# Critical Care, Principal Pharmacist - Band 8a > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/critical-care-principal-pharmacist-band-8a/b285ceab-29e2-46dd-8285-3f6e8a01fbd3 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/critical-care-principal-pharmacist-band-8a/b285ceab-29e2-46dd-8285-3f6e8a01fbd3.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust - **Town:** Carshalton - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £34.10 - £54.56 Basic 20.50, Unsocial 26.65 & BH/Sun 32.80 - **Contract type:** Bank - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Bank) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-01T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2025-05-10T08:10:52.303Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Surrey/Epsom_Carshalton/Epsom_St_Helier_University_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v7201992 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7201992?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Trust’s mission is ‘to put the patient first and deliver great care to every patient, every day’.  Our priorities are to create a “one team, one trust” culture and focus on the delivery of the following five objectives to ensure we provide high quality, compassionate care to all of our patients: - Delivering safe and effective care across our sites - Creating a positive experience that meets the expectations of our patients, their families  and carers - Providing responsive care that delivers the right treatment, in the right place at the right time - Being financially sustainable Working in partnership with our patients, commissioners, other health and care providers, local authorities, the voluntary sector, the NHS TDA, NHS England and Monitor in the interests of our patients and a sustainable local health and social care economy ### Main duties of the job - To manage, provide, co-ordinate and evaluate clinical pharmacy services to Intensive Care, High Dependency and Surgical wards, in liaison with the Lead Pharmacist for Planned and Critical Care as appropriate - To act as a specialist practitioner in Critical Care providing highly specialised evidence-based clinical advice and information to nursing and medical staff on the care and treatment of patients and ensuring a high level of clinical pharmacy input to the critical care units across site. - To actively participate in key multi-disciplinary ward rounds and clinical meetings for Critical Care. - To attend the Trust nutrition round and work with the other members of the Nutrition Team to advice on appropriate parenteral nutrition and order parenteral nutrition from the supplier for all patients on parenteral nutrition throughout the Trust. - To develop, implement, evaluate and monitor medicines management guidelines, policies and procedures to ensure the safe and effective use of medicines, in liaison with the pharmacy senior management team. - To co-ordinate the introduction of new medicines into hospital practice, in liaison with appropriate senior pharmacists and MDT colleagues, advising on and producing protocols and guidelines where necessary, ensuring these are in line with NICE, Regional Medicines Optimisation Committee (RMOC), ICS and local Medicines Management Committee decisions. - To highlight when clinicians are not following agreed guidelines or formulary choices and address similar issues raised by ICS colleagues, putting in place appropriate action plans to improve prescribing practices and to address interface issues where clinicians are not following agreed guidelines or formulary choices. - To liaise with the Principal Pharmacist, Anti-infectives with regard to antimicrobial stewardship and implication of changes to formulary or prescribing guidelines. - To ensure Trust Medicine Matters Bulletins reflect current practice and new developments highlighting good practice in patient care. - To assist in the development of the clinical pharmacy services in liaison with the Deputy Chief Pharmacist Clinical Services. - To nurture key relationships with prescribers and other stakeholders in order to influence changes in prescribing practice and safer use of medicines. - To attend, with the agreement of the line manager, relevant local and national meetings to represent the Trust. - 8.      To work in liaison with the Principal Pharmacist Medicines Information, and Chief Technician, Medicines Procurement to suggest alternatives when medicines shortages occur, liaising with clinicians as appropriate and disseminating this information in a timely manner. Further details are listed in the JD. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post holder is required to:- - Work within agreed Trust and departmental policies and procedures and to accepted standards of practice. - Work on other sites in the Trust as required. - Undertake such other duties as may be required from time to time, as are consistent with the responsibilities of the grade. - Ensure confidentiality at all times, only releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment to those acting in an official capacity. - Treat patients and customers with dignity and courtesy. - Ensure that medicines do not fall into unauthorised hands. - Have responsibility for the health, safety and welfare for self and others and to comply with the requirements of the Health and Safety regulations, including COSHH. - Promote Equal Opportunities and to comply with the requirements of the legislation and the Trust’s policies. - Attend such training courses and meetings as are necessary for the efficient performance of the post holder’s duties. - Participate in Continuing Professional Development (CPD), maintaining own CPD portfolio. - Participate in the Trust’s appraisal system. - Comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act. - Comply with the Trust’s No Smoking Policy. - Comply with Duty of Candour principles This job description is a reflection of the current position and may change in emphasis or detail in the light of subsequent service development. ## Job Details The Trust’s mission is ‘to put the patient first and deliver great care to every patient, every day’.  Our priorities are to create a “one team, one trust” culture and focus on the delivery of the following five objectives to ensure we provide high quality, compassionate care to all of our patients: ·            Delivering safe and effective care across our sites ·            Creating a positive experience that meets the expectations of our patients, their families  and carers ·            Providing responsive care that delivers the right treatment, in the right place at the right time ·            Being financially sustainable Working in partnership with our patients, commissioners, other health and care providers, local authorities, the voluntary sector, the NHS TDA, NHS England and Monitor in the interests of our patients and a sustainable local health and social care economy ## Job Description 8.      To work in liaison with the Principal Pharmacist Medicines Information, and Chief Technician, Medicines Procurement to suggest alternatives when medicines shortages occur, liaising with clinicians as appropriate and disseminating this information in a timely manner. Further details are listed in the JD. ## Responsibilities The post holder is required to:- This job description is a reflection of the current position and may change in emphasis or detail in the light of subsequent service development. ## Person Specification ### GENERAL **Essential** - Professional appearance. **Desirable** - Calm/Patient ### EXPERIENCE **Essential** - Post qualification hospital experience. Experience in supervision of staff. Computer literate for dispensing and stock keeping purposes. Staff training. Patient/carer counselling Multidisciplinary team work. **Desirable** - Experience with the CMM pharmacy computer system. Knowledge and experience of appraisal. Knowledge of NVQ process Dispensing/supply of clinical trials and GCP Understanding of and participation in data collection for KPIs and audit. ### REQUIREMENTS **Essential** - Good attendance record Commitment to CPD Participate in weekend, Bank Holiday and late duty work Good time keeping Efficient Reliable **Desirable** - Friendly ### SKILLS / ABILITIES **Essential** - Good interpersonal skills Good communication skills – verbal and written. Ability to meet objectives and targets. Ability to motivate self and others. Ability to organise own workload and that of others. Good time management. Ability to work under pressure and prioritise work. Problem solving skills. Ability to work accurately with attention to detail. Competent in all areas of dispensing practice. Ability to identify and solve problems. Proven organisational skills, self and others. Customer Care Ability to work independently and as part of a team. Accurate numeracy skills **Desirable** - Ability to lead a team. Demonstrates initiative. Good IT skills Assertiveness skills. Ability to manage change. ### QUALIFICATIONS / EDUCATION **Essential** - BTEC or NVQ Level 3 in Hospital Pharmacy Services Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council - Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) Certificate. ## Documents - [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) - [critical care, principal pharmacist - band 8a (pdf, 472.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9433294) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.