# Bank Lead Pharmacist - Planned & Critical Care

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Town:** Carshalton
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Pharmacist
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Salary:** £38.93 Band 8a Social Rate
- **Contract type:** Bank
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Bank)
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-24T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-22T15:12:27.991Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Surrey/Carshalton/Epsom_St_Helier_University_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8175936
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8175936?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The Staff Bank for Epsom & St Helier are looking for a Bank  Lead Pharmacist, Planned and Critical Care. If you are experienced and available please apply today.

To strategically lead, develop and implement a high quality clinical pharmacy service as part of the  multidisciplinary teams in the Planned and Critical division

To lead on developing a strategic vision and roadmap for pharmacy services within the division, taking into account the diverse skills of the wider pharmacy team

To work with the multidisciplinary team to promote safe, effective use of drugs in the specialist clinical area,  evaluating available information and providing guidance to the relevant directorate/division on new drugs.

To provide an advanced clinical service to patients as part of the team. This may include patient facing work  in areas such as: Surgery, Critical Care, Trauma, MSK or parenteral nutrition

To lead and manage the pharmacy clinical team working in the Planned Care division and ensure service delivery to agreed standards in line with business planning requirements.

To ensure the development and delivery of training in the specialist clinical area for pharmacy staff and other staff groups as required.

To support audit and research within teams and promote the use of Quality Improvement (QI) methodology at all opportunities

### Main duties of the job

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

## Person Specification

### EXPERIENCE

**Essential**

- Significant post registration hospital experience Experience in managing a defined service
- Service Development
- Service Development Staff
- Staff management Experience of clinical trials
- Demonstrates evidence of excellent clinical knowledge and skills
- Principles of Clinical Governance
- Risk assessment

**Desirable**

- Resource management
- Experience using KPIs to monitor a service
- Complaint handling
- Staff recruitment and retention

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Masters in Pharmacy Degree – MPharm
- 1 year pre-registration training
- Professional registration with GPhC*
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent

**Desirable**

- Management qualification or training
- Membership of Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

### SKILLS / ABILITIES

**Essential**

- Excellent organisational skills-self and others.
- Demonstrates initiative
- Excellent time management
- Excellent communication skills-verbal and written
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritise work Ability to motivate self and others Problem solving skills Good negotiation skills Excellent interpersonal skills Team player with leadership skills Demonstrates ability to plan develop and implement Good influencing skills

## Documents

- [jd (pdf, 618.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10478706)
- [dbs policy (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=677)
- [we're here to care (doc, 39.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=678)

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