Senior Lead Pharmacist - Paediatric Respiratory Medicine

Job overview

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Lead Pharmacist to lead our Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Asthma pharmacy service across West London Children’s Healthcare.

This is a high-impact clinical academic role, with 50% clinical leadership and 50% research and academic time, funded through the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). You will play a key role in delivering safe, effective and innovative medicines optimisation, while shaping the future of paediatric respiratory services both clinically and academically.

You will be joining a strong team of Nursing, Midwifery, Allied Health Professionals and Pharmacists (NMAHPPs) leading and delivering research at West London Children’s Healthcare and will have the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues across Imperial College’s Centre for Paediatrics and Child Health (PaeCH).

For further information, please contact Neil Tickner (Senior Lead Pharmacist Paediatrics) on 02033127617 ([email protected]) or Lamia Samrin-Balch (Associate Chief Pharmacist, Clinical Services, Education and Training [email protected]).

Main duties of the job

• Lead, develop and deliver clinical pharmacy services for paediatric respiratory medicine and asthma.Provide expert pharmaceutical advice to multidisciplinary teams across WLCH
• Lead on medicines optimisation, high-cost drug management, and clinical governance
• Develop and implement biologics services within paediatric respiratory pathways
• Work collaboratively across acute, outpatient and networked services
• Lead and manage pharmacy staff, supporting training, supervision and workforce developmentContribute to service development, policy, and pathway redesign
• Lead and support research, audit, and quality improvementTranslate research into clinical practice
• Contribute to education and training across professional groupsEngage with the Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre and PaeCH

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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.