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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
259-7208423NUH
Employer
Barts Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Newham University Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£59,490 - £66,239 per annum inc (Pay Award Pending)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/06/2025 23:59
Interview date
07/07/2025

Employer heading

Barts Health NHS Trust logo

Highly Specialist Pharmacist – Emergency and Acute Medicine

Band 8a

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Job overview

Barts Health Pharmacy Department are looking for a motivated individual who is ambitious and forward-thinking with clinical experience in Acute and Emergency Medicine to join our Pharmacy team at Newham University Hospital. The Trust is one of the largest and busiest in the UK and at the leading edge of emergency medicine. It provides a full range of local and tertiary hospital services across its different sites, including Emergency and Acute Medicine being delivered from three of its four hospital sites.

The post holder will be supporting the Clinical Services Manager in leading a team of staff in promoting high quality, cost-effective and safe prescribing.  They will lead on the provision of pharmaceutical services to the acute medicine wards and the emergency department of the Newham University Hospital site. 

The post holder will participate in the education and training for staff in the pharmacy team at Barts Health and will assist in the provision and development of clinical pharmacy within the service. 

You will be supported to further develop your abilities as a senior leader via a combination of internal and external training programmes, alongside developing your clinical acumen. 

We welcome applications from individuals with excellent communications skills who demonstrate a patient-centred focus and compassionate and collaborative leadership. You will require excellent prioritisation skills and have a passion for service review and quality improvement.

Main duties of the job

To support the Clinical Services Manager in the delivery of the clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation services to Acute Medical wards and Emergency Department at Newham University Hospital.

Manage the foundation training and senior pharmacists rotating into the specialty

To provide a high level of clinical pharmacy input to the relevant specialty as part of the multidisciplinary team to ensure optimal medicines usage and value for money

Manage drug-related incidents and complaints, both written and verbal, effectively and according to Trust policies

Support and advise the senior leadership team on budget issues relating to Acute Medicine and Emergency Care services at Newham University Hospital.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

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 documents, please view the attachment/s below. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MPharm Degree in Pharmacy
  • Registered with GPhC
  • Postgraduate Pharmacy Qualification or equivalent experience (minimum postgraduate diploma level)
  • Independent prescribing qualification, or willing to undergo training to become a non-medical prescriber
Desirable criteria
  • Management qualification or equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of GPhC revalidation requirements
  • Knowledge of medicines management systems at ward level with understanding of stock control systems
  • Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g. Controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
  • Excellent knowledge of the medical management and pharmaceutical care needs of Acute Medical and Emergency Care patients
  • An awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to Acute Medical patients and Emergency Care
  • Knowledge of drug and therapeutics at Diploma level or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of interface issues relevant to the patient group
  • Knowledge of risk management issues relevant to the patient group and root cause analysis

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent and effective interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
  • Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
  • Assertive, diplomatic, persuasive with ability to negotiate
  • Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self, and others
  • Ability to manage time effectively and work to deadlines
  • Able to work unsupervised, follow written instruction and work under pressure IT literate; able to use Microsoft office with intermediate IT skills including, accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programmes
  • Evidence of good ward practice
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to motivate and act as a role model
  • Good team worker
  • Demonstrates initiative and critical appraisal skills

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant Experience post registration in a hospital based clinical post
  • Experience of providing a hospital-based service to Acute Medical and Emergency Care patients
  • Demonstratable successful performance in a previous clinical post
  • Experience of providing evaluated information on drug expenditure
  • Experience of supervising staff and basic teaching in a hospital setting through training others e.g. trainee / junior pharmacists / other HCPs
Desirable criteria
  • Successful experience of managing & leading projects
  • Experience of successfully managing staff, performing appraisals and giving feedback
  • Experience of providing hospital- based clinical service within Acute Medicine / Emergency Care at Band 7 level or equivalent
  • Experience of managing guidelines and PGDs relevant to the speciality
  • Experience of managing medication incidents

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Green@Barts HealthNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyLondon Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage FoundationPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Pregnancy Loss PledgeDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible Working

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Nasira Makan
Job title
Clinical Services Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02070555684
Additional information

For further information and an informal chat or visit, please contact: Nasira Makan Clinical Services Manager ([email protected])

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