Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy Clinical Services
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 337-NP-9154DG
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cross site working between Northwick Park Hospital, Ealing Hospital and Central Middlesex Hospital
- Town
- Southall
- Salary
- £70,396 - £80,837 PA Inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Pharmacist, Clinical Services
Band 8b
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
This important role will lead the clinical services agenda within the Pharmacy department at LNWUH. The postholder will directly deputise for the Principal Pharmacist, Clinical Services whilst actively promoting the pharmacy clinical services across the three sites at the Trust to promote patient safety, education and training of our staff and drive service improvements. The postholder will be required to work closely and collaboratively with the other Lead Pharmacists at the Trust to support medicines optimisation strategy and promote an effective service. The individual will also be responsible for managing the cross site senior rotational pharmacist programme including rotation allocations and staffing gaps. The postholder will need to have proven extensive experience secondary care pharmacy services and managing a team of staff.
The role requires someone who is comfortable working in different settings across the Trust and region, and engaging with a variety of different stakeholders.
Main duties of the job
Leads on the development, monitoring and review of key performance indicators to describe the clinical pharmacy service provided by clinical pharmacists within the Trust. To work with the Principal Pharmacist, Clinical Services to develop the clinical pharmacy service in line with the needs of the Trust and to meet the Pharmacy vision.
Ensures the provision of a high quality, safe and cost-effective clinical pharmacy service which integrates with partner organisations across North West London.
The role will work closely with Pharmacy leads for Education and Training, Medication Safety and Operations at all hospital sites.
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MPharm
- Post graduate diploma
Desirable criteria
- Independent Prescriber
- Management qualification
- Evidence of management training
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Significant clinical pharmacy experience in an acute setting
- Experience of managing a small team
- High level clinical knowledge, reasoning and judgment, manages difficult and ambiguous problems
- Ability to manage change
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of publishing in a peer reviewed journal
- Collaborative regional work
- Experience of influencing changes in practice
Skills
Essential criteria
- interpersonal skills with the ability to liaise, pursue and influence others
- excellent communication skills (oral and written)
- problem-solving skills
- 7. Actively seeks to improve the ward and clinical services provided to enhance quality of patient care
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sabina Islam
- Job title
- Principal Pharmacist, Clinical Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07929797206
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