Lead Pharmacist, Planned and Critical Care | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust; Epsom and Ewell; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is looking for a Pharmacy leader to provide strategic and operational leadership across Planned and Critical Care. The role includes managing pharmacy staff and delivering clinical services to patients. Applicants should possess excellent communication skills and a strong background in pharmacy. This position offers support for clinical and managerial development and involves working a seven-day rota.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing strategic and operational leadership in pharmacy.
• Capability to lead and manage pharmacy staff effectively.
• Understands evidence-based, cost-effective use of medicines.

Responsibilities

• Lead pharmacy operations in Planned and Critical Care.
• Manage pharmacy staff to ensure service delivery.
• Provide clinical services to patients with diverse needs.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Ability to organise and prioritise work

Clinical leadership development

Job description

The post holder will provide strategic, operational and professional leadership in relation to medicines optimisation to ensure the delivery of effective pharmacy support across all Planned and Critical Care.

You will need excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to organise and prioritise your work. This post would be ideal for someone looking to develop or extend their clinical leadership, expanding on their understanding of systems working and demonstrating impact. The successful applicant will join a caring pharmacy and trust team. You will be supported to develop clinical, leadership, managerial, research and strategic skills.

All pharmacists participate in seven day working and late duty rotas and you will be part of the Pharmacy Senior On Call team.

To provide strategic, operational and professional leadership in relation to Planned and Critical Care, promoting evidence-based, cost-effective use of medicines in the Trust.

To lead and manage other pharmacy staff working in the Planned and Critical Care Division to ensure service delivery to agreed standards in line with business planning requirements.

To provide an advanced clinical service to patients as part of the team. This may include patient facing work in areas such as: Surgery, Critical Care, Trauma, MSK or parenteral nutrition.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.

See the job description and person specification attached.

Please tell us in your application how you meet the essential criteria in the attached person specification.

This advert closes on Wednesday 5 Nov 2025