Principal/Consultant Pharmacist - Cardiovascular | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS foundation trust in Greater London is seeking an experienced Principal Pharmacist/Consultant for Cardiovascular Services. In this role, you will be responsible for leading the pharmacy team, ensuring the highest standards of clinical pharmacy care, and driving service development. Candidates must have a relevant pharmacy degree and experience in managing pharmacy services, particularly in cardiovascular care. Excellent leadership skills and the ability to collaborate with clinical teams are essential. This position offers significant professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• The role requires experience in managing pharmacy services within a clinical setting.
• Expertise in cardiovascular services is essential.
• Ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Cardiovascular pharmacy service.
• Ensure governance, quality, and safety in pharmacy operations.
• Develop and implement strategic priorities in pharmacy services.

Skills

Leadership

Expert clinical practice

Personnel Management

Research and development

Education and training

Education

Pharmacy Degree

Job description

Principal Pharmacist/Consultant (pending credentialing) – Cardiovascular

Come and join the team at GSTT in the role of Principal Pharmacist/Consultant (pending credentialing) for Cardiovascular!

This role is responsible for leading the GSTT Cardiovascular Pharmacy team and developing pharmacy services within their portfolio to ensure patients receive the safest and most effective pharmaceutical care.

At all times, the post holder will work closely with the Clinical Services Lead Pharmacist to ensure that the services are developed in a strategic and forward‑thinking manner and be provided with ample personal and professional developmental opportunities. The post will provide a dynamic link between clinical practice and service development by creating new models for delivering care and ensuring the best outcomes from pharmaceutical care are obtained.

The post holder will act as a role model for the wider pharmacy team and be a pharmacy expert in this field to ensure a consistently high clinical pharmacy service in line with corporate objectives and the NHS long term plan.

The role will be responsible for managing all pharmacy aspects of the cardiovascular service, including governance, quality and safety, effective transfer of care between health care providers and close management of the cardiovascular pharmacy budget. They will work closely with the Cardiovascular clinical leadership team and have the opportunity to represent the department at high level, strategic meetings.

Main Duties

• Leadership
• Expert clinical practice
• Management of the Cardiovascular pharmacy service
• Personnel Management, Training and Development
• Evaluation of the cardiovascular service
• Research and development
• Education and training

For more information relating to each of the above areas, please see the attached Job Description.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts, providing specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services. We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world‑class clinical services, teaching and research.

We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.

Organisational Values

• Caring
• Ambitious
• Inclusive

Key Focus Areas

As the Principal Pharmacist/Consultant (pending credentialing) for Cardiovascular Services, the post holder will be responsible for providing leadership, and line management when necessary, to the GSTT Cardiovascular Pharmacy team, inclusive of the following areas:

• Vascular Surgery
• Cardiology
• Heart Failure

The post holder will work collaboratively with the Clinical Services Lead Pharmacist and relevant members of the clinical Directorate Management Team to strategically develop pharmacy services in line with national, regional and local priorities.

The post holder will act as a role model for the wider pharmacy team and be a pharmacy expert in this field to ensure a consistently high clinical pharmacy service in line with corporate objectives and the NHS long term plan. The role will be responsible for managing all pharmacy aspects of the cardiovascular service, including governance, quality and safety aspects and close management of the cardiovascular pharmacy budget.

The role will work collaboratively with members of the wider Pharmacy Seniors’ Group to contribute to the development of the wider Pharmacy Clinical services agenda and associated workforce and departmental innovations.

This is an excellent opportunity for an aspiring leader to take on service development projects, work collaboratively across the MDT, undertake financial planning and management of a pharmacy service, oversee the development of appropriate pharmacy governance pathways for this specialty and undertake and support research in this clinical area.

See the JD and PS for more details and the full range of duties.

This advert closes on Tuesday 16 Dec 2025