IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST • London W2 1NY
About this role
We have an opportunity for an enthusiastic, motivated and forward thinking pharmacist to gain experience in Gastroenterology whilst the current post holder is on maternity leave.
The Gastroenterology service at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust cares for over 6000 patients across 3 hospital sites, with over 1000 patients prescribed biologic therapy. As the successful candidate you will support the virtual Multidisciplinary Team reviewing patients prescribed biologic medicines, as well as provide clinical & directorate support to gastroenterology in-patients, out-patients & also endoscopy services. A good understanding of the out of tariff funding process for medicines is required as you will be expected to monitor & manage funding applications for these drugs within Gastroenterology.
You will be self-motivated and organised with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will need to be able to develop effective working relationships with a wide range of professionals. You will need good IT skills and be able to work with many different IT programs & databases.
Applicants should be a pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. You should have a postgraduate clinical diploma or equivalent experiential learning.
Become part of a vibrant pharmacy team living our values – expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career
Interviews - likely to be Friday 5th June 2026.
- To lead, manage and develop a high quality patient focused pharmacy service to Gastroenterology patients
- To take active part in the multidisciplinary team meetings for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) gastroenterology patients prescribed biologic medicines to ensure prescribing & doses are appropriate.
- To ensure all gastroenterology patients prescribed out of tariff medicines are funded appropriately.
- To lead work with the specialist nurses & consultants to implement biosimilar adoption programmes when appropriate products become available.
- To facilitate the efficient and cost effective use of medicines within the speciality, provide a ward pharmacy service to Gastroenterology in-patients and provide a pro-active pharmacy service to endoscopy and Gastroenterology out-patients.
- To work with the other specialist pharmacists to develop robust switching processes to be used in future biologic switching programmes.
- To report of financial savings from MDTs, biosimilar switching, CIP schemes as appropriate.
- To work with the Homecare Pharmacy Technician & other Specialist Pharmacist to improve mechanisms to minimise ‘waste’ with Homecare biologics.
Examples of mechanisms include
monitoring dose changes; monitoring prescription requests and monitoring medicine supplies.
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.
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.
This advert closes on Wednesday 6 May 2026