes on Tuesday 13 May 2025