Pharmacy training and workforce development lead | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 06 Awst 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £85,431 - £97,148 Per annum inc |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 05 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | London, E1 1FR |
| Cwmni: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7400727/259-7400727GCS |
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Join Barts Health Pharmacy: Lead Workforce Development
Are you an experienced and visionary pharmacy leader looking to make a lasting impact on workforce development across one of the largest NHS Trusts in the UK?
We’re looking for an experienced, forward-thinking pharmacist to lead workforce transformation across one of the UK’s largest NHS Trusts.
As Pharmacy training and workforce development lead, you’ll shape the future of pharmacy education, training, and career development. Based at the Royal London Hospital, this senior role supports strategic workforce planning across Barts Health and the wider Integrated Care System (ICS).
You’ll lead the delivery of a clear workforce vision aligned with national priorities such as the NHS People Plan. Working with internal and external partners—including NHSE, universities, ICS colleagues, and regulatory bodies—you’ll help develop a modern, flexible, and patient-centred pharmacy workforce.
Key responsibilities:
• Lead workforce planning and pharmacy transformation.
• Design structured training and career pathways.
• Oversee high-quality pre-registration training aligned with GPhC and NHSE standards.
We’re seeking a GPhC-registered pharmacist with senior leadership experience in workforce development, strong strategic thinking, and a passion for developing others. You'll be part of a supportive team with access to professional development and mentoring.
For an informal chat, contact:
Nick Cooley, Deputy Chief Pharmacist
n.cooley@nhs.net
• The post holder is responsible for providing effective professional leadership and expert advice to the pharmacy department and to individual hospital-based pharmacy education and training teams/staff to ensure the department provides a safe, efficient, standardised service that meets the needs of patients and local stakeholders.
• To work collaboratively with key stakeholders within Barts Health, North-East London Integrated Care System (ICS), Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and wider organisations to develop and deliver a clear strategy and vision for the transformation of the pharmacy workforce in line with the NHS Ten-year Plan and the NHS People Plan, the Trust’s corporate workforce and clinical strategies and relevant business plans.
• To provide oversight and assurance for the delivery of pharmacy staff members’ training, development and transformation.
• To implement and evaluate clear development frameworks for all members of the pharmacy team, including professionally-registered, scientific and administrative colleagues.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
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 knowledgerequired. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
This advert closes on Monday 25 Aug 2025