Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Plus out of hours and 7 day service commitment)
- Job ref
- 213-CAY-7319157
- Employer
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- King's College Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £61,927 - £68,676 per annum, inc HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Pharmacist - Paediatric Care at Home
Band 8a
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.
Job overview
A unique opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic senior clinical pharmacist with excellent communication, vision, organisational and leadership skills to join the Womens and Childrens Pharmacy Team at King’s College Hospital.
The successful post holder will work as part of a dedicated pharmacy team to lead, provide and develop specialist clinical pharmacy services to expand paediatric care closer to home and at home across our sites.
This post provides a varied experience as well as flexible and challenging opportunities for personal and professional development in clinical, research, strategic and managerial skills. The successful applicant will be a team player with clinical experience, excellent communication skills, and attention to detail. We seek a highly motivated individual with relevant experience to join our team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will join a specialist pharmacy team to lead and develop clinical pharmacy services, expanding paediatric care at home and across sites. Supporting the Principal Pharmacist for Women’s and Children’s services, they will coordinate between wards, departments, and pharmacy to meet Care Group needs.
Key duties include deputising for the Principal Pharmacist, acting as a paediatric specialist and independent prescriber, leading service development, participating in outpatient clinics and ward rounds, ensuring safe drug use, providing education and training, managing budgets, and supporting clinical research. They will also supervise staff and promote integrated, patient-centred pharmaceutical care.
This role involves delivering a clinical pharmacy service at an Advanced level, as defined in the RPS Core Advanced Pharmacist Curriculum.
The post holder will participate in enhanced hours and weekend services
Working for our organisation
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Our values at King’s, are that we’re a kind, respectful team;
Kind. We show compassion and understanding and bring a positive attitude to our work
Respectful. We promote equality, are inclusive and honest, speaking up when needed
Team. We support each other, communicate openly, and are reassuringly professional
The trust-wide strategy Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (EDI) at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we can take Team King’s to another level.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The main responsibilities of the post holder will be:
• Deputise for the Principal Pharmacist, Womens and Childrens
• Act as a specialist role model and an expert in the medical management within Paediatrics with a particular focus on developing care at home services.
• Lead and manage clinical pharmacy services in Paediatrics in conjunction with the Principal Pharmacist. Lead and share expertise where required for the development of services delivered at or closer to home in other specialities as future needs require.
• Participate in outpatient clinics to deliver and promote high quality, cost-effective and patient-focused pharmaceutical care.
• Act as a pharmacist independent prescriber to optimise the care of patients within Paediatrics.
• Ensure a high level of clinical pharmacy input to the care of patients within Paediatrics. Providing interface and discharge liaison and support.
• Actively participate in multidisciplinary ward rounds, delivering and promoting high quality, cost effective, patient-focused pharmaceutical care.
• Provide patient and carer education and close liaison across the interface.
• Promote safe drug use within the Paediatric specialties.
• Development, implementation and audit of local guidelines.
• Supervise and train pharmacy staff at ward level.
• Provide education and training of healthcare professionals within and outside the Trust.
• Regular financial reporting, drug usage and expenditure forecasting, and drug budget management.
• To participate in practice and clinical research and audit.
• To work with the Principal Pharmacist to extend the boundaries of professional practice within the Care Group.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Pharmacist (Significant competency assessed and examined professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent qualification / experience
- Registered Independent Prescriber or willingness to complete
Experience
Essential criteria
- Specialist clinical knowledge and skills relevant to area of practice
- Previous relevant specialist clinical experience
- Appropriate post registration experience in hospital Pharmacy or equivalent area of practice with assessed competencies
- Experience of working with senior healthcare professionals outside of Pharmacy
Desirable criteria
- Demonstration of advanced practice using evidence mapped to the RPS Advanced Practice Curriculum
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
- Bansri Bharania
- Job title
- Principal Pharmacist, Womens and Childrens
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 3299 9656
- Additional information
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