Women's and Children's pharmacist and POSCU Lead | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in London is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to join their innovative pharmacy team. The role involves leading the POSCU service, developing comprehensive clinical pharmacy services, and providing training to junior pharmacists. Ideal candidates should be registered pharmacists with leadership experience in multidisciplinary healthcare settings. This position offers a chance to work collaboratively within a dynamic team and make a meaningful impact on patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience in a clinical pharmacy setting, particularly in paediatrics or oncology.
• Proven leadership experience in a healthcare environment.
• Ability to work collaboratively with healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Lead the POSCU service and provide a clinical pharmacy service.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive clinical Pharmacy service.
• Provide training and supervision to pharmacy staff.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy service provision

Leadership in multidisciplinary teams

Patient care

Pharmacy training and supervision

Education

Registered Pharmacist

Job description

Overview

Are you looking for the opportunity to develop your skills in a forward-thinking and innovative pharmacy team? We invite you to consider joining us in delivering our Pharmacy Vision of excellence. You will work with an enthusiastic and dynamic team to provide the best clinical service for patients by collaborating with other healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Lead the POSCU service and be an integral member of the women and children’s team to provide a clinical pharmacy service to our patient cohort.
• Ideally be a current hospital pharmacist with experience of working in a multidisciplinary environment, ready to take the next step and lead a team.
• Assist in the development, maintenance and delivery of a comprehensive clinical Pharmacy service to the Trust and provide operational and professional support to the Lead Pharmacist for Oncology and Lead Pharmacist for Women’s and Children.
• Provide a high level of clinical and pharmacy services to Paediatrics/Oncology areas.
• Provide training and supervision to pre-registration and rotational pharmacists.
• Provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service to patients within the Women and Children’s Directorate, ensuring the safe, effective, legal and accurate use of medicines within the specialty.
• Support the maintenance, clinical use and development of the chemotherapy e-prescribing and administration system (Chemocare) across the Paediatric Oncology Service.

The post holder will have designated areas of responsibility, which will vary from time to time according to the needs of the service.

About NMUH

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond. Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is on-site and provides services to support cancer patients’ wellbeing. We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield to ensure the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school-aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families.

For more information, please access the following link: https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/

Additional information

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of the main responsibilities of this role.

This advert closes on Sunday 5 Oct 2025.