Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 259-7406212WXH
- Employer
- Barts Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Whipps Cross Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £53,751 - £60,651 per annum inc
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Pharmacist - Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) & Emergency Medicine (ED)
Band 7
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
Whipps Cross hospital has been a healthcare cornerstone in East London. Serving a vibrant community of over 350,000 people from Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Epping Forest and beyond. Our comprehensive services ranging from general inpatient care to specialised maternity services and a 24/7 Emergency department, ensure that every patient receives care tailored to their needs.
The Barts Pharmacy Department are looking for a dynamic and energetic individual who is ambitious and forward-thinking with clinical experience in acute and emergency medicine to join our Pharmacy team at Whipps Cross University Hospital. The post holder will provide highly specialist and advanced clinical and professional pharmaceutical services to patients admitted to the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Unit and acute medicine with support to the Emergency Department to promote the optimised, safe and cost-effective use of medicines.
You will be a core member of the pharmacy team and the Trust’s acute and emergency care team, providing professional pharmaceutical governance, medicines safety, medicines information, medicines finance, education and training and medicines optimisation support to the team and the service’s patients. The post holder will be supported to further develop both your clinical skills and your abilities as an advanced clinical practitioner.
Main duties of the job
Additionally, the successful candidate will play a key role in establishing a seamless 7-day working schedule, ensuring continuous pharmaceutical support and enhancing patient care. The goal is to develop a 7 day Pharmacy service across the acute and emergency areas and the post holder, along with other team members, would work towards supporting a flexible working pattern across 7 days. This would be negotiated with the post holder.
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. As a valued member of our team, you'll be part of a culture that values communication, patient-centred care, and collaborative leadership. We welcome individuals who share our commitment to excellence.
Top of Form
If you're ready to embark on a fulfilling journey of professional growth while making a real difference in people's lives, Whipps Cross University Hospital is the place for you.
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.
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 or equivalent
- Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy / Pharmacy Practice or equivalent
- Independent prescribing qualification, or willing to work towards
Desirable criteria
- MSc in clinical pharmacy or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience post registration in a hospital based clinical post
- Proven experience of good performance in previous posts
- Proven experience of good performance in previous post
- Evidence of basic teaching and tutoring in a hospital setting through training others e.g. pre-registration / foundation training pharmacists/other staff groups
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of basic teaching and tutoring in a hospital setting through training others e.g. pre-registration / foundation training pharmacists/other staff groups
- Experience of working at interfaces of care
- Experience of working with electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) systems
- Experience of successfully managing staff, performing appraisals and giving feedback
- Experience delivering care in acute medicines specialties in a ward setting
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of GPhC Revalidation requirements
- Knowledge of medicines management systems
- Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g. controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
- Understanding of stock control systems
- Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements
- Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation
- Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives
- Knowledge of drug and therapeutics at Diploma level or equivalent
- Understanding of clinical governance and clinical risk management
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 interpersonal skills
- Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Assertive, diplomatic, persuasive with ability to negotiate.
- Demonstrates numeracy skills and ability to perform accurate, complex calculations
- Data analysis skills
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self
- Ability to manage time effectively and work to deadlines
- Demonstrates initiative to work independently and as part of a team
- Demonstrates critical appraisal skills
- IT literate; able to use Microsoft office with intermediate IT skills including, accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programmes
- Good team worker
- Evidence of good ward practice
- Able to communicate complex information effectively to all health and care professionals, colleagues, patients and their loved ones
- Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training
- Effective pharmaceutical care skills.
- Ability to motivate and act as a role model
- Ability to work under pressure, dealing with peaks and troughs in workload
- Ability to identify when advice needs to be sought
- Reflective practice 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
- Manpreet Randhawa
- Job title
- Associate Director of Pharmacy, WCUH
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Jennifer Chan (Deputy Head of Pharmacy, WCUH ) [email protected]
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