Specialist Pharmacist - Neonates

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Orpington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK healthcare provider in Orpington seeks an enthusiastic pharmacist to lead clinical pharmacy services for the Women and Children's team. This position offers a dynamic environment with opportunities for professional development across various healthcare areas, including neonatal care and general paediatrics. Successful candidates will demonstrate excellent communication skills, clinical experience, and a commitment to delivering high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Must have experience in clinical pharmacy, particularly with paediatrics.
• Demonstrated ability to lead service development in a healthcare setting.
• Experience with managing budgets and supervising staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop clinical pharmacy services within Women and Children’s.
• Coordinate between wards, departments, and pharmacy.
• Deputise for the Principal Pharmacist and act as a paediatric specialist.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy experience

Excellent communication skills

Attention to detail

Team player

Independent prescriber

Education

Relevant pharmacy degree

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King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Orpington, United Kingdom

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Posted:

12.08.2025

Expiry Date:

26.09.2025

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Job overview

This post provides an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic, dynamic and motivated pharmacist with a clinical pharmacy background to join the Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Womens and Childrens Pharmacy Team. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading and delivering a high-quality, clinical service to the recently expanded neonatal unit at the Princess Royal University Hospital site.

This post provides a varied experience as well as flexible and challenging opportunities for personal and professional development in clinical, research, strategic and managerial skills. The successful applicant will be a team player with clinical experience, excellent communication skills, and attention to detail. We seek a highly motivated individual with relevant experience to join our team.

The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to work across other areas of Women’s and Child Health including general paediatrics, maternity and gynaecology.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will join a specialist pharmacy team to lead and develop clinical pharmacy services within Women and Childrens. Supporting the Principal Pharmacist for Women’s and Children’s services, they will coordinate between wards, departments, and pharmacy to meet Care Group needs.

Key duties include deputising for the Principal Pharmacist, acting as a paediatric specialist and independent prescriber, leading service development, participating in outpatient clinics and ward rounds, ensuring safe drug use, providing education and training, managing budgets, and supporting clinical research. They will also supervise staff and promote integrated, patient-centred pharmaceutical care.

This role involves delivering a clinical pharmacy service at an Advanced level, as defined in the RPS Core Advanced Pharmacist Curriculum.

The post holder will participate in enhanced hours and weekend services

Working for our organisation

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. Our values at King’s, are that we’re a kind, respectful team;

Kind. We show compassion and understanding and bring a positive attitude to our work

Respectful. We promote equality, are inclusive and honest, speaking up when needed

Team. We support each other, communicate openly, and are reassuringly professional

The trust-wide strategy Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (EDI) at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we can take Team King’s to another level.