Principal Pharmacist Emergency Planning & Business Development

King'S College Hospital Nhs Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Pharmacist to provide professional leadership and strategic advice on contingency planning within Pharmacy. You will work with the Deputy Chief Pharmacist to develop action plans and run exercises to train staff for emergencies.

You will deputise for the Deputy Chief Pharmacist for Emergency Planning, support transformation work, ensure KPIs and governance, and help align Pharmacy activities with Trust policy and national NHS

Qualifications

• Pharmacist registered with GPhC and UK registration.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent.
• Registered Independent Prescriber or willingness to complete.
• Member of the RCPharm faculty.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement Pharmacy plans for emergencies aligned with Trust policy.
• Collect and analyse data sets to support service development.
• Organise and conduct exercises to train staff for emergencies.
• Respond to incidents and liaise with the Chief Pharmacist and Trust teams.
• Represent the Trust Emergency Planning Group and NHSE Pharmacy Group.
• Coordinate Pharmacy business continuity plans with the Deputy Chief Pharmacist for Emergency Planning.
• Ensure KPIs are agreed and monitored for new services and developments.
• Monitor departmental functions and refine processes to meet business needs.

Skills

Specialist competencies

Presentational aids

Financial acumen

Education

Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice

Registered Pharmacist

Mandatory CPD

Registered Independent Prescriber

RCPharm faculty member

Job description

Job summary

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.

About us

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.

Details

Date posted: 10 September 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 8b

Salary: £75,328 to £86,114 a year per annum, inc HCA

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 6 months

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 213-Division-A-8121220

Job locations: Kings College Hospital, London, SE5 9RS, United Kingdom

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

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Kings College Hospital, London, SE5 9RS, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.kch.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Deputy Chief Pharmacist Emergency Planning

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02032999678