Highly Specialist Pharmacist, Cardiology | London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking a patient-oriented pharmacist to enhance clinical pharmacy services in Cardiology. The role involves working alongside a multidisciplinary team to ensure safe and effective medicine management, contributing to performance targets, and managing junior staff. Applicants should have relevant post-registration experience and a diploma in General Pharmacy Practice.

Qualifications

• Post-registration experience relevant to hospital pharmacy is required.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and delivery of clinical pharmacy services within Cardiology.
• Provide a safe, efficient, and cost-effective pharmacy service to the Cardiology wards.
• Contribute to the management of junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
• Help deliver key performance targets in relation to prescribing and discharge medicines.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Time management skills

Education

Post Graduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice or equivalent

Job description

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.

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.

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.

We run major acute services at:

• 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.

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

This advert closes on Friday 21 Nov 2025