Lead Pharmacist- Virtual Wards

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Greater London is seeking a Lead Pharmacist for Virtual Wards. This role involves delivering a specialist clinical pharmacy service to ensure safe and effective medicines optimisation for patients receiving hospital-level care at home. The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership, promote evidence-based prescribing, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams. Strong qualifications in clinical pharmacy and significant experience in acute medicine are required, along with a commitment to patient care and service development.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing programs

Staff recognition scheme

Qualifications

• Significant post-registration experience as a clinical pharmacist in a hospital setting.
• Experience delivering clinical pharmacy services in acute or general medicine.
• Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the specialist clinical pharmacy service for Virtual Wards.
• Provide advanced clinical reviews and contribute to MDT decision making.
• Support timely medicines reconciliation and discharge planning.

Skills

Advanced clinical reasoning

Problem solving

Decision making

Strong clinical knowledge

Ability to influence prescribing

Project management skills

Education

Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm)

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Postgraduate diploma in Clinical Pharmacy

Advanced clinical practice modules

Leadership or management training

Job description

Are you an experienced clinical pharmacist ready to lead innovative care pathways and shape the future of medicines optimisation across both virtual and acute settings? We are recruiting a Lead Pharmacist for Virtual Wards, with a key leadership role supporting Acute Medicine across Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

In this dynamic and forward looking role, you will lead the delivery of a highly specialist clinical pharmacy service for our expanding Virtual Wards programme, supporting patients to receive safe, effective hospital level care in their own homes.

You will provide clinical leadership, medicines governance expertise and strategic input to the Virtual Wards Steering Group.Alongside this, you will work closely with the Senior Lead Pharmacist to strengthen clinical pharmacy services within the Acute Medical Units and Urgent & Emergency Medicine. Your contribution will be central to ensuring cohesive, high quality medicines optimisation across busy acute care pathways.

If you are passionate about advanced clinical practice, digital innovation, multidisciplinary collaboration and delivering exceptional patient care, this role offers the platform to make a meaningful impact.

Main duties of the job

• Lead the specialist clinical pharmacy service for Virtual Wards, ensuring safe and effective medicines optimisation for patients receiving hospital level care at home.
• Provide advanced clinical reviews, identify and resolve complex prescribing issues, and contribute to MDT decision making.
• Support timely medicines reconciliation, discharge planning and continuity of supply to enable seamless patient care.
• Work alongside the Senior Lead Pharmacist to strengthen clinical pharmacy services across the Acute Medical Units and Urgent & Emergency Medicine.
• Contribute to developing clinical guidelines, medicines related policies and safe prescribing initiatives aligned with Trust and national standards.
• Promote evidence based, cost effective use of medicines and positively influence prescribing practice across clinical teams.
• Lead or support quality improvement, audit and service development projects that enhance patient outcomes and pharmacy practice.
• Provide clinical leadership and mentorship to pharmacy colleagues and help support the training and education of the wider MDT.

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

• Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent.
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Postgraduate diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent relevant experience).
• Evidence of ongoing Continuing Professional Development.
• Advanced clinical practice modules or equivalent advanced training.
• Leadership or management training.

Experience

• Significant post registration experience as a clinical pharmacist in a hospital setting.
• Experience delivering clinical pharmacy services in acute or general medicine.
• Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience supporting service development, clinical governance or quality improvement initiatives
• Experience in Virtual Wards, remote monitoring or integrated care models.
• Experience developing clinical guidelines, PGDs or policies.
• Experience in research, audit or medicines safety initiatives.

Skills

• Advanced clinical reasoning, problem solving and decision making skills
• Strong clinical knowledge relevant to acute, general and emergency medicine.
• Ability to influence prescribing and negotiate constructively with clinicians
• Ability to lead and support service development across teams and sites
• Project management or formal quality improvement skills.
• Understanding of integrated care pathways and ICS/ICB medicines optimisation priorities.

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.