Highly Specialist Pharmacist – Emergency & Acute Medicine

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust; Harrow; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS Trust in London is seeking a Highly Specialist Pharmacist for Emergency & Acute Medicine. In this role, you will provide a high-quality clinical pharmacy service, optimize medication on admission, and enhance rapid discharge processes. Strong communication and management skills are essential. Applicants should have the required qualifications, including a GPhC registration and relevant hospital pharmacy experience. This position offers an annual salary range of £61,631 to £68,623, reflecting the importance of this role within a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• Post-registration experience relevant to hospital pharmacy.
• Experience in managing a team.
• Experience in education and training.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality clinical pharmacy service to Emergency Department.
• Optimize medicines prescribed on admission and facilitate rapid discharge.
• Lead on the strategic development of pharmacy clinical and ward-based services.

Skills

Ability to prioritise workload under pressure

Experience in research

Education

GPhC registered

Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy

Management training

Job description

Highly Specialist Pharmacist – Emergency & Acute Medicine

The closing date is 12 January 2026

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 Emergency Department and Admissions wards.

The post holder will work closely with the Pharmacy Lead - Emergency and Acute Medicine and Principal Pharmacist - Clinical Services to monitor and control the drug use within Emergency and Acute Medicine. They will lead on the strategic development of the pharmacy clinical and ward based services and lead on reducing risks associated with medicines within Emergency and Admissions wards.

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 optimizing medicines prescribed on admission, making timely pharmaceutical interventions and facilitating rapid discharge; thereby facilitating high quality patient outcomes whilst ensuring patient safety.

This position offers the opportunity to build on your management experience and specialise in Emergency and Acute 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 see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GPhC registered
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy
• Management training

Experience

• Hospital Pharmacy Experience
• Experience in Relevant Clinical Speciality
• Experience in education and training
• Previous permanent post within the Emergency Department or Acute Medicine
• Experience of managing a team
• Experience in quality improvement projects

Skills

• Ability to prioritise workload under pressure
• Experience in research

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 year per annum including HCAS pro rata