Band 8b
Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
Band 8b
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time hours per week (Role includes cross-site 7 day working and participation in late, weekend and Senior On-Call rota)
Job ref
FM-AG
Site
Epsom and St Helier Hospital
Town
Epsom Surrey
Salary
£70,396 - £80,837 Pro-rata pa inc HCAS (Outer London)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
20/10/2025 23:59
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
The post holder will provide strategic, operational and professional leadership in relation to medicines optimisation to ensure the delivery of effective pharmacy support across all Planned and Critical Care.
You will need excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to organise and prioritise your work. This post would be ideal for someone looking to develop or extend their clinical leadership, expanding on their understanding of systems working and demonstrating impact. The successful applicant will join a caring pharmacy and trust team. You will be supported to develop clinical, leadership, managerial, research and strategic skills.
All pharmacists participate in seven day working and late duty rotas and you will be part of the Pharmacy Senior On Call team.
Main duties of the job
To provide strategic, operational and professional leadership in relation to Planned and Critical Care, promoting evidence-based, cost-effective use of medicines in the Trust.
To lead and manage other pharmacy staff working in the Planned and Critical Care Division to ensure service delivery to agreed standards in line with business planning requirements.
To provide an advanced clinical service to patients as part of the team. This may include patient facing work in areas such as: Surgery, Critical Care, Trauma, MSK or parenteral nutrition.
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See the job description and person specification attached.
Please tell us in your application how you meet the essential criteria in the attached person specification.
Person specification
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
* Computer literate
* Demonstrates initiative
* Problem solving skills
* Influencing/negotiating skills
* Ability to plan, develop & implement
Desirable criteria
* Implement & manage change
* Principles of QI
* Understand the needs of a breadth of stakeholders
Qualifictions & Education
Essential criteria
* Registered with GPhC
* Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
* Masters in Pharmacy Degree – MPharm
Desirable criteria
* MRPharmS
* Member of Faculty of RPS and working towards advanced practice
* Independent prescriber
* Leadership/Management Qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
* Extensive post registration experience at least 8a level
* Experience of working in areas linked to Planned and Critical Care
* Developing & leading on projects
* Staff training & appraisal
* Previous management experience/staff management
Desirable criteria
* Knowledge of CMM
* Risk management and assessment
* Procedure & business plan writing
* Understanding of systems/place in NHS
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do notaccept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.