Job summary
- Main area
- Anti-infective Pharmacist
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Pro Rata)
- Job ref
- 337-NP-8965DG
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northwick Park Hospital
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £61,631 - £68,623 per annum including HCAS pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Pharmacist – Anti-infectives, Virtual Ward & ESD
Band 8a
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced pharmacist to join the innovative and friendly Anti-infectives Pharmacy Team at
London north West University NHS Healthcare Trust. We are looking for an individual with a passion for Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) and Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT). The majority of your role will be dedicated to the Virtual Ward and Early Supported Discharge service for the acute infection pathway but will also include working alongside other members of the Pharmacy Anti-infective Team to provide a service to the infectious disease department and carrying out the Trusts AMS initiatives.
Main duties of the job
• To lead, deliver, develop, and evaluate clinical pharmacy services to the virtual ward and early supported discharge (ESD) service for
the acute infection pathway in accordance with the objectives and priorities agreed between the post holder, Chief Pharmacist, Lead
Anti-infective Pharmacist and the leads for the virtual ward and ESD service, in order to ensure safe, clinically effective, and cost
efficient use of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) and other anti-infective therapy including prescribing services when
required.
• To provide a consistently highly specialist pharmaceutical service for patients seen within the virtual ward and ESD service on the acute
infection pathway in line with Trust and national standards in order to meet all Clinical Governance requirements.
• To lead on Medicines Management for the virtual ward and early supported discharge (ESD) service for patients on the acute infection
pathway.
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice or equivalent experience
- Pharmacist GPhC registration
Desirable criteria
- Registered independent prescriber
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive post registration experience in hospital pharmacy
- Experience within OPAT / anti-infective specialities
- Successful collaborative working in a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of providing training, mentorship and supervising staff
Desirable criteria
- Leading a team of staff to deliver a service
- Experience of MDT audit and/or research & development
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent written communication skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Cassandra Watson
- Job title
- Lead Anti-infective Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8869 3590
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