Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust • London N19 5NX
About this role
The Advanced Specialist Pharmacist Workforce, Education, Training and
Development (WETD) will provide strong leadership to the pharmacy workforce and ensure effective and safe provision of pharmacy services.
They will support the Senior Lead Pharmacist with the operational delivery of the pharmacy workforce development, education and training strategy, the people plan and the Medicines Optimisation Programme for North London Foundation Trust (NLFT) and deputise when required.
The Advanced Specialist Pharmacist will also deliver an advanced comprehensive pharmacy service to patients and the multidisciplinary treatment team responsible for their care. This includes provision of clinical pharmacy services, medicines information, patient counselling, and ensuring compliance with trust policies and guidelines as well as Medicines legislation.
The role also requires management and supervision of team members. Attendance at trust wide meetings and reporting through local clinical governance structures is also required.
•To support the Deputy Chief Pharmacist in leading, developing, delivering, and evaluating pharmacy services and medicines optimisation in their allocated area as delegated by the Chief Pharmacist.
- To support the Senior Lead Pharmacist WETD in delivering the pharmacy workforce development, education and training strategy and the pharmacy people plan.
- To be an active member of the Pharmacy team with allocated management responsibilities.
- Provide leadership, maintain and improve standards of clinical pharmacy practice, quality assurance, risk management and other issues of clinical governance related to medicines optimisation.
- To play a leading role in delivering the Medicines Optimisation Strategy.
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy
1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
Why NLFT?
- We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
- We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
- NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
- Excellent internal staff network
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Please see the detailed job description and personal specification attached, which will outline the roles and and responsibilities of the post-holder.
This advert closes on Thursday 4 Jun 2026