Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Outpatient Pharmacist - full time

The closing date is 14 July 2025

Job summary

We're Hiring !

Whittington Pharmacy CIC (wholly owned subsidiary of the hospital) is a vibrant state of the art workspace based within The Whittington Hospital, North London.

Our aim is to provide the very best, efficient, safe and friendly service, tailored to the needs of our customers.

You will be working in a busy but supportive environment alongside an experienced but friendly team, whilst maintaining a healthy work-life balance. This role is perfect for a pharmacist who is looking to expand their clinical knowledge and use it each day in an outpatient setting that has a focus on patient safety and patient experience. No on-call hours.

This role is suitable for newly qualified Pharmacists, as well as Pharmacists looking to move from the community or GP sector. Full training and support will be provided to ensure you can confidently practice and provide care to our diverse patient cohort (Oncology, Thalassaemia, Dermatology, Paediatrics, Rheumatology, Gastroenterology, TB, General outpatient clinics and A&E). There will be opportunities to develop clinical or management leadership skills/knowledge and an opportunity for the right candidate to be supported with completing their independent prescribing course.

Main duties of the job

As a Pharmacist, you will be responsible for the provision of exceptional professional pharmacy services. The focus of your role will be to act as Responsible Pharmacist and provide support to the Pharmacy manager and Superintendent Pharmacist. You will be working alongside 3 other Pharmacists as well as the rest of the pharmacy team. A comprehensive induction and onsite training will be provided with ongoing training opportunities and exposure to clinical settings. You will help in providing a consistent high quality, accurate, safe and timely patient experience.

Summary of duties and Pharmacy services:

  • Clinically screening of prescriptions
  • Final accuracy checking of prescriptions
  • Counselling patients for their medication
  • Advising patients and prescribers in accordance with NET formulary and hospital approved guidance
  • Provision of Pharmacy services (TBC)

About us

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Details

Date posted

02 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£47,793 to £58,715 a year per annum (Non Agenda for Change)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

220-WHT-3212

Job locations

Whittington Pharmacy CIC

Magdala Aveune

London

N19 5NF


Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information please see the attached JD document and for an informal discussion please contact the Outpatient Pharmacy manager - Jackie Mak

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information please see the attached JD document and for an informal discussion please contact the Outpatient Pharmacy manager - Jackie Mak

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • GPHC registration
  • Fluent written and spoken English including good numeracy
  • Strong ability to multi-task, prioritise, plan and organise
  • Demonstrable commitment to CPD and development
  • Evidence of clinical problem solving and customer care
  • Strong communication skills - must be able to recognise and overcome barriers to understanding e.g. language, deaf, learning difficulties

Desirable

  • Experience in outpatient Pharmacy
  • Post registration Pharmacy experience
  • Accredited for locally commissioned enhanced services e.g. EHC, Minor Ailments, health checks and running extended services

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of acting as Responsible Pharmacist in a dispensary
  • At least one year of UK Pharmacy experience

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy
  • Experience of using JAC/CMM
  • Experience of using prescription tracking systems (PTS)
  • Experience of working in an automated dispensary environment

Qualification

Essential

  • Registered with the GPhC with no adverse Fitness to Practice record

Desirable

  • Training or qualifications in providing Pharmacy services
Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • GPHC registration
  • Fluent written and spoken English including good numeracy
  • Strong ability to multi-task, prioritise, plan and organise
  • Demonstrable commitment to CPD and development
  • Evidence of clinical problem solving and customer care
  • Strong communication skills - must be able to recognise and overcome barriers to understanding e.g. language, deaf, learning difficulties

Desirable

  • Experience in outpatient Pharmacy
  • Post registration Pharmacy experience
  • Accredited for locally commissioned enhanced services e.g. EHC, Minor Ailments, health checks and running extended services

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of acting as Responsible Pharmacist in a dispensary
  • At least one year of UK Pharmacy experience

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy
  • Experience of using JAC/CMM
  • Experience of using prescription tracking systems (PTS)
  • Experience of working in an automated dispensary environment

Qualification

Essential

  • Registered with the GPhC with no adverse Fitness to Practice record

Desirable

  • Training or qualifications in providing Pharmacy services

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Whittington Pharmacy CIC

Magdala Aveune

London

N19 5NF


Employer's website

https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Whittington Pharmacy CIC

Magdala Aveune

London

N19 5NF


Employer's website

https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Pharmacy manager

Jackie Mak

chungyin.mak1@nhs.net

02072883387

Details

Date posted

02 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£47,793 to £58,715 a year per annum (Non Agenda for Change)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

220-WHT-3212

Job locations

Whittington Pharmacy CIC

Magdala Aveune

London

N19 5NF


Supporting documents

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