Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent: Job share of an existing post
- Hours
- Part time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 290-SCCS-2010
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hammersmith Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £64,156 - £71,148 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Haematology Pharmacist - ambulatory care and day unit
Band 8a
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
It is an exciting time to join the haematology pharmacy team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. We are integral members of the haematology MDT and are expanding our roles in existing services such as the ambulatory care unit, haematology day unit and outpatient clinics. There will be opportunity to gain experience with CAR-T and other novel therapies.
We currently have a job share opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist to join the team. The post holder will play a key role in the development of services for haematology ambulatory and day unit patients. The post holder will also specialise in the haematology pharmacy services offered including autologous and allogeneic HSCT, CAR T therapy, ward based services.
Main duties of the job
- To manage and develop a high quality patient focused clinical pharmacy service to Clinical Haematology ambulatory care and day unit services.
- To work as an integral member of the haematology pharmacy team jointly providing a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service to haematology patients, multidisciplinary team and provide highly specialist support to the wider pharmacy team in this area.
- To lead and provide expert advice on pharmaceutical matters within Clinical Haematology, ensuring adherence to national guidelines and medicines legislation.
- To facilitate and support the efficient and cost effective use of medicines with a particular emphasis on high cost drugs.
- To manage, develop, train, motivate and encourage staff working within the team.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Member of the GPhC
Desirable criteria
- BOPA Digital SACT verification Passport (Haematology) or equivalent
- BMT/CAR-T passport (or equivalent) demonstrating JACIE accreditation
- Independent Prescriber
Experience
Essential criteria
- Three years post-registration training and experience in hospital Pharmacy This must include a solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice (medicines information, aseptic services, ward services and dispensing
- Practical Clinical experience working in Haematology services
- Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options for patients
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using electronic prescribing systems e.g. Cerner
- Experience of managing change
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria
- Able to evaluate and improve service quality
- Able to evaluate and improve service quality
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management
Desirable criteria
- Published research
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
- Ritti Desai
- Job title
- Senior Lead Haematology Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0203 313 2631
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