# Pharmacist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pharmacist/d98622cd-1a38-4ef9-8fb5-7b201e87f3ea - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pharmacist/d98622cd-1a38-4ef9-8fb5-7b201e87f3ea.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £75,328 - £86,114 Per annum inc - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (End Date TBC) - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-15T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-01T15:27:57.662Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust/Pharmacy_Management/Pharmacy_Management-v8049943 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8049943?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Barts Health NHS Trust is looking to appoint an exceptional and motivated Lead Haematology Pharmacist to provide strategic and clinical leadership across our specialist haematology pharmacy services. This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest NHS trusts in the country and play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care within a dynamic and progressive multidisciplinary team for anticoagulation and haemoglobinopathy services. The successful candidate will lead the development and delivery of advanced haematology pharmacy services across inpatient and outpatient settings, working closely with consultant haematologists, nursing teams, pharmacy colleagues, and wider clinical staff.  As the lead pharmacist for haematology, you will be responsible for driving service development, supporting medicines optimisation initiatives, and ensuring safe, effective, and evidence-based use of medicines throughout the patient pathway. You will contribute to governance, policy development, audit, education, and quality improvement activities while also providing leadership, mentorship, and line management support to members of the pharmacy team. For further information or to organise an informal visit please contact Paul Wright (Consultant Cardiovascular Pharmacist \[email protected\]) or current post holder Anika Pomie (Lead Haematology Pharmacist \[email protected\]) Closing date:  The vacancy will be on NHS jobs for 2 weeks ### Main duties of the job - To lead the clinical pharmacy service to the haematology specialities in providing responsible, safe and cost-effective prescribing within the networks to:  - Optimise patient outcomes  - Minimise adverse reactions  - Improve medicines safety - The post also helps to deliver the broader Medicines Optimisation and Governance Strategy across the Trust. These outcomes will be achieved primarily through leadership of clinical staff, and the publication and implementation of guidelines and procedures to encourage best practice ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager. 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. ## Job Details Barts Health NHS Trust is looking to appoint an exceptional and motivated Lead Haematology Pharmacist to provide strategic and clinical leadership across our specialist haematology pharmacy services. This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest NHS trusts in the country and play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care within a dynamic and progressive multidisciplinary team for anticoagulation and haemoglobinopathy services. The successful candidate will lead the development and delivery of advanced haematology pharmacy services across inpatient and outpatient settings, working closely with consultant haematologists, nursing teams, pharmacy colleagues, and wider clinical staff. As the lead pharmacist for haematology, you will be responsible for driving service development, supporting medicines optimisation initiatives, and ensuring safe, effective, and evidence-based use of medicines throughout the patient pathway. You will contribute to governance, policy development, audit, education, and quality improvement activities while also providing leadership, mentorship, and line management support to members of the pharmacy team. For further information or to organise an informal visit please contact Paul Wright (Consultant Cardiovascular Pharmacist \[email protected\]) or current post holder Anika Pomie (Lead Haematology Pharmacist \[email protected\]) Closing date: The vacancy will be on NHS jobs for 2 weeks ## Job Description To lead the clinical pharmacy service to the haematology specialities in providing responsible, safe and cost-effective prescribing within the networks to: - Optimise patient outcomes - Minimise adverse reactions - Improve medicines safety The post also helps to deliver the broader Medicines Optimisation and Governance Strategy across the Trust. These outcomes will be achieved primarily through leadership of clinical staff, and the publication and implementation of guidelines and procedures to encourage best practice ## Responsibilities We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager. 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. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Leads by example, promoting the Bart’s health values - Committed to the continuous development of staff and self. ### Skills **Essential** - Demonstrated ability to negotiate with and influence senior medical staff and senior management - Excellent clinical and managerial critical appraisal skills enabling effective decision making relating to the adoption of new therapies **Desirable** - Experience in local implementation of national standards and guidelines ### Knowledge **Essential** - Sound knowledge of drugs and therapeutics in chosen specialty at Mastery/Diploma level - Thorough understanding of clinical governance and clinical risk management - Knowledge of the law and relevant guidance / standards relating to medicines, pharmacy, rationing decisions in the NHS, Payment by Results (PbR) and commissioning relevant to the directorate’s patients **Desirable** - Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives ### Experience **Essential** - Extensive post registration hospital experience, including working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care - Experience of successfully leading and implementing service / quality improvement and change projects - Experience of managing a budget **Desirable** - Successful performance as a pharmacist with responsibility for haematology provision in a previous post. ### Qualifications **Essential** - MPharm or equivalent - Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC - Postgraduate Pharmacy Qualification or equivalent experience (minimum postgraduate diploma level) **Desirable** - Independent prescribing qualification - Management qualification or equivalent experience ## Documents - [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) - [job description and person specification band 8b (pdf, 747.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10339207) - [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.