Specialist Clinical Pharmacist – Paediatrics

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization seeks a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist to deliver and develop pharmacy services for paediatric patients at Evelina London Children's Hospital. The role involves clinical practice, evaluation of services, and providing high-quality pharmaceutical care while managing different clinical areas. Ideal candidates will have significant expertise in paediatric medicine and experience in delivering training.

Qualifications

• Registered Independent Prescriber.
• Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice.
• Experience of multidisciplinary health services working.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and develop clinical pharmacy services
• Act as a clinical role model for paediatric pharmacists
• Ensure safe, clinically effective drug use for paediatric patients

Skills

Clinical experience in paediatric medicine and surgery

Ability to influence senior staff

Demonstrates competent level of clinical reasoning

Education

Pre-registration training

Specialist pharmacy knowledge acquired through postgraduate diploma

Tools

Electronic prescribing software

Job description

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Clinical Pharmacist – Paediatrics

The closing date is 20 July 2025

To deliver, develop and evaluate clinical pharmacy services to paediatric services at the Evelina London Children's Hospital in accordance with the objectives set by the Lead Pharmacists. To act as a role model in the paediatric pharmacy field and provide a consistently high pharmaceutical service for paediatric areas in line with placement site corporate objectives and NHS Plan. There are a number of rotations available, including, cardiology, renal, neurology, respiratory, metabolic, general paediatrics, PICU and surgery. The rotations may be cross site between the Royal Brompton and the Evelina Children's Hospital sites.

Main duties of the job

To deliver, develop and evaluate clinical pharmacy services to different clinical areas within the Royal Brompton and Evelina London Children's Hospital and to act as a role model in the paediatric pharmacy field and provide a consistently high pharmaceutical service for paediatric areas in line with placement site corporate objectives and NHS Plan.

About us

Evelina London Children's Hospital is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

We provide hospital care and treatment at both our purpose-built children's hospital on the St Thomas' Hospital site and at Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital. We care for families in our local areas and provide an extensive range of specialist services for children with rare and complex conditions from across south London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex.

The Evelina Children's Hospital site

Based in a stunning purpose-built building at St Thomas', our hospital includes:

• 5 operating theatres, plus 1 cardiac theatre in East Wing, St Thomas'
• a full children's imaging service with MRI scanner, x-ray and ultrasound
• a kidney dialysis unit
• an outpatients department and a medical day care unit
• a day surgery unit

This hospital includes its own stand alone dispensary and pharmaceutical services.

Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals sites

Provide specialist children's services for heart and lung conditions at Royal Brompton Hospital and children's heart and lung outpatient services at Harefield Hospital.

Job responsibilities

To assist in the delivery of clinical pharmacy services for patients admitted to Childrens Services in accordance with the priorities set by the Lead Pharmacists in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.

2. Management of Service

To provide clinical pharmacy services for patients admitted to Childrens Services in accordance with the priorities set by the post holder, and Lead Pharmacists in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.

3. Evaluation of Service

To contribute to monitoring of clinical pharmacy services for patients admitted to Childrens Services in accordance with the objectives set by the post holder and Lead Pharmacists in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of drugs in these patients.

4. Clinical Practice

To act as a clinical role model for paediatric pharmacists and demonstrate the ability to provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients

5. Research and Development

To develop clinical pharmacy services for patients admitted in Childrens Services in accordance with the objectives set by the post holder and Lead Pharmacists in order to advance the safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.

6. Education and TrainingTo participate in the clinical training of the ward pharmacistsTo identify own training needsTo actively seek novel opportunities to meet training needsTo maintain a portfolio of practice

7. To maintain a Broad Level of Pharmacy PracticeTo participate in other areas of clinical pharmacy practice in order to ensure a broadbase of pharmaceutical knowledgeTo undertake duties over the weekend and bank holidays and be involved in 7 day a week working .To participate in the paediatric back-up serviceTo liaise with other clinical pharmacists to ensure efficient transfer of drug related care.

Person Specification

Experience

• Clinical experience in paediatric medicine and surgery
• Previous experience in delivering training and education
• Experience of multidisciplinary health services working
• Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice
• Clinical experience in obstetrics and neonatology
• Previous experience in delivering training and education at undergraduate or post graduate level
• Demonstration of active participation in multi-disciplinary health care research
• Registered Independent Prescriber
• Previous experience of using electronic prescribing software

Knowledge/Qualifications

• Pre-registration training
• Specialist pharmacy knowledge acquired through post graduate diploma level or equivalent training or experience

Skills

• Meets set targets and expected levels of practice as defined by others
• Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management
• The ability to identify and prioritise clinical work
• Understanding of national and local priorities
• The ability to identify and manage risks
• Ability to evaluate quality of own work
• Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and skills
• Demonstrates competent level of clinical reasoning and judgement
• Enhances the quality of patient care
• Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the Clinical Governance Agenda
• Integrates research evidence into practice
• Ensures ward pharmacists training needs are identified and met and evaluates service provision
• Identifies own training needs and maintains a portfolio of practice
• Identifies a vision for the delivery of pharmaceutical services to the Medical/Surgical Specialities
• Identifies and implements best practice and demonstrates innovation
• Demonstrated ability to influence practice at a directorate level
• Ability to identify and prioritise clinical pharmacy services
• Demonstration of the ability to reconcile national priorities with local realities
• Demonstrates ability to implement risk management procedures
• Can delegate authority appropriately
• Manages difficult and ambiguous problems and tolerates uncertainty
• Demonstrates a whole-system patient-focussed approach
• Undertakes own research
• Evaluates the training provided and actively seeks novel opportunities to meet training needs
• Actively seeks to improve the ward and clinical services provided

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.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

£54,320 to £60,981 a yearp.a inc. of HCA