Highly Specialist Pharmacist – Emergency and Acute Medicine

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

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in Southall is seeking a Highly Specialist Pharmacist for Emergency and Acute Medicine. The role involves providing a high-quality clinical pharmacy service in the Emergency Department and supporting the strategic development of services. Candidates should have relevant hospital pharmacy experience and qualifications including a Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy. This position offers a competitive salary ranging from £61,631 to £68,623 per annum.

Qualifications

• Post-registration experience relevant to hospital pharmacy.
• Experience within the Emergency Department or Acute Medicine.
• Experience in quality improvement projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality clinical pharmacy service to Emergency Department.
• Monitor and control drug use within Emergency and Acute Medicine.
• Optimize medicines prescribed on admission and facilitate rapid discharge.

Skills

Ability to prioritise workload under pressure

Experience in research

Education

GPhC registered

Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy

Management training

Job description

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Highly Specialist Pharmacist – Emergency and Acute Medicine

The closing date is 24 October 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 Emergency Department and Admissions wards.

The post holder will work closely with the Lead Pharmacist, Emergency and Acute Medicine, Lead Pharmacist, Clinical Services and Principal Pharmacist, Clinical Services Pharmacist and Clinical Directors to monitor and control the drug use within Emergency and Acute Medicine. The post holder will be pivotal in the day to day delivery of the Pharmacy Clinical Service to these areas. They will support the Lead Pharmacist for Emergency and Acute Medicine on the strategic development of the pharmacy clinical and ward based services and lead on reducing risks associated with medicines within Emergency and Acute Medicine division.

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, make timely pharmaceutical interventions and facilitate 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 per annum including HCAS pro rata