Principal Pharmacist, Outpatients Services

Integrated Care System; Carshalton; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Principal Pharmacist at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. The successful candidate will lead the outpatient pharmacy service, requiring extensive hospital experience, management skills, and a commitment to delivering exceptional patient care. This role offers a supportive environment encouraging personal development and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Proven managerial and change management skills.
• Extensive post-registration hospital experience at least Band 7 level.
• Demonstrates evidence of excellent clinical knowledge and skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Trust's outpatient pharmacy service.
• Transform pharmacy service delivery for patients.
• Participation in late duty and on-call rotas.

Skills

Excellent organisational skills

Computer literate

Ability to work under pressure

Ability to implement and manage change

Education

Masters in Pharmacy Degree - MPharm

Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent

Membership of Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

Tools

CMM (formerly JAC) pharmacy computer system

Job description

Go back Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Principal Pharmacist, Outpatients Services

The closing date is 27 July 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen to manage our busy team as Principal Pharmacist, Outpatients services.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated pharmacist to lead and develop the Trust's outpatient pharmacy service.

Epsom and St Helier Hospitals have retained in-house outpatient dispensing, with the pharmacy team managing the supply of medicines across the full range of specialties seen in our clinics.

We are looking for a dynamic and inspiring leader who will transform the service for our patients. The successful candidate will re-invigorate and reinvent our processes, delivering a professional, efficient, and compassionate pharmacy service.

Main duties of the job

You will need to have had hospital experience to understand how hospital prescribing, hospital only and formulary medicines work and perhaps you will also have experience of community pharmacy from which you can bring your commercial skills.

This is a senior role requiring someone with proven managerial and change management skills and experience. You will be working with a team of pharmacy assistants, technicians and pharmacists on two sites who are passionate about delivering a high class service.

If you'd like to be a part of a team that offers a supportive and collaborative environment fostering growth and development, where your contributions are valued and recognised, we invite you to apply.

**Please note this vacancy is for our St Helier site with a 1-day a week commitment at the Epsom site.**

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.

The post includes participation in the late duty, seven day, bank holiday and senior on-call rotas.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

• Masters in Pharmacy Degree - MPharm
• 1 year pre-registration training Professional registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
• Membership of Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
• Member of the faculty of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (or working towards) at Faculty Advanced Stage II or Advanced level practice against the Core Advanced Curriculum

Experience & Knowledge

• Extensive post registration hospital experience at least Band 7 level
• Staff management Experience of clinical trials
• Demonstrates evidence of excellent clinical knowledge and skills
• Understanding of current national standards, guidelines and service developments linked to areas covered by Medicine.
• Staff training and appraisal and service development
• Knowledge of CMM (formerly JAC) pharmacy computer system
• Risk management and assessment
• Experience using KPIs to monitor a servicectice in the hospital setting

Skills/abilities

• Excellent organisational skills-self and others.
• Computer literate including familiarity with electronic prescribing systems
• Demonstrates initiative and ability to multi-task
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise work
• Up to date on changes to pharmacy and hospital standards
• Ability to implement and manage change
• Appreciation of audit methods

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.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

£61,631 to £68,623 a yearPro-rata pa inc HCAS (Outer London)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time,Job share,Flexible working