Highly Specialist Pharmacist Paediatric Critical Care | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

We have an exciting opportunity for a Highly Specialist Pharmacist in Paediatric Critical Care to join a dynamic and innovation driven PICU Pharmacy team.A new post has been established to support the delivery of the pharmacy service to the newly combined Paediatric Intensive Care Units at Evelina London Children’s Hospital (following colocation of the Paediatric Royal Brompton services to the Evelina Site; and part of the Cardio-Respiratory and Intensive Care Directorate) .

We are looking for a committed and dynamic pharmacist with experience in paediatrics and Paediatric Critical Care.

The successful applicant will be working with a team of highly motivated and experienced pharmacists and technicians providing patient-centred pharmaceutical care to paediatric critical care patients from multiple specialties (i.e cardiology, cardiac surgery, respiratory, neurology, metabolic, endocrine, renal, general medicine, infectious diseases, surgery, and from 2027 oncology!)

Fixed term period of 12 Months

Main duties of the job

To lead, deliver, develop and evaluate clinical pharmacy services to the Paediatric Critical Care Unit in accordance with the objectives set between the Consultant Pharmacist, clinical lead(s) and the clinical director. To act as a role model in the paediatric critical care pharmacy field and provide a consistently safe and effective pharmaceutical service for Paediatric Critical Care patients within GSTFT corporate objectives and NHS Plan.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best-known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research, and innovation.

We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ Pharmacy Department is one of the largest in the UK and has a strong focus on individual patient care. Our pharmacists work across multi-disciplinary teams both in the hospital and community setting, to deliver advice, guidance, and support within a culture of medicine safety. The focus is on patient-centred care and this is achieved through providing optimised pharmaceutical care for patients as part of a ward-based and clinical pharmacy service and extending pharmaceutical services beyond traditional boundaries. This includes attendance on consultant-led ward rounds and contributing to multi-disciplinary meetings.

The clinical pharmacy service provides 7 days a week service to key specialties and is supported by the resident (on site) pharmacy service which acts as the first point of contact for the pharmaceutical care needs of patients out of hours.

For more information on the role and its requirements please refer to the attached job description and person specification documentation

This advert closes on Wednesday 20 May 2026