Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Pharmacist Ophthalmology & Surgery
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 396-NN-7302327-ACS-AL-Z
- Employer
- Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kingston Hospital
- Town
- Kingston
- Salary
- £59,490 - £66,239 pa incl of Outer London HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Pharmacist – Ophthalmology & Surgery
Band 8a
Home, community, hospital
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.
Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.
We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.
Our Trust values
These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.
- Compassionate: We provide care with kindness, understanding, and empathy for all.
- Inclusive: We embrace diversity and respect the unique contributions of every individual.
- Collaborative: We foster teamwork across all levels, working together and with our partners to deliver the best outcomes.
- Inspiring: We are committed to continuous improvement and excellence in patient care, staff development, and innovation.
Job overview
Following on from a commitment to investment in the pharmacy team at Kingston Hospital, we have an excellent opportunity to join our friendly and well-respected team as a Senior Pharmacist (Band 8a) in the Ophthalmology & Surgery service lines. This is a brand-new post in the trust and will provide professional, governance and financial medicines leadership to the Royal Eye Unit based at Kingston hospital, as well as working in the new surgery pharmacy team providing high quality clinical care to surgical inpatients.
Main duties of the job
You will play a crucial role in developing the non-medical prescribing service for the specialties, providing MDT clinical pharmacy expertise, as well as the training/ supervision of pre-registration and junior pharmacists.
This is a key role within the pharmacy team delivering high-quality, patient-focused services to the ophthalmology and surgery services. The post holder will be an active member of both the pharmacy and clinical teams to ensure continuous two-way exchange of information and maintain high standards of medicines use.
To develop the provision of clinical pharmacy services to the ophthalmology/ surgery services in accordance with the needs of patients, the clinical team and the required standards of quality and professional practice.
To provide specialist medicines management advice to medical and nursing staff on drugs for the ophthalmology/ surgery services.
Working for our organisation
Development and staff wellbeing
Your growth and personal happiness matters to us. After all, we can’t expect the best from you if we don’t invest in your development and nurture your wellbeing. From the moment you join us, we’re committed to fostering your professional and personal development within a supportive, empowering environment. Whether you’re just starting your career or looking to advance further, we provide you with the tools and opportunities you need to succeed. We actively support colleagues to take part in research, quality improvement and innovation, whatever their role or level in the organisation.
To support your wellbeing, we offer an extensive range of resources, including an on-site staff nursery at Kingston Hospital, wellbeing practitioners, regular wellbeing classes, dedicated staff physiotherapist, comprehensive occupational health services, 24/7 employee assistance programme, and a range of other support and activities.
We also take every opportunity to thank and recognise the work our teams do, through weekly ‘shoutouts’ and patient feedback, monthly and annual awards.
Wherever you work across our organisation, we look forward to welcoming you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To manage and provide clinical pharmacy services to ophthalmology services and surgical wards and support the development of the pharmacy service to the specialties with support from the principal pharmacist.
To oversee the clinical pharmacy service delivered to the ophthalmology and surgery services (in conjunction with the principal pharmacist) and develop and review the service accordingly.
To provide and develop clinical pharmacy services, sensitive to the needs of patients, carers and healthcare staff.
To provide specialist clinical pharmacy expertise to senior clinical staff of the multidisciplinary team within ophthalmology/ surgery regarding medicines related issues and enable implementation of local and national standards.
To demonstrate expert evidence based clinical knowledge in the management of ophthalmology/ surgery patients and act as a role model to junior staff and all other members of the pharmacy team.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Post Graduate Certificate Pharmacy Practice
- Post Graduate Clinical Diploma / Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice
- Independent Prescribing Qualification/ willing to undertake training
Experience and Skills
Essential criteria
- Comprehensive post-registration training and experience in hospital pharmacy - this must include a solid grounding in all aspects of acute hospital pharmacy practice (medicines information, ward services and dispensing)
- Demonstrable experience in general clinical practice including medicine and surgery
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working
- Risk management of medicines
- Audit experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience in ophthalmology services
- Database skills including JAC & CRS EPrescribing
Your application: Please ensure your supporting statement aligns with the job description and person specification, as your application will be assessed against these criteria.
References: Please provide 3 years of employment/educational history with professional email addresses (not personal ones like Hotmail or Gmail). If you cannot supply these, inform the interviewers to avoid delays in pre-employment checks.
Closing date: To keep our recruitment process efficient, some vacancies may be capped and closed early once we receive a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted by email or SMS from the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted. Please check your registered Trac email regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults at risk of harm. For roles involving direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All employees, however, hold a responsibility to safeguard children and vulnerable adults as part of their duties and to understand the specific safeguarding responsibilities associated with their role.
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Text: 07501066267
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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
- Paul Bullock
- Job title
- Senior Principal Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8934 3738
- Additional information
For further information please contact: Paul Bullock, Deputy Chief Pharmacist on 020 8934 3738 or [email protected]
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