Highly Specialist Pharmacist, Cardiology

NHS; Harrow; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Harrow is seeking a Highly Specialist Pharmacist to join their Cardiology team. You'll oversee clinical pharmacy services, manage junior staff, and enhance patient care with your expertise in cardiology. Candidates should have a GPhC registration and significant hospital pharmacy experience. The role offers a salary range of £61,631 to £68,623 annually, pro rata.

Qualifications

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Post-registration experience relevant to hospital pharmacy.
• Experience in clinical pharmacy with a focus on cardiology.

Responsibilities

• Support and deliver clinical pharmacy services within Cardiology.
• Manage junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
• Ensure safety and efficiency in the pharmacy service.

Skills

Ability to prioritise workload under pressure

Research / service improvement

Education

GPhC registered

Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy

Management or leadership training / qualification

Evidence of formal management training

Job description

Go back London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Highly Specialist Pharmacist, Cardiology

The closing date is 21 November 2025

This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic, innovative and friendly team dedicated to improving our ward based clinical pharmacy services. In this key post you will be working as part of an established multidisciplinary team and be responsible for providing a high-quality clinical pharmacy service to our Cardiology wards.

The post holder will work closely with the Pharmacy Team Lead for Medicine to monitor and control medicine use within the Cardiology service. They will support the strategic development of the pharmacy clinical and ward based services and lead on reducing risks associated with medicines within the Cardiology service.

Main duties of the job

As an enthusiastic and patient oriented pharmacist, you will combine expert opinion and expert practice at the bedside to benefit patient care, and work at the forefront within the multidisciplinary team to help us implement, deliver and continually improve medicines management.

Overall, you will be responsible for:

• Supporting the development and delivery of clinical pharmacy services within Cardiology.
• Providing a safe, efficient and cost-effective pharmacy service to the Cardiology wards.
• Contributing to the management of junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working within the Cardiology service.
• Supporting and helping to deliver key performance targets within the Cardiology service, in particular those related to prescribing, optimising medicines and the turnaround times of discharge medicines.

This position is a job share and offers the opportunity to build on your management experience and specialism in Cardiology medicine. You will need excellent communication, interpersonal and time management skills and will need to enjoy working as part of a multidisciplinary team. You will need post-registration experience relevant to hospital pharmacy and will have the Post Graduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice or equivalent qualification.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please can you see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GPhC registered
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy
• Management or leadership training / qualification
• Evidence of formal management training.

Experience

• Hospital Pharmacy Experience
• Experience in Clinical Pharmacy
• Experience in Education and Training
• Experience within cardiology Medicine
• Experience of managing a team
• Experience in Quality Improvement projects / audits

Skills

• Ability to prioritise workload under pressure
• Research / service improvement

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

£61,631 to £68,623 a yearPA Inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement pro rata