Job overview
Barts Health NHS Trust is looking to appoint an exceptional and motivated Lead Haematology Pharmacist to provide strategic and clinical leadership across our specialist haematology pharmacy services. This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest NHS trusts in the country and play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care within a dynamic and progressive multidisciplinary team for anticoagulation and haemoglobinopathy services.
The successful candidate will lead the development and delivery of advanced haematology pharmacy services across inpatient and outpatient settings, working closely with consultant haematologists, nursing teams, pharmacy colleagues, and wider clinical staff. As the lead pharmacist for haematology, you will be responsible for driving service development, supporting medicines optimisation initiatives, and ensuring safe, effective, and evidence-based use of medicines throughout the patient pathway. You will contribute to governance, policy development, audit, education, and quality improvement activities while also providing leadership, mentorship, and line management support to members of the pharmacy team.
For further information or to organise an informal visit please contact Paul Wright (Consultant Cardiovascular Pharmacist ) or current post holder Anika Pomie (Lead Haematology Pharmacist )
Closing date: The vacancy will be on NHS jobs for 2 weeks
Main duties of the job
• To lead the clinical pharmacy service to the haematology specialities in providing responsible, safe and cost-effective prescribing within the networks to:
- Optimise patient outcomes
- Minimise adverse reactions
- Improve medicines safety
• The post also helps to deliver the broader Medicines Optimisation and Governance Strategy across the Trust. These outcomes will be achieved primarily through leadership of clinical staff, and the publication and implementation of guidelines and procedures to encourage best practice
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
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 documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
1. Extensive post registration hospital experience, including working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care
2. Experience of successfully leading and implementing service / quality improvement and change projects
3. Experience of managing a budget
Desirable criteria
4. Successful performance as a pharmacist with responsibility for haematology provision in a previous post.
Skills
Essential criteria
5. Demonstrated ability to negotiate with and influence senior medical staff and senior management
6. Excellent clinical and managerial critical appraisal skills enabling effective decision making relating to the adoption of new therapies
Desirable criteria
7. Experience in local implementation of national standards and guidelines
Knowledge
Essential criteria
8. Sound knowledge of drugs and therapeutics in chosen specialty at Mastery/Diploma level
9. Thorough understanding of clinical governance and clinical risk management
10. Knowledge of the law and relevant guidance / standards relating to medicines, pharmacy, rationing decisions in the NHS, Payment by Results (PbR) and commissioning relevant to the directorate’s patients
Desirable criteria
11. Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives
Qualifications
Essential criteria
12. MPharm or equivalent
13. Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
14. Postgraduate Pharmacy Qualification or equivalent experience (minimum postgraduate diploma level)
Desirable criteria
15. Independent prescribing qualification
16. Management qualification or equivalent experience
Other
Essential criteria
17. Leads by example, promoting the Bart’s health values
18. Committed to the continuous development of staff and self.
Visa Sponsorship Information
This role is subject to UK immigration requirements. Where sponsorship is required, applicants must meet the eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa in accordance with current UK Visas and Immigration rules, including any salary, qualification, and role-specific requirements applicable at the time of appointment. Candidates who require sponsorship will only be considered where the post is eligible and where all sponsorship criteria can be met. Evidence of the right to work in the UK will be required before appointment. Please note that for roles employed under Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions, the High-Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) is not included when calculating the basic salary for the purposes of sponsorship.