Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Band 8b Principal Pharmacist Surgery

The closing date is 16 June 2025

Job summary

This role is to lead the surgical pharmacy team to deliver high quality patient centred care to peri and post-operative patients across the Royal Free London NHS Trust

Main duties of the job

To lead, strategically develop and deliver a consistently high-quality clinical pharmacy service to surgical patients across all sites of the Royal Free London NHS Trust through the participation in multidisciplinary ward rounds and team meetings. The postholder will develop initiatives and guidelines to ensure the safe and cost-effective prescribing of medicines within the specialist area to optimise clinical outcomes and minimise adverse reactions and errors. Therefore, leading on risk management issues related to medicines within the directorate and undertaking clinical audit to continually improve the quality of the service provided

The postholder will also develop the role of the Preoperative Assessment (POA) pharmacist and lead on the provision of pharmacy services to the Preassessment/POA Clinical Team.

About us

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Details

Date posted

03 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£70,387 to £80,465 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS ( Part time pro-rata )

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Job share

Reference number

391-RFL-7198735

Job locations

Royal Free Hospital

London

NW3 2QG


Job description

Job responsibilities

See Job description and personal specification attached.

Main responsibilities include:

Inpatient post surgical clinical pharmacy care

Perioperative care in regards to medicines

Managed entry of new medicines

Drug expenditure analysis

Management of surgical pharmacy team

Education and training

Job description

Job responsibilities

See Job description and personal specification attached.

Main responsibilities include:

Inpatient post surgical clinical pharmacy care

Perioperative care in regards to medicines

Managed entry of new medicines

Drug expenditure analysis

Management of surgical pharmacy team

Education and training

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Bsc
  • Post graduate clinical diploma

Qualifications

Desirable

  • independant prescribing
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Bsc
  • Post graduate clinical diploma

Qualifications

Desirable

  • independant prescribing

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Free Hospital

London

NW3 2QG


Employer's website

https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Free Hospital

London

NW3 2QG


Employer's website

https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Deputy Chief Pharmacist

Tina Shah

tinashah@nhs.net

02083751489

Details

Date posted

03 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£70,387 to £80,465 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS ( Part time pro-rata )

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Job share

Reference number

391-RFL-7198735

Job locations

Royal Free Hospital

London

NW3 2QG


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