# Head of Radiopharmacy > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-of-radiopharmacy/ec480384-ec9c-47f7-8fdf-7654b4427158 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-of-radiopharmacy/ec480384-ec9c-47f7-8fdf-7654b4427158.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust - **Location:** St Bartholomew's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Pharmacy - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £103,102 - £117,560 per annum inc - **Contract type:** 12 months (Although this position is a 12 months fixed-term contract the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 12months) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-06T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-22T14:41:06.236Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust/SBH_CLINICAL_SUPPORT_DIVISION/SBH_CLINICAL_SUPPORT_DIVISION-v8314297 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8314297?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for a highly motivated, innovative, and dynamic individual to lead and head our Radio Pharmacy team based at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing and forward-thinking Division working collaboratively with colleagues to develop radio pharmacy capacity to support an expanding nuclear medicine department and providing to a range of external radiopharmaceutical customers. The post holder, reporting to the Divisional Director of Clinical Services (St Bartholomew’s Hospital), will work closely with Group Chief Pharmacist and wider senior leadership team to maximise the benefits of working within the sites to provide a cohesive radio pharmacy service to patients, the trust and partners. ### Main duties of the job This challenging role requires someone who can demonstrate excellent leadership and organisational skills, can communicate effectively across all levels, and has the ability to prioritise and independently manage their own workload. You will also be highly motivated, enthusiastic to promote new ideas, determined to succeed in a challenging environment, has the willingness to accept considerable delegated responsibility, the ability to remain calm under pressure and a commitment to future developments in radiopharmacy services. Working in an MHRA licensed Radiopharmacy Production facility, the purpose of this post will lead the strategic development of Radiopharmacy services as Head of Radiopharmacy for Barts Health NHS Trust. As such, the post holder is required to maintain government licenses as the named individual and Quality Controller on the MHRA ‘specials’ manufacturing licence. This post has overall responsibility for the manufacture and quality of diagnostic and therapeutic radioactive medicinal products produced by the Radiopharmacy for patient administration. The post provides leadership in the Radiopharmacy and supervision of standards for the Radiopharmacy service. The post holder will be accountable for compliance with Good Manufacturing Practise (GMP) and all other relevant standards. The post holder will also be responsible for recalling products and investigating quality problems when required. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities 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 ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of operational managementand service delivery within pharmacy, in a leadership capacity - Proven experience of meeting service objectives, managing projects and supervising others to deliver - Significant experience of managing,leading and motivating teams and individual staff, appraising and giving feedback - Experience of strategically developing Pharmacy services - Management experience in a complex environment - Experience of successfully leading and implementing service and quality improvement and change projects - Experience of working across and leading Trust wide projects and initiatives - Evidence of successfully leading and managing large groups of staff - Evidence of managing a budget profitably and delivering cost reduction initiatives and income generation schemes - Experience of writing successful business cases, business planning and service development - Significant experience of leading large-scale projects to successful completion - Significant experience of working as a senior - Experience in pharmacy/pharmaceutical manufacturing with management experience - Experience of managing an aseptic manufacturing unit ### Qualifications **Essential** - MPharm or equivalent (pharmacists) - Statutory professional registration withGPhC - Membership of Royal PharmaceuticalSociety (pharmacists) **Desirable** - Postgraduate pharmacy practicequalification - Qualified Person (QP), or eligible tobecome QP ### Skills and Knowledge **Essential** - Able to develop and review options appraisals,identify vision, effectively communicate it to a diverseaudience and provide direction for pharmacy services - Ability of dealing with a complex range ofproblems relating to formulation, quality,stability, supply and clinical uses ofradiopharmaceuticals - Clear understanding of national Radiopharmacy / pharmacy / nuclear medicine standards **Desirable** - Ability to provide teaching/ training in specialist area across disciplines - Knowledge of Good ManufacturingPractice (GMP) ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 477.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10635146) - [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120) ## 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.