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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
29 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Clinical pharmacy skills at Diploma level
- Skills
Demonstrates a level of clinical reasoning and judgement
- Skills
Experience working with High Cost medications and utilising electronic funding systems, e.g. Blueteq
- Skills
Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Skills
Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, and the multidisciplinary team
- Skills
Demonstrate experience in mentorship and training skills
- Skills
Shows ability in problem solving
- Skills
Ability to organise and motivate oneself and others efficiently
- Skills
Good interpersonal skills
- Skills
Ability to work independently and in a team as necessary
- Skills
Ability to identify and prioritise clinical work and manage time effectively to work to agreed deadlines
- Skills
Professional manner
- Knowledge
Demonstrates a good core knowledge of therapeutics and pharmacology with a record of successful application in current post
- Knowledge
Demonstrates awareness of a commitment to Clinical Governance
- Knowledge
Demonstrable awareness of interface issues
- Experience
Substantial post registration experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner
- Experience
Experience of directorate work including drug expenditure reporting, formulary management, DTC applications etc
- Experience
Experience in delivering training and education at undergraduate and postgraduate level
- Experience
Experience of working within a role involving multidisciplinary communication
- Experience
Experience of pharmacist co-ordinated discharge medication, patient medication history taking
- Experience
Experience of identifying and managing risk in a clinical specialty
- Experience
Experience of consultant-led ward rounds
- Experience
Experience of supervising and managing individual staff and a team
- Experience
Experience of co-ordinating and leading on clinical audit
- Experience
Experience of being an educational and practice supervisor for students and trainee and junior pharmacists
- Qualifications
B. Pharm / M. Pharm / BSc (Pharmacy) or equivalent
- Qualifications
Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Qualifications
Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or General Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent)
- Qualifications
Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
Desirable
16 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Experience of using an electronic patient record system
- Skills
Ability to critically analyse and apply research to the clinical setting
- Knowledge
Awareness of current NHS issues including national and local priorities
- Knowledge
Demonstrates a good core knowledge of drugs used in Hepatology
- Experience
Specialist clinical pharmacy experience in a relevant area
- Experience
Experience of acting as a designated prescribing practitioner and/or clinical supervisor
- Experience
Experience of using clinical audit and research to improve practice
- Experience
Experience of presenting at directorate or equivalent level
- Experience
Ability to critically analyse and apply research to the clinical setting
- Experience
Experience in pharmacist-led clinics
- Qualifications
Registered non-medical prescriber (or willingness to work towards this)
- Qualifications
Qualification in advanced clinical diagnostics and assessment
- Qualifications
Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Qualifications
RPS Core Advanced Pharmacist Credentialling
- Qualifications
Formal leadership and management training
- Qualifications
Membership of the British Hepatology Pharmacy Group (BHPG)
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated pharmacist to join our Hepatology Pharmacy team to help deliver a progressive and forward thinking pharmacy service to our liver patients. The postholder does not require specific experience in hepatology but they need a willingness to learn, training will be provided. They will work with the Principal Hepatology Pharmacist to lead, manage and develop a high quality, patient focused clinical pharmacy service for hepatology patients. This varied role provides an opportunity to play a pivotal role in the management of both inpatients and outpatients with a range of hepatological conditions. They will ensure high levels of patient safety and experience and ensure clinical and financial metrics are met. The postholder will contribute to the World Health Organisations Hepatitis C elimination target of 2030 by working in outreach hepatitis C clinics in local Drug and Alcohol centres and community locations. They will take part in testing events with the Viral Hepatitis Team to identify patients with hepatitis C for treatment. The postholder will promote the field of hepatology to colleagues and junior staff through education and training and have the opportunity to participate nationally in the British Hepatology Pharmacy Group. The St George’s Hepatology Team have achieved Improving Quality in Liver Services (IQILS) level 2 with the hepatology pharmacy team getting a special mention for the exemplar service provided to our patients.
Main duties of the job
The main day to day responsibilities of the post include:
- Working as an integral part of the STHepNet Viral Hepatitis Team to provide hepatitis C treatment to patients in secondary care and the wider community.
- Providing a clinical pharmacy service to hepatology inpatients, working as part of the MDT in consultant-led ward rounds. - Providing and developing pharmacist-led hepatology outpatient clinics using independent prescribing - Ensuring safety, patient experience, clinical and financial metrics are met.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
*****Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role*****
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.
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This advert is for Specialist Pharmacist – Hepatology with St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £66,274 - £73,496 Per annum pro rata inclusive of HCAS (inner London). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 30 Sep 2026.
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