Lead Pharmacist - Paediatrics

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Greater London seeks an experienced pharmacist to join their friendly paediatric pharmacy team at St Mary's Hospital. You'll deliver high-quality care, mentor junior pharmacists, and collaborate closely with other healthcare professionals in a supportive environment. The role requires good experience in hospital paediatric pharmacy, and specialist areas are desirable but training will be provided. The organization offers strong support for education and career development.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Staff recognition scheme

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Post-registration training in hospital pharmacy with substantial paediatric experience.
• Evidence of hospital pharmacy practice experience (medicines information and dispensing).
• Ability to recommend and communicate complex therapeutic options.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality pharmaceutical care for children.
• Participate in guideline development and review.
• Support cost-effective prescribing and manage drug spend.

Skills

Experience in hospital paediatric pharmacy

Ability to influence multidisciplinary teams

Advanced Microsoft Office skills

Education

Masters Degree in Pharmacy

Active registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Diploma or MSc in clinical pharmacy practice

Job description

Are you ready for your next step in paediatric pharmacy? We're looking for an experienced pharmacist to join our friendly paediatric pharmacy team at St Mary's Hospital.

• Work in a leading teaching hospital, just five minutes from Paddington Station and close to the West End.
• Be part of a supportive team, with opportunities to develop your clinical and leadership skills.
• Rotate through a range of paediatric specialties, including general paediatrics, haematology & bone marrow transplant, intensive care & infectious diseases.
• Lead and mentor junior pharmacists, including managing a band 7 W&C pharmacist and supporting trainees.
• Collaborate closely with consultants, doctors, nurses, and other professionals in a multidisciplinary environment.

What we offer:

• A welcoming, enabling environment where everyone is valued.
• Strong support for your education and training.
• Plenty of opportunities to broaden your experience and progress your career.

Who we're looking for:

• Good experience with hospital paediatric pharmacy.
• Specialist experience in some areas (e.g. intensive care, bone marrow transplant, oncology, infectious disease) is desirable, but training will be provided.
• Someone motivated, enthusiastic, and keen to learn.

Feel free to reach out to Neil Tickner, Senior Lead Pharmacist, detials below.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver high-quality pharmaceutical care for children and young people.
• Take part in guideline development and review.
• Help manage drug spend and support cost-effective prescribing.
• Provide training and teaching for pharmacists and the wider team.
• Get involved in risk management, audit, and quality improvement.
• Support new drug applications.
• Provide clinical and specialist support to the outpatient pharmacy partnership.
• Deputise for the Senior Lead Pharmacist when needed.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
• Active registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Diploma or MSc in clinical pharmacy practice or equivalent
• Undertakes continuing professional development (CPD) and maintains a CPD portfolio
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) membership
• Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group (NPPG) membership

Experience

• Post-registration training and experience in hospital pharmacy including substantial experience in paediatric pharmacy.
• Evidence of experience in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice (medicines information, ward services and dispensing)
• Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, assimilate and communicate complex therapeutic options for patients.
• Demonstrable use of clinical audit and/or quality improvement to improve practice.Previous experience in managing staff
• Clinical risk management
• Financial reporting and management of appropriate clinical medicines expenditure

Skills / Knowledge / Abilities

• Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and senior management.
• Computer literacy to effectively use computer systems including Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to analyse and provide valuable insight from drug usage reports.
• Able to work under pressure and make clinical decisions with limited information
• Microsoft Office applications at an advanced level
• Communicates best practice both inside and outside the organisation
• Core clinical practice to equivalent of Faculty of Paediatric Pharmacists Advanced level 1/2 or RPS faculty Core Advanced Level practice

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.