Job summary
Are you passionate about clinical pharmacy and ready to make a strategic impact on renal and urology patient care? Barts Health NHS Trust is recruiting for a Lead Clinical Pharmacist to drive high-quality, patient-focused services and medicines optimisation across our network. The post holder will shape and deliver outstanding patient-centred care across renal and urology wards, dialysis units, and clinics.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide advanced clinical pharmacy leadership for renal and urology wards, dialysis units, and outpatient clinics.
- Lead a dedicated pharmacy team, ensuring continuity and excellence in service delivery.
- Develop, implement, and review evidence-based prescribing and formulary guidance.
- Optimise medicines safety and cost-effective prescribing practices, minimising adverse reactions and improving patient outcomes.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary medical, nursing, and allied health teams to support effective patient flow and care.
- Manage the unit's drug budget; design and deliver medication-related cost improvement plans.
- Oversee medicines reconciliation, development of Patient Group Directions and Shared Care Guidelines.
- Guide safe transfer of prescribing and monitoring between secondary care and other settings.
- Support strategic service development in line with Trust, departmental, and ICS vision and plans.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will carry out the full range of duties as the Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Renal and Urology to deliver patient focused, quality care across the network to cover the following areas: renal and urology wards, dialysis units, renal assessment units and outpatient clinics.
The post holder would be expected to lead the clinical pharmacy service in the Renal and Urology services in providing responsible, safe and cost-effective prescribing within the networks to:
Optimise patient outcomes
Minimise adverse reactions
The post also helps to deliver the broader Medicines Optimisation and Governance Strategy across the Trust. These outcomes will be achieved primarily through leadership of clinical staff, and the publication and implementation of guidelines and procedures to encourage best practice.
The post holder will support the Associate Director of Pharmacy, Deputy Head of Pharmacy & Clinical Services Manager and Pharmacists within the team to manage the professional, clinical and technical input of pharmacy into the Renal and Urology directorate.
The job description is not intended to be exhaustive and it is likely that duties may be altered from time to time in the light of changing circumstances and after consultation with the post holder.
The post holder might be required to work across the Trust at any time throughout the duration of his/her contract, which may entail travel and working at a different hospital site.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
Job description
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 documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
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 documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration hospital experience
- Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care
- Ability to undertake and facilitate quality improvement, reflective practice, teaching and CPD
- Experience appraising staff and giving feedback
- Experience as a clinical pharmacy tutor, presenter or lecturer
- Significant experience of working as a clinical pharmacy practitioner in an acute hospital NHS setting
- Operational management of a service to a substantial teaching hospital or District General Hospital (DGH)
- Experience of leading and supervising research, quality improvement or audit projects
- Planning and implementing significant service developments and organisational change
- Experience of managing large groups of staff
- Operational management experience in a complex environment
- Experience of successfully leading and implementing service improvement and change projects.
- Experience of managing a budget
- Ability to understand complex issues, problem solve and propose solutions
- To have been involved in bringing about change to a service/department
Desirable
- Experience of working in outpatient clinics
- Successful performance as a directorate/team leader Renal pharmacist in a previous post.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of audiences, including chairing of meetings.
- Able to communicate complex information effectively to all health and care professionals, colleagues, patients and their loved ones
- Able to complete documentation accurately with a high attention to detail
- Able to accurately follow written procedures under pressure
- Demonstrates numeracy skills and ability to perform accurate, complex calculations
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self, and others
- Able to work unsupervised and under pressure
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate with and influence senior medical staff and senior management
- Management of risk in the clinical use of medicines
- Excellent clinical and managerial critical appraisal skills enabling effective decision making relating to the adoption of new therapies
- IT literate; able to use Microsoft office with intermediate IT skills including, accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programmes
- Effective problem solving skills and good analytical & organisational ability
- Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training
- Able to move easily between the detail and the big picture on issues in understanding and explaining the complexity of challenges and possible solutions
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrated expert knowledge covering a range of services
- Knowledge of issues related to prescribing at the interface.
- Knowledge of medicines management systems at ward level
- Knowledge of the law and relevant guidance relating to medicines, pharmacy, rationing decisions in the NHS, Payment by Results (PbR) and commissioning
- Knowledge and awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to the directorate's patients
- Knowledge of the key literature relating to pharmacy practice
- Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements
- Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g. controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
- Understanding of the pharmaceutical care needs of Renal and Urology patients, including knowledge of the medication issues at the interface of primary and secondary care.
