Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (1 in 6 Saturdays and Bank Holidays according to rota)
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-7135393
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Barnet Hospital
- Town
- Barnet
- Salary
- £59,490 - £66,239 per annum plus Outer London HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Band 8A Operational Lead Pharmacist – Pharmacy Manufacturing (BH site)
NHS AfC: Band 8a
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.
The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.
In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced aseptic services pharmacist to lead and manage the preparation and delivery of safe and high quality Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy from Barnet Hospital Production Unit. The role will also involve implementation of new regulatory guidance as well as national agenda items that concern pharmacy aseptic services.
The role will involve managing the Pharmaceutical Quality System to ensure that controlled documentation is updated to ensure safe and consistent practice, as well as managing Deviations effectively and any associated Change Controls which may arise from them. They will also have significant involvement with self-inspection of the department to ensure continuing compliance with QAAPS standards and ensure that the contamination control strategy for the facility is implemented and risks identified and safely mitigated.
Main duties of the job
• To act as Authorised Pharmacist for Technical Services Unit and be a key member of the Production Team for provision, development and improvement of Pharmacy Production services ensuring good GMP, GCP and Safety standards are maintained.
• Deputise for the Accountable Pharmacist in their absence and assist the Accountable Pharmacist in continual preparation for the Regional EL(97)52 Audit and prepare & implement any agreed remedial action plan which results from the Audit.
• To work with the Pharmacy Production team and the broader multidisciplinary teams to deliver efficient, cost effective, quality, safe and timely supplies of the special products including aseptically prepared chemotherapy, Mabs, PN and Clinical Trials.
• To maintain and improve the Pharmaceutical Quality Management System including error reporting and CAPA’s and regular review of the policies & procedures in conjunction with Quality Assurance Manager.
• To ensure that the Production Unit complies with the GMP and GCP standards and that the Unit complies with the with current and future legislation and standards
• To manage and supervise Pharmacy manufacturing staff to ensure safe working practices and procedures are followed and manufactured products meet the required quality standards and are delivered within the agreed timelines.
• To gather and report monthly Production Unit Key Performance
Working for our organisation
Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet, Chase Farm and Royal Free Hospitals and more than 30 services in the community. Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
The Pharmacy department is a friendly, progressive, and expanding unit dedicated to providing the highest standards of pharmaceutical care and service in this internationally renowned teaching hospital.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification attached for further information on the role and requirements.
Person specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Desirable criteria
- Formal management and / or leadership qualification.
- Willingness to undertake further training to advance skills and knowledge.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nitin Patel
- Job title
- Operational Lead Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 216 4747
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
RFL
- Telephone
- If you have any queries, please contact NLPSS Recruitment Helpdesk tel. 020 3758 2060
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