Lead Pharmacist, Medicine 8b | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

The Trust’s mission is ‘to put the patient first and deliver great care to every patient, every day’. Our priorities are to create a “one team, one trust” culture and focus on the delivery of the following five objectives to ensure we provide high quality, compassionate care to all of our patients:

· Deliveringsafeand effective care across our sites

· Creating a positiveexperiencethat meets the expectations of our patients, their families and carers

· Providingresponsivecare that delivers the right treatment, in the right place at the right time

· Beingfinancially sustainable

· Working in partnershipwith our patients, commissioners, other health and care providers, local authorities, the voluntary sector, NHS England and Monitor in the interests of our patients and a sustainable local health and social care economy.

1. Strategically lead, develop and implement a high quality clinical pharmacy service as part of the multidisciplinary teams within planned care

2. Work closely with the division Clinical Director and Director of Operations to align clinical pharmacy services with wider Trust patient and business needs

3. Act as the interface between Clinical Service Managers within the division and Pharmacy teams

4. Act as a leader, expert clinical practitioner and role model within pharmacy for the specialist clinical area.

5. Providing support and advice to other health care professionals through participation in relevant professional groups and appropriate working groups, attendance at conferences and educational events and practice development.

6. Demonstrate an advanced level of professional reasoning, judgement and accountability and manage difficult and ambiguous problems, making decisions in situations where there is limited information.

7. Demonstrate expert practice in the planning and delivery of pharmaceutical care for patients in the specialist clinical area across the Trust. This will involve managing patients with complex or specialist requirements for pharmaceutical care.

8. Liaise with the senior pharmacy leadership team, Clinical Director for the specialist clinical area, senior clinical nurses, consultants, other members of the multidisciplinary team and relevant Trust committees to ensure that treatment plans, policies, procedures and guidelines are appropriately agreed, implemented, monitored, evaluated and reviewed in order to optimise patient benefit.

9. Apply advanced level clinical reasoning and decision making to ensure that national guidance and research evidence is integrated into medicines optimisation for the relevant patient population.

10. Liaise with the Principal pharmacist Formulary and Medicines Management in updating relevant sections of formulary and lead on the introduction of new medicines into clinical practice.

11. Contribute to any relevant multidisciplinary policies within the speciality and support the work of the Trust wide Medicines Management and Clinical Guidelines Committee.

12. Implementation of relevant local and national guidelines within specialist areas

13. Report incidents using the appropriate Trust systems and contribute to the identification and lead the investigation of drug-related incidents, medication errors, patient concerns and complaints and serious incidents within the specialist clinical area; liaising with the Principal Pharmacist for Medication Safety and Deputy Chief Pharmacist(s), as appropriate, providing feedback and identifying learning for the individual, pharmacy, specialist area or across the Trust.

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Ø Work within agreed Trust and departmental policies and procedures and to accepted standards of practice.

Ø Work in other areas and on other sites in the Trust to cover for service needs.

Ø Undertake such other duties as may be required from time to time, as are consistent with the responsibilities of the grade.

Ø Ensure confidentiality at all times, only releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment to those acting in an official capacity.

Ø Comply with the Code of Ethics of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.

Ø Treat patients and customers with dignity and courtesy.

Ø Ensure that medicines do not fall into unauthorised hands.

Ø Participate in the weekend, bank holiday, late duty and senior on-call rotas.

Ø Have responsibility for the health, safety and welfare for self and others and to comply with the requirements of the Health and Safety regulations, including COSHH.

Ø Promote Equal Opportunities and to comply with the requirements of the legislation and the Trust’s policies.

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This advert closes on Thursday 31 Dec 2026