Dispensary Pharmacist

Hammersmith Hospital; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in London seeks a pharmacist to lead its clinical dispensary service. You will mentor resident and trainee pharmacists while ensuring compliance with clinical practices. The ideal candidate has a Master's degree in pharmacy and experience in hospital pharmacy. You'll have opportunities for career development and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing initiatives

Staff recognition scheme

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in pharmacy or equivalent is required.
• Membership of the GPhC is mandatory.
• Experience in hospital pharmacy for 12-18 months including clinical training.

Responsibilities

• Conduct medication reviews on allocated wards.
• Monitor pharmacy supply services and escalate risks.
• Inspire colleagues and support learners continuously.

Skills

Organisational skills

Good Clinical Practice (GCP)

Communication skills

Analytical problem-solving

Microsoft Office Competence

Quality improvement certification

Education

Master’s degree in pharmacy

Member of the GPhC

Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy Practice

Appropriate short management courses

Diploma in Pharmacy Practice

Tools

ePMA systems

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Teams

Job description

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As the pharmacist leading our clinical dispensary service, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping a safe, efficient, and patient-centred dispensing operation. You’ll mentor and support our rotational resident and trainee pharmacists, helping them grow while ensuring excellence in service delivery for both patients and clinical teams.

You’ll be a visible role model and a passionate advocate for our ethos of continuous improvement, inspiring those around you to strive for better every day.

With your experience, you’ll also work closely with the chief pharmacy technician to uphold the highest standards of Good Clinical Practice. This includes ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations and guidelines for the supply of clinical trials, chemotherapy, and unlicensed medicines.

Main duties of the job

• You will uphold a high standard of clinical practice while conducting medication reviews on your allocated ward, with opportunities to further develop your clinical expertise across a diverse range of local specialties.
• In addition to your clinical responsibilities, you will monitor and escalate any risks encountered during the delivery of pharmacy supply services, including chemotherapy and clinical trial dispensing, ensuring patient safety and regulatory compliance.
• As a motivator and mentor, you will inspire colleagues, support learners, and champion continuous improvement through service evaluation and quality improvement methodologies. Collaboration will be key, as you work closely with stakeholders across all dispensary sites, pharmacy clinical leaders, and our service users.
• You will also play a vital role in fostering an inclusive and equitable environment, embedding the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion into staffing plans, duty rotas, and development opportunities for individuals and teams.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education

• Master’s degree in pharmacy or equivalent
• Member of the GPhC
• Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent)
• Appropriate short management courses
• Diploma in Pharmacy Practice

Skills

• Good ability to organise and prioritise work
• Good clinical practice (GCP).
• Ability to communicate complex information
• Analytical ability for problem solving
• Microsoft office software competence at a basic level (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Teams).
• Quality improvement level 2 (practitioner) certificate or equivalent

Experience

• 12-18 months post registration training and experience in hospital pharmacy
• This must include a solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice (e.g. medicines’ information, aseptic services, ward services and dispensing, clinical pharmacy rotations specialist or otherwise).
• Experience in delivering training and education.
• Experience in managing others
• Planning and developing services
• Previous experience of ePMA systems
• Previous experience of managing specialist services

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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