Highly Specialist Pharmacist W&C Directorate
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This is a brand new post created due to service expansion. This is an opportunity to join an already exciting and dynamic women and children’s team.
The role will provide a highly specialist clinical pharmacy service within the Women & Children’s Directorate, ensuring high quality, safe, effective, legal and accurate use of medicines within the speciality. The Senior Pharmacist will maintain a regular clinical commitment to both women and paediatric wards (prescribing and neonatal experience would be desirable) and will provide information support for division and specialist pharmacists and will deputise for the Lead Directorate Pharmacist when required.
The post holder will provide and manage pharmaceutical services to the Women & Children Directorate in accordance with the needs of the Division. Along with working with senior clinicians on determining medicines related cost pressures for the Women & Children Directorate. The post holder will also monitor and review prescribing practice within the Women & Children Directorate and work with clinicians to ensure effective, safe, evidence based and cost effective prescribing.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award‑winning clinics across North West London. Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children’s services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us ‘Good’ in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and ‘Outstanding’ in leadership and resource use.
We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30 m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80 m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.
We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs. The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six‑month probationary period.
Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Maiko Usui
Job title: Lead Divisional Pharmacist W&C
Email address: m.usui@nhs.net
Seniority level
* Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
* Full‑time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
* Hospitals and Health Care
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