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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
290-WCCS-2088
Employer
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Hammersmith Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£56,276 - £63,176 pa inclusive
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
15/08/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Dispensary Pharmacist

Band 7

 Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.  

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.  

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

 

 

Job overview

As the pharmacist leading our clinical dispensary service, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping a safe, efficient, and patient-centred dispensing operation. You’ll mentor and support our rotational resident and trainee pharmacists, helping them grow while ensuring excellence in service delivery for both patients and clinical teams.

You’ll be a visible role model and a passionate advocate for our ethos of continuous improvement, inspiring those around you to strive for better every day.

With your experience, you’ll also work closely with the chief pharmacy technician to uphold the highest standards of Good Clinical Practice. This includes ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations and guidelines for the supply of clinical trials, chemotherapy, and unlicensed medicines.

Main duties of the job

  • You will uphold a high standard of clinical practice while conducting medication reviews on your allocated ward, with opportunities to further develop your clinical expertise across a diverse range of local specialties.
  • In addition to your clinical responsibilities, you will monitor and escalate any risks encountered during the delivery of pharmacy supply services, including chemotherapy and clinical trial dispensing, ensuring patient safety and regulatory compliance.
  • As a motivator and mentor, you will inspire colleagues, support learners, and champion continuous improvement through service evaluation and quality improvement methodologies. Collaboration will be key, as you work closely with stakeholders across all dispensary sites, pharmacy clinical leaders, and our service users.
  • You will also play a vital role in fostering an inclusive and equitable environment, embedding the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion into staffing plans, duty rotas, and development opportunities for individuals and teams.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.  

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.  Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. 

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,  part time or job share.  Please talk to  us at interview. .

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

 

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria
  • Master’s degree in pharmacy or equivalent
  • Member of the GPhC
  • Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
  • Appropriate short management courses
  • Diploma in Pharmacy Practice

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good ability to organise and prioritise work
  • Good clinical practice (GCP).
  • Ability to communicate complex information
  • Analytical ability for problem solving
Desirable criteria
  • Good clinical practice qualification
  • Microsoft office software competence at a basic level (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Teams).
  • Quality improvement level 2 (practitioner) certificate or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria
  • 12-18 months post registration training and experience in hospital pharmacy
  • This must include a solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice (e.g. medicines’ information, aseptic services, ward services and dispensing, clinical pharmacy rotations specialist or otherwise).
  • Experience in delivering training and education.
  • Experience in managing others
Desirable criteria
  • Clinical guidelines development
  • Planning and developing services
  • Previous experience of ePMA systems
  • Previous experience of managing specialist services

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Disability confident employerAccredited Living Wage EmployerNHS Rainbow Badge - BronzeWe Work Flexibly

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Michele Garwood
Job title
Senior Lead Pharmacist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0203 312 3311
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