Head of Radiopharmacy

Barts Health Nhs Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust at St Bartholomew's Hospital is seeking a highly motivated Head of Radiopharmacy to lead the Radiopharmacy team, develop capacity, and support the expanding nuclear medicine service for patients and external customers.

The post holder will ensure GMP and MHRA compliance, maintain the named person status on the specials licence, and drive service development through collaboration with the Divisional leadership and wider stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership and strategic management of radiopharmacy services.
• Experience with GMP and MHRA regulatory compliance.
• Ability to develop capacity within a radiopharmacy facility.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Radiopharmacy team and ensure quality and safety.
• Maintain government licences as the named individual on the MHRA specials licence.
• Promote service development and collaborate with stakeholders across the division.

Job description

We are looking for a highly motivated, innovative, and dynamic individual to lead and head our Radio Pharmacy team based at St Bartholomew's Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing and forward-thinking Division working collaboratively with colleagues to develop radio pharmacy capacity to support an expanding nuclear medicine department and providing to a range of external radiopharmaceutical customers.

The post holder, reporting to the Divisional Director of Clinical Services (St Bartholomew's Hospital), will work closely with Group Chief Pharmacist and wider senior leadership team to maximise the benefits of working within the sites to provide a cohesive radio pharmacy service to patients, the trust and partners.

This challenging role requires someone who can demonstrate excellent leadership and organisational skills, can communicate effectively across all levels, and has the ability to prioritise and independently manage their own workload. You will also be highly motivated, enthusiastic to promote new ideas, determined to succeed in a challenging environment, has the willingness to accept considerable delegated responsibility, the ability to remain calm under pressure and a commitment to future developments in radiopharmacy services.

Working in an MHRA licensed Radiopharmacy Production facility, the purpose of this post will lead the strategic development of Radiopharmacy services as Head of Radiopharmacy for Barts Health NHS Trust. As such, the post holder is required to maintain government licenses as the named individual and Quality Controller on the MHRA 'specials' manufacturing licence.

This post has overall responsibility for the manufacture and quality of diagnostic and therapeutic radioactive medicinal products produced by the Radiopharmacy for patient administration. The post provides leadership in the Radiopharmacy and supervision of standards for the Radiopharmacy service. The post holder will be accountable for compliance with Good Manufacturing Practise (GMP) and all other relevant standards. The post holder will also be responsible for recalling products and investigating quality problems when required.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.