Lead Pharmacist, Clinical Services

Are you ready to take the next step in your clinical pharmacy career and lead services across one of the most dynamic and diverse NHS Trusts in the country? Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is looking for an enthusiastic and forward thinking Lead Pharmacist for Clinical Services (Band 8A) to join our high performing team.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape and influence the delivery of patient centred clinical pharmacy services across multiple hospital sites. As a senior member of the clinical pharmacy leadership team, you will play a pivotal role in leading service development, supporting workforce planning, and ensuring high quality medicines optimisation across a wide range of specialties.

You will provide expert clinical input within your areas of practice, work closely with multidisciplinary teams, and support the professional growth of pharmacists at different stages of their careers. The role offers a unique blend of operational leadership, advanced clinical practice and strategic service development ideal for someone looking to make a real organisational impact.

If you are passionate about driving improvement, empowering others and delivering safe, effective and innovative pharmacy services, we would love to hear from you. Join us at Imperial, where your expertise will help shape the future of clinical pharmacy for our patients, staff and communities.

Main duties of the job

• In this senior role, you will lead the delivery of high quality clinical pharmacy services across our hospital sites, providing expert clinical input and ensuring safe, effective and patient centred medicines optimisation.
• You will guide and support Band 6-7 pharmacists, oversee service delivery, and drive standards through strong clinical leadership. You will play a key role in service improvement, governance, audits and implementation of best practice, while contributing to multidisciplinary decision making and influencing safe prescribing.
• As an advanced clinical practitioner, you will manage complex cases, participate in ward based activities and act as a senior point of expert advice.
• To succeed, you will bring advanced clinical reasoning, excellent communication skills, the ability to lead and inspire teams, and confidence in managing change within a fast paced acute setting. This is a rewarding opportunity to shape services, develop others and make a meaningful impact across the organisation.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .

Job 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.

Person Specification Education

• MPharm or equivalent
• GPhC registration
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
• Leadership or management training
• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Experience

• Post qualification experience of working in a UK hospital; this must include a solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy
• Experience supervising or line managing staff
• Evidence of QI, audit and service development work
• Experience influencing prescribing and MDT clinical decisions
• Significant post registration experience including advanced clinical practice
• Practical experience with an electronic in-patient prescribing system (Cerner)
• Experience of using Quality Improvement tools in practical environment
• Implementing change as a result of audit or service evaluation

Skills

• Advanced clinical decision making and problem solving
• Ability to lead, motivate and develop teams
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills
• Ability to manage change and improve services
• Evidence of redesign or leadership of strategic projects

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.