# Principal Pharmacist, Renal Services > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/principal-pharmacist-renal-services/0ddb9ee7-2dc6-4fe6-8b24-e3703716fd51 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/principal-pharmacist-renal-services/0ddb9ee7-2dc6-4fe6-8b24-e3703716fd51.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** St Helier Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £63,665 - £70,887 pa pro rata inc. HCAS Outer - **Contract type:** Permanent: senior on call + 7 day working + late duty rota - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-22T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-11-09T11:20:56.770Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Carshalton/Epsom_St_Helier_University_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8388347 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8388347?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you an ambitious clinical pharmacist looking for a role where you can use your prescribing skills to improve patient outcomes? We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated specialist pharmacist to join our established renal pharmacy team as a Principal Pharmacist, Renal Services. This leadership role combines advanced clinical practice, service development, multidisciplinary working and, importantly, the opportunity to develop and utilise independent prescribing within a highly specialised renal setting. You will work closely with consultant nephrologists, specialist nurses and the wider multidisciplinary team to optimise medicines use across inpatient, outpatient, dialysis and transplant pathways. You will play a pivotal role in delivering safe, evidence-based care for patients with renal conditions. This is much more than a traditional clinical pharmacist post. You will have the opportunity to: Act as a Pharmacist Independent Prescriber within the renal service, including immunosuppressant prescribing. Exercise autonomous clinical decision-making, assessing patients, initiating and optimising treatment, monitoring outcomes and delivering high-quality pharmaceutical care. Support and Lead on service development and innovation within one of the Trust's most specialist clinical areas. This is an exceptional opportunity for a pharmacist who wants to progress their advanced clinical practice and become a recognised prescribing leader within renal medicine. ### Main duties of the job To lead and develop the pharmacy services and directorate support to the South West Thames Renal Unit, in liaison with the Directorate Management Team and the Pharmacy Department to ensure services are of the highest standards of quality and professional practice, evidence based and meet the needs of the user. To be the Lead Pharmacist for the Renal Services Directorate and the specialist on medicine issues related to Renal medicine. To co-ordinate and supervise pharmacy staff in the provision of care to Renal Services. To act as a Pharmacist Independent Prescriber for the immunosuppressant service. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities See the job description and person specification attached. Please tell us in your application how you meet the essential criteria in the attached person specification. ### 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 ### General **Essential** - Commitment to CPP - Professional and enthusiastic **Desirable** - Calm, patient, access to own transport. ### Experience **Essential** - Post registration hospital experience - Multidisciplinary working - Demonstrate evidence of good clinical knowledge and skills, knowledge of medicines in polypharmacy and frailty, care of older people and reablement - Experience of divisional work - Experience of audit and quality improvement projects **Desirable** - Clinical governance and risk management - Previous experience in delivering education in training - Experience of staff management ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) - Post graduate diploma in clinical Pharmacy Practice or equivalent - Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice **Desirable** - Non Medical Prescriber fo the Royal Pharmaceutical Society - MSc Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Excellent communication skills, interpersonal skills and organisational skills - Ability to analyse and interpret complex clinical information - Good presentation skills, time management, ability to work independently and part of a team - Ability to work under pressure and prioritise work effectively and problem solving **Desirable** - Familiarity with CMM pharmacy computer system - Good negotiation skills, IT skills - Ability to manage change ## 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) - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2413) - [principle pharmacist, renal services (pdf, 240.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10718608) ## 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.