# Specialist Pharmacist - Neurosciences > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-pharmacist-neurosciences/f3addb13-91e4-42e2-a98f-b2cf2f61aca5 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-pharmacist-neurosciences/f3addb13-91e4-42e2-a98f-b2cf2f61aca5.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** Charing Cross Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 pa inclusive - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (End date 13/11/2027) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-05T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-20T10:00:43.612Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8243169 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8243169?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.imperial.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An excellent opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, senior clinical pharmacist to join the Neurosciences Team at Charing Cross Hospital on a fixed-term, 12-month maternity cover contract. The post-holder will provide clinical care for patients on our Hyper Acute Stroke Unit and neurology wards, as well as support outpatient prescribing and supply of medications within our neurology services. The post-holder will rotate between the Stroke Service and Neurology Service on the Charing Cross Hospital site. The successful candidate will provide a ward-focused service to a specialist cohort of patients. You must have excellent communication skills, be self-motivated and enjoy a challenge. You will identify patients’ pharmaceutical needs, assemble medication histories, reconcile medication charts, and facilitate ward-based discharges incorporating medication counselling on medication changes. You will have the opportunity to lead on service improvement and audit projects, as well as the development of clinical guidelines and standard operating procedures. You will become a key member of the ward multidisciplinary team, supporting the work of both the wards and directorate. Ideally, you will have completed your clinical diploma and hold an independent prescribing qualification. The successful candidate will additionally participate in general departmental duties i.e. late duties and weekend/bank holiday working in the inpatient dispensary, as per rota requirements. ### Main duties of the job - Assist in the provision of a homecare service to neurology patients. - Attend daily board rounds on the neurology wards, as appropriate. - Attend meetings as part of the multi-disciplinary team, as appropriate. - Participate in daily consultant-led ward rounds on the stroke wards. - Support the training of other pharmacists and ward-based pharmacy technicians to enable them to work on neurosciences wards safely, when necessary. - Support, develop and monitor the progress of all junior/rotational staff whilst on rotation within neurosciences. - Undertake continuing professional development (CPD) and maintain a portfolio in line with the requirements of the professional body. - Attend appropriate courses and study days as required by the Lead Pharmacists. ### 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. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice (medicines information, aseptic services, ward services and dispensing) - Experience in delivering education and training - Experience in the management of others - Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options for patients - Practical clinical experience - Previous experience of clinical audit and service development work and/or pharmacy practice research - Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice **Desirable** - Experience of clinical guideline development - Experience of planning and developing pharmacy services - Previous experience of using electronic prescribing systems - Previous clinical experience within the neurosciences speciality ### Education/ qualifications **Essential** - Master’s degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent - Active registration as a pharmacist with the GPhC - Completed, or currently undertaking, a postgraduate diploma in general pharmacy practice, and have satisfactorily passed all assessments pertaining to the postgraduate certificate modules (i.e. 18 month assessments) and beyond **Desirable** - Full Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice (completion of all FS2 modules of the JPB/UCL diploma) or another equivalent postgraduate diploma - Independent prescriber annotation on the GPhC pharmacist register ### Skills/knowledge/ abilities **Essential** - Ability to communicate complex information - Good ability to organise and prioritise work - Demonstrate the ability to reconcile national priorities with local realities within neurosciences - Demonstrate good understanding of key NHS objectives and publications - Understanding of issues affecting medicines use - Good ability to use computer systems including MS Excel and Word - Good ability to use electronic prescribing systems (ePMA) such as Cerner - Good ability to use pharmacy computer systems such as JAC/CMM/Omnicell - Ability to identify and manage clinical risks - Demonstrable awareness of and commitment to clinical governance agendas - Good clinical practice knowledge - Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team, and managerial staff **Desirable** - Advanced MS Word and Excel proficiency - Advanced ePMA software proficiency - Communicate best practice outside the organisation - Demonstrate good leadership skills - Demonstrate the ability to identify the training needs of others - Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and improve service quality ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 359.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10554373) - [our strategy 2023-25 (pdf, 230.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=427) - [functional requirement form (pdf, 304.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10554374) ## 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.