Lead Pharmacist- Patient Services | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 14 Ebrill 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £61,927 - £68,676 p.a. pro rata inclusive of HCAS (Inner) |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 14 Mai 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | London, SW17 0QT |
| Cwmni: | st georges nhs trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7110187/200-NN-7110187-HS-Z |
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We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and dynamic Pharmacist to join our forward-thinking team at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This is a fantastic chance to lead and develop patient services across St George’s Hospital and Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton, contributing to high-quality and safe medicines management for our patients.
St George’s is one of the largest NHS teaching hospitals in the UK, providing a diverse range of specialist, acute, and community services to over 5 million people. We are committed to excellence, innovation, and professional development, offering our pharmacists a supportive environment where they can lead change and drive service improvements.
The Pharmacy Service at St George’s is highly regarded across the Trust, with over 280 staff members working closely with multi-disciplinary teams. The department is friendly, forward thinking and constantly expanding with opportunities for personal and service development including further postgraduate education.
• Provide professional leadership and clinical oversight of dispensary services
• Ensure the smooth running of all dispensaries across the Trust, managing staff training, resources, and service delivery.
• Oversee controlled drugs governance and support Trust-wide medicines management initiatives.
• Work closely with pharmacy teams to ensure effective stock control, financial reporting, and patient safety measures.
• Lead on prescribing safety monitoring, adherence to clinical guidelines, and the management of unlicensed medicines.
• Play a key role in staff training, mentorship, and development, ensuring the highest standards of pharmaceutical care.
The GESH hospital group is a leading healthcare provider in South West London, comprised of St George’s University Hospitals and Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, together, by collaborating and working in partnership to meet the needs of our patients, and making sure our services are affordable and fit for the future.
As GESH partners the pharmacy departments at St Georges University Hospital and Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals are working together in a number of areas including; workforce, key functions such as medication safety and education and training and digital workstreams.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust itself is a major acute hospital that offers specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, neurosurgery, cardiac care, lipid disorders, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. We are the regional specialist care provider for South-West London, Surrey and beyond. Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff. The helipad was opened in spring 2014 and the work of the Emergency Department has been captured on Channel 4’s ‘24 Hours in A&E’ programme.
Essential criteria:
- Highly skilled and motivated pharmacist with substantial post-registration experience in hospital pharmacy or a relevant area of practice.
- You will have a postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy (or equivalent experience) and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Strong leadership, organisational, and communication skills are essential, as you will be responsible for managing patient services staff, overseeing dispensary operations, and ensuring the safe and efficient supply of medicines.
- We are looking for a pharmacist with excellent clinical reasoning and judgment, capable of providing expert advice on medicines management and prescribing safety.
- Experience in change management, clinical governance, and service improvement is highly desirable, as well as a track record of mentoring, supervising, and training staff at all levels. The ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, influence stakeholders, and drive innovation in pharmacy services is key to this role.
- Familiarity with automation systems, electronic prescribing platforms, and financial aspects of medicine procurement would also be beneficial.
- Above all, we seek a pharmacist who is patient-focused, proactive, and dedicated to upholding the Trust’s values of excellence, kindness, responsibility, and respect.
Please see attached the job description for more details on the main responsibilities for this role.
This advert closes on Monday 28 Apr 2025
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