Principal Pharmacist emergency Planning & Business Development

Kings College Hospital; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Principal Pharmacist for Emergency Planning & Business Development in London. The role focuses on strategic leadership, contingency planning and transforming pharmacy services to ensure resilience across multiple sites.

The post supports the Deputy Chief Pharmacist, develops action plans, and leads exercises to train staff for crisis scenarios while aligning with Trust policy and KPIs.

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacist with GPhC registration and CPD commitment.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent qualification.
• Independently prescriber or willingness to complete training.
• Active engagement with RCPharm faculty and professional bodies.
• Ability to identify and deliver best practice in pharmacy settings.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement plans within Pharmacy to handle emergencies, including major incidents and extreme weather.
• Collect and analyze data sets to support service development.
• Prepare and conduct exercises to train staff for continuity during emergencies.
• Support and deputise for Deputy Chief Pharmacist in emergency planning and business development.
• Coordinate Pharmacy Business Continuity Plans with the Deputy Chief Pharmacist.

Skills

Emergency planning leadership

Business development

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Data interpretation

Presentational skills

Education

Registered Pharmacist with GPhC

CPD to maintain fitness to practice

Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice

Registered Independent Prescriber (or willing)

RCPharm faculty membership

Job description

Principal Pharmacist emergency Planning & Business Development

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 8b Contract 6 months (Fixed Term 6 months) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 213-Division-A-8121220

Employer King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Kings College Hospital Town London Salary £75,328 - £86,114 per annum, inc HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 24/09/2026 23:59

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

The post holder will work alongside the Deputy Chief Pharmacist for Emergency Planning and Business Development to help provide professional and strategic leadership and advice to the Chief Pharmacist, and the Trust, on contingency planning necessary within Pharmacy to handle a range of emergency situations. They will be responsible for helping develop action plans, as well as preparing and conducting exercises to train staff as needed. The post holder will also support and deputise for the Deputy Chief Pharmacist for Emergency Planning and Business Development and in the completion of transformation work ensuring that departmental functions continue to meet business needs.

Main duties of the job

• Develop and implement plans within Pharmacy, aligned with Trust Policy, to handle a range of emergency situations including major incidents, pandemics & extremes of weather.
• Collect and analyze numerous data sets to support service delivery development.
• Accountability for preparing and conducting exercises in the department to ensure staff can carry on functioning in the event of an emergency and are familiar with Trust & Departmental procedures.
• Responding to incidents, helping assess the situation and level of response required liaising directly with the Chief Pharmacist, other Deputy Chief Pharmacists as required and / or Trust Site Team
• To be a representative for Trust Emergency Planning Group and a member of the NHSE Emergency Planning Pharmacy Group
• To develop and coordinate the implementation of Pharmacy Business Continuity Plans alongside the Deputy Chief Pharmacist for Emergency Planning and Business Development
• Helping ensure quality standards and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are agreed and in place for any new service/ business developments in the department.
• Accountability for monitoring departmental functions and developing processes to meet business needs.

Working for our organisation

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. Transforming Healthcare is the vision at the heart of the King’s Strategy – 2026 to 2031. Together, we are pursuing six strategic ambitions: delivering high-quality patient care; being a great place to work; leading pioneering research, innovation and education; building strong and successful partnerships; providing timely and efficient care; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability. Achieving these ambitions will require all of us to work as one Team King’s, united by a shared commitment to our values of being caring, collaborative, inclusive and innovative. By living these values every day, we will transform healthcare for our patients, our communities and each other

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and personal specification for additional details regarding the role.

Please also contact Deputy Chief Pharmacist Emergency Planning & Business Development ( see contact information) for further insight into position.

Person specification

Education and Qualification

• Registered Pharmacist (1 year competency assessed and examined professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council)
• Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
• Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent qualification
• Registered Independent Prescriber or willingness to complete
• Member of the RCPharm faculty

Knoweledge and Experience

• Able to identify and deliver best practice
• Demonstrates an advanced level of reasoning & judgment
• Maintains a broad level of pharmacy practice
• Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the clinical governance agenda

Skills and Competencies

• Specialist competencies in areas relevant to practice
• Be able to provide highly complex information on pharmacy and financial issues and impart knowledge to all levels of healthcare professionals (up to and including senior consultants/professor/executive director level)
• Be able to provide highly complex information on medicines use and financial issues to multidisciplinary groups involving staff outside of Pharmacy (e.g. DTC, Non-Medical Prescribing Group, Divisional Management Teams, Clinical Effectiveness)
• Be able to provide highly complex information on pharmacy business planning and emergency planning to national organisations and at national/international conferences
• Be able to use presentational aids

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• All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
• Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

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The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Name aisling considine Job title Deputy Chief Pharmacist Emergency Planning Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 02032999678

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