Specialist Pharmacist - Surgery | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 05 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £56,276 - £63,176 per annum inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 April 2026 |
| Location: | London, E1 1FR |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7852581/259-7852581RLH |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic pharmacist to join the Surgery Pharmacy Team at the Royal London Hospital. The Surgery Division provides a range of emergency and elective surgical services to the local and wider North East London communities.
The successful applicant will have significant proven experience and will be expected to lead and provide medicines reconciliation services, medicines optimisation, specialist pharmacist input and pharmacy transcribing services across the elective surgery wards, supporting the other surgery division wards and services as needed.
They are expected to have leadership skills and be able to support more junior staff, including trainee and foundation pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to provide excellent, person-centred service delivery alongside MDT colleagues. The successful candidate will need to be flexible, forward thinking, and possess excellent communication and inter-personal skills as they will have everyday contact with a range of multi-professional colleagues.
For the successful applicant, this is a great opportunity to work in one of the most complex and specialist elective pathways across the country, with an opportunity to get involved in multiple projects and work alongside the nursing and surgical teams in improving surgical care for the patients of North East London and beyond.
The post holder will carry out the full range of duties as a Specialist Pharmacist in Elective Surgery to deliver patient focused, quality care, based primarily at the Royal London Hospital.
Their primary role will be to look after the elective surgery ward, day surgery unit as well as working as a specialist pharmacist across the elective pathway, covering other areas of the service as required. The post holder will also support across theatres, pain and anaesthetic services across the Royal London Hospital alongside the Lead Pharmacist, Surgery and Anaesthetics.
To promote the responsible, safe and cost-effective prescribing of medicines within surgery, peri-operative care and pain in order to optimise clinical outcomes, minimise adverse reactions and improve medicines safety. The post holder will be supporting the Lead Pharmacist, Surgery and Anaesthetics in leading a team of staff in the delivery of high quality clinical, professional and technical pharmacy service to the speciality.
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.
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 knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
This advert closes on Thursday 19 Mar 2026