- Sound knowledge of drugs and therapeutics in at Diploma level
- Thorough understanding of clinical governance and clinical risk management
- Understanding of stock control systems
- Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation
- Understanding of GPhC Revalidation requirement
- Understanding of GPhC Revalidation requirement
Desirable
- Sound knowledge of drug and therapeutics at MSc level
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent
- Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
- Post Graduate Pharmacy Qualification or equivalent experience (minimum Post graduate Diploma level)
- Independent Prescribing Qualification or willing to undergo training to become an IP
Desirable
- Management qualification or equivalent experience
Other
Essential
- DBS - Enhanced check with a check of the barred lists required as patient facing and may interact with adults / children
- Leads by example, promoting the Bart's Health values and able to act as an Ambassador for the Service.
- Commitment to developing culture of openness and partnership.
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
- Decisive, using sound judgement in decision making in a timely and confident manner
- High self-awareness, understanding own emotions, strengths and limitations
- Models, and is able to encourage others in being innovative in finding ways of improving the quality of services
- Able to perform the duties of the post with any aids and adaptations
Desirable
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration hospital experience
- Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care
- Ability to undertake and facilitate quality improvement, reflective practice, teaching and CPD
- Experience appraising staff and giving feedback
- Experience as a clinical pharmacy tutor, presenter or lecturer
- Significant experience of working as a clinical pharmacy practitioner in an acute hospital NHS setting
- Operational management of a service to a substantial teaching hospital or District General Hospital (DGH)
- Experience of leading and supervising research, quality improvement or audit projects
- Planning and implementing significant service developments and organisational change
- Experience of managing large groups of staff
- Operational management experience in a complex environment
- Experience of successfully leading and implementing service improvement and change projects.
- Experience of managing a budget
- Ability to understand complex issues, problem solve and propose solutions
- To have been involved in bringing about change to a service/department
Desirable
- Experience of working in outpatient clinics
- Successful performance as a directorate/team leader Renal pharmacist in a previous post.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of audiences, including chairing of meetings.
- Able to communicate complex information effectively to all health and care professionals, colleagues, patients and their loved ones
- Able to complete documentation accurately with a high attention to detail
- Able to accurately follow written procedures under pressure
- Demonstrates numeracy skills and ability to perform accurate, complex calculations
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self, and others
- Able to work unsupervised and under pressure
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate with and influence senior medical staff and senior management
- Management of risk in the clinical use of medicines
- Excellent clinical and managerial critical appraisal skills enabling effective decision making relating to the adoption of new therapies
- IT literate; able to use Microsoft office with intermediate IT skills including, accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programmes
- Effective problem solving skills and good analytical & organisational ability
- Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training
- Able to move easily between the detail and the big picture on issues in understanding and explaining the complexity of challenges and possible solutions
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrated expert knowledge covering a range of services
- Knowledge of issues related to prescribing at the interface.
- Knowledge of medicines management systems at ward level
- Knowledge of the law and relevant guidance relating to medicines, pharmacy, rationing decisions in the NHS, Payment by Results (PbR) and commissioning
- Knowledge and awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to the directorate's patients
- Knowledge of the key literature relating to pharmacy practice
- Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements
- Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g. controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
- Understanding of the pharmaceutical care needs of Renal and Urology patients, including knowledge of the medication issues at the interface of primary and secondary care.
- Sound knowledge of drugs and therapeutics in at Diploma level
- Thorough understanding of clinical governance and clinical risk management
- Understanding of stock control systems
- Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation
- Understanding of GPhC Revalidation requirement
- Understanding of GPhC Revalidation requirement
Desirable
- Sound knowledge of drug and therapeutics at MSc level
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent
- Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
- Post Graduate Pharmacy Qualification or equivalent experience (minimum Post graduate Diploma level)
- Independent Prescribing Qualification or willing to undergo training to become an IP
Desirable
- Management qualification or equivalent experience
Other
Essential
- DBS - Enhanced check with a check of the barred lists required as patient facing and may interact with adults / children
- Leads by example, promoting the Bart's Health values and able to act as an Ambassador for the Service.
- Commitment to developing culture of openness and partnership.
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
- Decisive, using sound judgement in decision making in a timely and confident manner
- High self-awareness, understanding own emotions, strengths and limitations
- Models, and is able to encourage others in being innovative in finding ways of improving the quality of services
- Able to perform the duties of the post with any aids and adaptations
Desirable
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
