Job summary
- Main area
- RLH Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 259-7339549RLH
- Employer
- Barts Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal London Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inc
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Clinical Pharmacist – Acute and General Medicine
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
The Royal London Hospital is seeking a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist to provide expert pharmaceutical care within our Acute and General Medicine departments. This role is integral to leading our TTA Optimisation workstream and enhancing patient safety and medication management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Clinical Expertise: Promote responsible, safe, and cost-effective prescribing of medicines to optimise clinical outcomes and minimise adverse reactions.
- Patient-Centred Care: Deliver high-quality, patient-focused care, serving as a clinical role model and ensuring continuity of care during discharge planning.
- Leadership: Provide clinical supervision and mentorship to junior pharmacy staff, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and excellence in service delivery.
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Work closely with multidisciplinary teams to facilitate timely and safe discharges, attend ward rounds, and participate in clinical decision-making.
- Quality Improvement Initiatives: Lead quality improvement projects focused on discharge planning, medicines counselling, and enhancing the patient experience.
For more information, please contact:
Funke Alimi-Omidiora, Associate Director of Pharmacy ([email protected]) OR Armaghan Amini Moghadam, Lead Pharmacist – Acute and General Medicine ([email protected])
Main duties of the job
The post holder will carry out the full range of duties as a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist – Acute and General Medicine, promoting the responsible, safe, and cost-effective prescribing of medicines to optimise clinical outcomes, minimise adverse reactions, and improve medicines safety within acute and general medical wards at The Royal London Hospital.
The post holder will deliver patient-focused, high-quality care and act as a clinical role model within Acute and General Medicine. They will also provide clinical supervision to rotational pharmacy staff working in these areas, supporting their development and maintaining professional standards.
The post holder will contribute to the TTA Optimisation workstream, providing senior clinical input to the TTA Hub service. They will also provide leadership and oversight to junior members of the pharmacy team and support service improvement initiatives aligned with the Royal London Hospital and national priorities.
The post holder will either be a registered non-medical prescriber or be willing to undertake training, with the ability to make prescribing decisions.
The TTA optimisation work stream is anticipated to support and help with improving operational performance across the Royal London Hospital. Staff will be moved into a role or specialty within The Royal London/Mile End Hospital team based on the operational and clinical needs. This will be undertaken following discussions/consultation with the post holder.
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
Desirable criteria
- • Independent prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Post-registration experience in an acute hospital based clinical post.
- • Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care
- • Experience of undertaking research, quality improvement or audit projects
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of leading or supervising practice research or audit
- • Experience of providing evaluated information on drug expenditure
- • Experience of being involved in managing medication incidents
- • Experience managing patients within acute and general medicine
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Demonstrates sound clinical knowledge
- • Knowledge of drug and therapeutics at Diploma level or equivalent
- • Understanding of clinical governance and clinical risk management
- • Awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues
- • Understanding of GPhC Revalidation requirements
- • Knowledge of medicines management systems at ward level
- • Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g. controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
- • Understanding of stock control systems
- • Understanding of the pharmaceutical care needs
- • 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
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Excellent interpersonal skills
- • Effective verbal and written communication skills
- • Be able to influence senior medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management teams
- • Able to motivate self and others
- • Be able to implement and manage change
- • Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
- • Able to accurately follow written procedures under pressure
- • Demonstrates numeracy skills and ability to perform accurate, complex calculations
- • Organisation and prioritisation of workload and meet deadlines
- • Able to solve difficult and ambiguous problems by advanced reasoning and sound technical judgment
- • Design delivery of training and review
- • Skills to undertake training delivery and review to a wide range of trainees
- • Ability to identify, assess and manage risks
- • IT literate and able to use Microsoft Office Programs, e.g., Excel, Word, and pharmacy computer systems
- • Ability to provide clinical supervision to pharmacy technicians in accordance with professional standards for pharmacy technicians
- • Ability to present information concisely and clearly
- • Able to communicate complex information effectively to all health and care professionals, colleagues, patients and their loved ones
Desirable criteria
- • Effective negotiation and influencing skills
Other
Essential criteria
- • DBS - Enhanced check with a check of the barred lists required as patient facing and may interact with adults / children
- • Leads by example, promoting the Bart’s Health and Pharmacy values
- • Models, and can encourage others in being innovative in finding ways of improving the quality of services
Desirable criteria
- Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
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
- Funke Alimi-Omidiora
- Job title
- Associate Director of Pharmacy
- Email address
- [email protected]
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