Specialist Pharmacist – Clinical Governance and Injectable Medicines
| Posting date: | 27 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61,927 - £68,676 p.a. pro rata inclusive of HCAS (Inner) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, SW17 0QT |
| Company: | st georges nhs trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7310612/200-NN-7156212-HS-Z-A |
Summary
A Vacancy at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The Pharmacy Department at St George’s is innovative, dynamic, successful and highly valued across the Trust. Our patients are at the centre of everything we do.. The department is friendly, forward thinking and constantly expanding with opportunities for personal development and further postgraduate education. Furthermore, we are constantly expanding our pool of non-medical prescribing pharmacists. We support pharmacists to pursue opportunities in research to further expand their portfolio.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated pharmacist to join our Medicines Governance Team to provide pharmacy and medicines optimisation services to patients at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. You will need to have excellent communication skills and be confident to provide training and guidance to the multi-disciplinary team. Working alongside the Principal Pharmacist – Clinical Governance and Medicines Policy you will be contributing to the delivery of the Trust Medicines Clinical Governance agenda and provide expert input into the management of injectable medicines. The postholder will also lead, manage, develop and evaluate the smart infusion pumps across the organisation. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to drive positive changes in medicines governance and injectable medicines at the Trust.
• To assist the Deputy Chief Pharmacist to provide, manage, develop, and evaluate the delivery of and strategy for responsive, proactive, patient focused clinical pharmacy services across the Trust.
• To lead and manage the Trust’s smart infusion pumps including education and training of healthcare professionals.
• To co-ordinate and manage the rotational band 7 pharmacist programme in collaboration with the Deputy Chief Pharmacist.
• To develop and deliver the clinical education and training programme to pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals.
• To be responsible for the management of the resident band 6 pharmacists and service in collaboration with the Senior Resident Pharmacist Manager.
• To initiate, undertake, support and supervise audits, research, projects, quality improvements and service developments within clinical pharmacy services and the department.
• To work as an advanced level practitioner in a designated clinical area participating in ward rounds and multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings as required and prescribing independently.
The successful applicant will enjoy working in a busy challenging environment, be able to manage multiple priorities and deliver against tight deadlines. The ability to work autonomously and with a high level of accountability is essential. You should possess a postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy or equivalent and have the relevant hospital pharmacy experience.
With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London. Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research.
St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region. As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010. St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London.
A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totaling around 3.5 million people. The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.
*****Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role*****
This advert closes on Sunday 13 Jul 2025
The Pharmacy Department at St George’s is innovative, dynamic, successful and highly valued across the Trust. Our patients are at the centre of everything we do.. The department is friendly, forward thinking and constantly expanding with opportunities for personal development and further postgraduate education. Furthermore, we are constantly expanding our pool of non-medical prescribing pharmacists. We support pharmacists to pursue opportunities in research to further expand their portfolio.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated pharmacist to join our Medicines Governance Team to provide pharmacy and medicines optimisation services to patients at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. You will need to have excellent communication skills and be confident to provide training and guidance to the multi-disciplinary team. Working alongside the Principal Pharmacist – Clinical Governance and Medicines Policy you will be contributing to the delivery of the Trust Medicines Clinical Governance agenda and provide expert input into the management of injectable medicines. The postholder will also lead, manage, develop and evaluate the smart infusion pumps across the organisation. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to drive positive changes in medicines governance and injectable medicines at the Trust.
• To assist the Deputy Chief Pharmacist to provide, manage, develop, and evaluate the delivery of and strategy for responsive, proactive, patient focused clinical pharmacy services across the Trust.
• To lead and manage the Trust’s smart infusion pumps including education and training of healthcare professionals.
• To co-ordinate and manage the rotational band 7 pharmacist programme in collaboration with the Deputy Chief Pharmacist.
• To develop and deliver the clinical education and training programme to pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals.
• To be responsible for the management of the resident band 6 pharmacists and service in collaboration with the Senior Resident Pharmacist Manager.
• To initiate, undertake, support and supervise audits, research, projects, quality improvements and service developments within clinical pharmacy services and the department.
• To work as an advanced level practitioner in a designated clinical area participating in ward rounds and multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings as required and prescribing independently.
The successful applicant will enjoy working in a busy challenging environment, be able to manage multiple priorities and deliver against tight deadlines. The ability to work autonomously and with a high level of accountability is essential. You should possess a postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy or equivalent and have the relevant hospital pharmacy experience.
With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London. Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research.
St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region. As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010. St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London.
A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totaling around 3.5 million people. The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.
*****Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role*****
This advert closes on Sunday 13 Jul 2025
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