Search for more jobs in London
Job overview
Barts Health NHS Trust has a vision 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.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated clinical pharmacist to lead our Specialist Medicines Pharmacy Service. You will provide highly specialist and advanced clinical and professional pharmaceutical services to patients at Newham Hospital.
The successful candidate will join a supportive, integrated pharmacy team, committed to delivering high quality patient care. You will have access to further educational opportunities and senior clinicians within Pharmacy and other disciplines who can provide mentorship and aid professional development.
Main duties of the job
Roles and responsibilities include (but not limited to):
- To provide a highly specialised clinical pharmacy service to the Specialist Medicine Service department as part of the multidisciplinary team which includes the following:
- To provide clinical pharmacist ward cover as per the rota.
- Optimisation of medication for the individual patient ensuring medicines reconciliation, appropriate clinical screening as well as discharge support via drug listing.
- To provide clinical advice and care to specialist medicine inpatients when required.
- Provision of homecare prescription management
- Contribute to virtual biologic clinics and other multi-disciplinary meetings
- Development of evidence based prescribing guidelines
- To manage a Pharmacist-led specialist medicine Clinic:
- To prescribe medication within scope of practice
- To develop external links, local primary care organisations and any other relevant local and national specialist interest groups.
- To promote high-quality, cost-effective prescribing for patients
- To provide the Associate Director of Pharmacy and Clinical Services Manager with details of output, performance and activity at specified time intervals in an agreed format.
- To lead on the implementation and continuation of biosimilar switch schemes and ensure that patients are switched and within the required timeframe.
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/s below. For further information and an informal chat or visit, please contact: Nasira Makan Clinical Services Manager (n.makan@nhs.net), 0207 055 5684
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Other
Essential
- DBS – Enhanced check with a check of the barred lists required as patient facing may interact with adults / children
- Reliable with a good attendance record
- Flexibility with regards to working hours for late and early meetings
- Demonstrable commitment to CPD
- Highly motivated and reliable
- Demonstrates values consistent with those of the Trust
- Ability to work evenings, weekends, bank holidays or backup oncall duties (as required by the department)
Desirable
- Member of the Royal College of Pharmacy (RCP)
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Assertive, diplomatic, persuasive with ability to negotiate.
- Demonstrates numeracy skills and ability to perform accurate, complex calculations
- Data analysis skills
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self, and others
- Ability to manage time effectively and work to deadlines
- Demonstrates initiative to work independently and as part of a team
- Demonstrates critical appraisal skills
- Able to work unsupervised, follow written instruction and work under pressure
- IT literate; able to use Microsoft office with intermediate IT skills including, accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programmes
- Demonstrates effective customer service skills
- Good team worker
- Evidence of good ward practice
- Able to communicate complex information effectively to all health and care professionals, colleagues, patients and their loved ones
- Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training
- Effective pharmaceutical care skills
- Ability to motivate and act as a role model
- Ability to work under pressure, dealing with peaks and troughs in workload
- Ability to identify when advice needs to be sought
- Reflective practice skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of GPhC revalidation requirements
- Knowledge of medicines management systems
- Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g. controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
- Understanding of stock control systems
- Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements
- Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation
- Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives
- Knowledge of drug and therapeutics at Diploma level or equivalent
Desirable
- Knowledge of interface issues relevant to the patient group
- Knowledge of risk management issues relevant to the patient group and root cause analysis
Experience
Essential
- Significant Experience post registration in a hospital based clinical post
- Proven experience of good performance in previous posts
- Experience of providing a hospital-based service to specialist medicine patients at specialist pharmacist level or equivalent
- Experience of managing high cost drugs
- Good understanding of homecare process
- Previous evaluations or reviews of medicines
- Experience and knowledge of developing guidelines/ protocols
- Experience of developing and reviewing patient group directions and shared care guidelines
- Experience of providing evaluated information on drug expenditure
- Evidence of basic teaching and tutoring in a hospital setting through training others e.g. trainee • Experience of successfully leading and implementing service improvement and change projects • Experience of working with electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) systems • Experience of successfully managing staff, performing appraisals and giving feedback • Experience of managing a budget pharmacists / foundation training pharmacists/other staff groups
Desirable
- Experience of successfully leading and implementing service improvement and change projects
- Experience of working with electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) systems
- Experience of successfully managing staff, performing appraisals and giving feedback
- Experience of managing a budget
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm Degree in Pharmacy
- Registered with GPhC
- Postgraduate Pharmacy Qualification or equivalent experience (minimum postgraduate diploma level)
- Independent prescribing qualification, or willing to undergo training to become a non-medical prescriber
Desirable
- Management qualification or equivalent experience
- MSc in clinical pharmacy or equivalent
WhatsApp job alerts
Get instant WhatsApp alerts for Band 8 Pharmacy roles in London
Create your Job Clerk account first. We'll collect your alert preferences during onboarding and help you turn on WhatsApp notifications for matching healthcare roles.
Applying for this NHS job
This advert is for Highly Specialist Pharmacist - Specialist Medicine with Barts Health NHS Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £63,665 - £70,887 per annum inc (pro rata). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 16 Aug 2026.
Before you apply, compare the job description with the person specification and mirror the employer's essential criteria in your supporting information. Use the vacancy title, employer, location, salary, contract type, closing date and posted date (03 Aug 2026) to decide whether this role fits your current NHS job search. If the employer can close applications early, prepare the application before the stated deadline rather than waiting for the final day.
For more context, review related Job Clerk pages for the same profession, band or location where they exist, then use the application-support guides to tailor your statement and prepare for interview.